Variations of Name | Lehner String Quartet; Lener Quartette |
Biography | The Léner String Quartet, sometimes written the Lehner String Quartet, was a string quartet of Hungarian origin, founded in Budapest in 1918, which for most of its pre-war career operated in or from London. The Léner made the first complete recorded cycle of Beethoven quartets. 1st violin, Jenö Léner (or Lehner); 2nd violin, Joszef Smilovits; viola, Sándor Roth; cello, Imre Hartmann. In later manifestations of the ensemble, Paul Rolland (viola) and Laszlo Varga (cello) were players in the Léner Quartet. |