Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Splinter, by his students often called Master Splinter, is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. In both the original comics and the live-action movies, Splinter is the pet rat of a ninja named Hamato Yoshi in Japan. Intelligent for his species, Splinter is able to learn ninjutsu art by mimicking his master's movements while he practiced. Yoshi becomes embroiled in a dispute with a fellow ninja by the name of Oroku Nagi, and is eventually murdered by Nagi's brother, Oroku Saki, who is seeking revenge for his
Smetana Quartet made at that time for German Electrola are considered particularly fine. For many years this group, which has been called the finest Czech quartet of its time, played the Czech repertoire from memory, giving these works a special intensity and intimacy. Antonín Kohout trained the Kocian Quartet (founded 1972) and the Martinů Quartet (1976), though the latter's members had been pupils of Professor Viktor Moučka, cellist of the Vlach Quartet. Smetana Quartet The Smetana Quartet () was a Czech string quartet that was in existence from 1945 to 1989. 1st violin 2nd violin Viola Cello The Smetana Quartet arose from