In November 1967, the ensemble received the first prize at the Competition of the Moscow Conservatory and the Union of Composers of the USSR, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Soviet state.
[1] A few years later, the cellist and quartetist, Professor Sergei Shirinsky, a member of the Beethoven Quartet, played a significant role in the formation of the young ensemble.
They also performed music by European composers including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, Debussy and Ravel.
Over 50 records and CDs of the Quartet were released by Melodiya, Russkiy Disk, Vista Vera, Boheme (Russia); "Olympia", "Regis", "Alto" (Great Britain); Deutsche Grammophon (Germany), Ricordi (Italy), MFSL (USA), Toshiba EMI and Sacrambow (Japan).
[1] Membership of the Quartet over the years was as follows:[1] Over the years, the Quartet has performed in an ensemble with many musicians, including Tatiana Nikolaeva, Aleksey Nasedkin, Vladimir Krainev, Nikolai Petrov, Mikhail Voskresensky, Tigran Alikhanov [de], Oleksandr Bondurianskyi, Nikolai Lugansky, Nina Kogan, Tatiana Zheleznikova, Liana Isakadze, Viktor Tretyakov, Grigori Zhislin, Alexey Kozlov,[3] Vladimir Sokolov[4] and other Russian and foreign artists.