Knizak, Milan/fama Q
String Quartets
Violin was Milan Knizak's first instrument. He has composed hundred of works of this ilk. The first one 'DHK', 45 years ago. Next to his destroyed works, Milan took notations of different composers, cut them and put them together (with his own score) into a collage, expressing his feelings and his apprehension of music. 'String Quartets' was recorded from February till July 2018 and performed by fama Q: David Danel, Roman Hranicka: violin, Ondrej Martinovsky: viola, Balázs Adorján: violoncello. fama Q is a string quartet founded in 2005 in Prague. Its members, being also orchestral musicians with the Prague Philharmonia, were always devoted to chamber and string quartet music making. fama Q presents regularly the works of contemporary composers, be it the traditional approaches of 20th century or the avant-garde classics as well as prominent international and Czech composers of these days.