The Ensemble Martinů, a Czech piano quartet consisting of piano, flute, violin and violoncello. The Ensemble Martinů has produced on 8 CD´s and produced one piece of film music. Since June 2003 Ensemble Martinů is one of groups to be appointed for the highest regular Czech Price - Award of the Czech Chamber Group - Czech Philharmony. The ensemble has invited and  performed at a number of major music festival both at Czech Republic and abroad.

The Ensemble Martinů was founded in 1978 by the flautist Jan Riedlbauch, a professor in the Prague Conservatory, and his brother Josef, a violinist with the Prague Symphony FOK and Mr. Jan Pípal. About 1977-78,  it was the time when Charlotte Martinů - widow great Czech compose of Bohuslav Martinů - visited Czech Republic. She had decided to transport remains of her husband  to his home in Polička in Czech land.  In 1993 the Ensemble was renewed after a brief hiatus by its present leader, the flautist Miroslav Matějka.

Along with the traditional repertoire from the 18th to the 20th centuries (including Dvořák,  Beethoven, Ravel), the group has concentrated especially on the music of Bohuslav Martinů and also on works by contemporary Czech composers for piano quartet or piano trio with flute. In this way the Ensemble Martinů has definitely established the piano quartet genre in Central Europe (with the flute replacing the viola) and has prompted a number of leading Czech composers  to write works for it. Ensemble Martinu got about 50 compositions. Thus the group has won recognition for presenting contemporary Czech music in its historical and world context and has also attracted support from the Czech Ministry of Culture. Its repertoire also includes works incorporating elements of rock, jazz, blues and swing.

The Ensemble Martinů has produced two CD’s, entitled „Con Flauto“ and „Leavings – Meetings", Czech Contemporary Music  for Triga Publishers, as well as „Echoes from Long Ago“ for EM-ART, and „Astor Piazzolla-Tangas” for BonArtProduction/ Sony Music BMG, “RendezVous” - French and Czech music for Cube, „Jazz&Rock in Classic“ for Radioservis, „Antonín Dvořák“ for MusicVars.

All members of the Ensemble Martinů represent the highest quality among Czech interprets. The flautist Miroslav Matějka has performed in more than 50 premiers of compositions by contemporary Czech composers. He also performs as a soloist with  organ player Ales Bárta, flutist Jan Riedlbauch as well He has been working as director of the festival comppany Czech Touches of Music and as a adwisor for PR @Media for Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and for Czech TV Festival Golden Prague.  He graduated the Prague Conservatory under legend of the Czech flutist Jan Riedlbauch .The violoncellist  Bledar Zajmi is the cello concert master of the Opera Orchestra of  National Theatre in Prague. He  has performed as a soloist for example with the Moravian Olomouc Philharmonic or Brno State Philharmonic and became the regulery  member of the Ensemble Martinů in 1998. He is laureate of many international competitions (International Competition Palma d´Oro in Finale Ligure in Italy -1999, National competition in Albania - 1985,  Rovere d´Oro, San Bartolomeo al Mare - both in Italy 2004, 2005 ). He studied the Music Lyceum in Tirana under prof. Xhovalino Lazri and graduated the Music Faculty of Academy of Arts in Prague under prof.Rudolf Lojda. The violinist Radka Preislerová since 1993 has been starting her profesional career as a member  of the of the Opera orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague and Ensemble Martinů. The Concervatory and Academy Music of Art graduated under prof. Vladimír Rejšek. In the beginning of the 90 th she had became the member of the prestigious Young orchestra of the European Union countries as only one exlussive violinist from Czech Republic (this time Czechoslovak). The pianist Markéta Janáčková graduated Prague Academy of Arts under prof. Boris Krajný. She performed as a soloist as well as chamber player. She  continued piano studying at The Schola Cantorum in Paris  (E. Indjic)  and participated in master classes in Prague (J.Banowetz, S.Babayan). In 1999 she appeared as a soloist and chamber player at the international project "Zum Gedenken an die Theresienstadter Componosten" and in the same year became the laureate at  the International Competition in Antwerp. The pianist Štěpán Kos was a student of Professor Ivan Klansky on Prague Academy. In addition to appearances in solo recitals and chamber music programs, he has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as Radio of Plzeň Orchestra, Philharmony of Hradec Králové, Western Bohemia Symphony Orchestra in Marienbad, Atlantis Orchestra, Talich Chamber Orchestra, Slovakia Philharmony, Orchestra of the Theater of J. K. Tyl in Plzen, the Moravian Philharmony Orchestra, the Bacau Philharmony, Orchestra Philharmony of Pomorsk, Orchestra Philharmony of Wroczlaw, Orchestra Philharmony of Bacau and Suk Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded several times for the Czech, Slovak, Poland and Hungary Radio and for the Czech TV. In February, 2003, he recorded Mendelssohn's Double Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Piano with his brother, violinist  Martin Kos, and the Suk Chamber Orchestra. His most recent successes were the 1st prize, the prize of the best performance of the Concerto and Orchestra, the Filharmony Pomorsk Prize, the Radio Poland Prize of the International J. I. Paderewski piano competition in Bydgoszc (Poland 2001), the 3rd prize of the International Competiton A. M. A. Calabria (Italy 2002) and the 2nd prizes of the International Piano Competitions "Giuliano Pecar" in Gorizi (Slovenia 2002) and "Premio Rovere d´Oro" (Italy 2003).

The Ensemble Martinů has appeared in Prague in various concert series and festivals: at the Czech Philharmony - Rudolfinum (festival Prague Premiers, the concert series of the  Czech Association for Chamber Music), Prague Spring Festival, Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK,  Filharmony in Brno, Academy of Music Prague (in its concert series "Music and Pictures", festival  "Touches Music and Poetry", concerts séries Přítomost Association); Moravian Autumn – Brno, Smetana´s Litomysl – International Opera Festival, Janacek´s Hukvaldy Festival, International Festival of Antonín Dvořák – Příbram.   The group  has invited and made concert tours of Spain, Sweden, Germany, Italy,  France, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Greece as well as Ukraine, Japan, U.S.A., China and Brazil. He performed for example for famous festivals and concert season : Beejing International Music Festival, "Sala  Cecília Meireles" in Rio de Janeiro, "Conde Duque" in Madrid, International Judiska in Norrköping, the oldest festival of chamber music in Europe in Plovdiv, International Music Festival de Santorini.