THE NATIONAL STRING QUARTET was founded in 2012, at the Organ Hall, by members of the National Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Moldova. After the abolition  the String Quartet of  the RadioTelevision of  Moldova  in the 1970-80 years, in this area was felt a hollow, the creation of a quartet becoming an imminent necessity. The initiative of launching the National String Quartet belongs to the director of the Organ Hall, Larisa Zubcu, with the aim of reviving this genre and promoting the masterpieces of universal music written for string quartet, as well as for quintet with different instruments (clarinet, flute, cello, piano)

The leader of the string quartet is the master Cristian Florea, first conductor of the National Chamber Orchestra, a great expert and promoter of chamber music, who during his activity collaborated with renowned chamber ensembles and founded several ensembles in different European countries. The members of the National String Quartet are the concertmasters of the groups of the National Chamber Orchestra - violin I and violin II - Lola Croitoru and Olga Borisova, as well as the second conductor of the orchestra, the violonist Vladimir Andrieș. The quartet  has performed numerous concerts in the country, at government events, abroad in Austria and Germany, has performed programs with renowned musicians invited: pianists Olga Iuhno / R. Moldova / and Mihai Ungureanu / Romania /, clarinetist Leontin Boanță / Romania / , cellist Mark Drobinsky / France /, flute player Giuseppe Nova / Italy /.