Pavel Hůla

[2] He graduated from the School of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and completed his post-graduate studies in chamber music with Antonín Kohout and Vladimir Malinin's master classes in Weimar.

He was principal of the Kocian Quartet, performing over 3000 concerts in 32 countries and received multiple awards (1997 Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros in Paris, several Diapason d'Or and many others).

[4] In 2006, Hůla devoted himself to conducting and was a professor at the String Instruments Department of the School of Music at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

In spring 2010, Hůla replaced as the Pražák Quartet's primus its founding member Václav Remeš, who left the ensemble for health reasons.

[6] He was himself replaced by Jana Vonášková-Nováková in 2015 due to health issues and died on 7 December 2021 at the age of 69.