Lietuvos Kvartetas

Lietuvos Kvartetas (Lithuanian Quartet) was a string quartet founded in Vilnius in 1945. It specialized in chamber music and played works of both classical and contemporary composers. The quartet was among the prize winners of international music festivals in Budapest, Hungary (1959) and Liège, Belgium (1964). Lietuvos Kvartetas ceased to exist in 1997. Former members: First Violin - Eugenijus Paulauskas (1946 – 1978 and 1981 – 1997) Second Violin - Kornelija Kalinauskaitė (1946 - 1981) Viola - Jurgis Fledžinskas (1946 - 1981) Cello - Michail Šenderov (1952 – 1961) Cello - Romualdas Kulikauskas (1962 - 1990)