Ševčík-Lhotský Quartet

The founding members of the quartet were: 1st violin: Bohuslav Lhotský 2nd violin: Karel Procházka viola: Karel Moravec violoncello: Bedrich Váska (until 1911), succeeded by Ladislav Zelenka (until 1914), and by Antonio Fingerland.

The master's method was based on the semitone system, the fingers remaining at equal distances on all the strings during the technical studies, leading to great safety, precision and fluency in performance.

Following the success of his pupil Jan Kubelík, his students gathered in great numbers at his residence at Písek.

This quartet was the later counterpart of the Bohemian or Czech Quartet, which was formed by four pupils of the Prague cello professor Hanuš Wihan a decade previously.

They gave the premiere of Bohuslav Martinů's first string quartet in 1927.