Festetics String Quartet

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The Festetics (pronounce: "Fesh-Tat-Itch") Quartet are a string quartet from Budapest, Hungary.

The members are Istvan Kertesz, first violin; Erika Petoefi, second violin; Peter Ligeti, viola; and Rezsoe Pertorini, cello---combines the technique of original instruments with the legendary tradition of Hungarian string quartets. The Quartet is named after the Festetics family, founders of the famous Helikon music library. Its repertoire includes the string quartets by Haydn and Mozart and the early works by Beethoven and Schubert.

Haydn's original manuscript scores (notation), bear systematic marks which have no apparent musical meaning. The Festetics Quartet claim that the compositor made those marks to have specific meaning, that they have tried to understand them and play Haydn's works accordingly.

The Quartet has recorded the entire Haydn string quartets, available on CD, and also works by other compositors.