THE WIHAN QUARTET
Leos Cepicky-violin
Jan Schulmeister-violin
Jiri Zigmund-viola
Ales Kasprik-'cello


The Wihan Quartet, formed in 1985, are heirs to the great Czech musical tradition. The Quartet’s outstanding reputation for the interpretation of its native Czech heritage and of the many classical, romantic and modern masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire is widely acknowledged.

They have developed an impressive international career, which includes visits to major festivals in Europe and the Far East. They visit the United States and Japan regularly and have had highly acclaimed tours of Australia and New Zealand. They are frequent visitors to the UK and can often be heard on BBC Radio 3 as well as in concert at Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, the South Bank and many other venues throughout the country.

The Wihan Quartet has won many International Competitions including The Prague Spring Festival and the Osaka ‘Chamber Festa’. In 1991, they won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the London International String Quartet Competition.

The Quartet has made many recordings and the most recent release of Smetana Quartets on Arco Diva has attracted many excellent reviews. Musicweb said: “The music making on this disc has a feeling of 'rightness' that makes comparisons largely superfluous”

From October 2007 to March 2008, the Wihan gave the first ever series of all the Beethoven Quartets in Prague, and this series was repeated in the UK at Blackheath Halls during May and June 2008.

Watch a short video of the Quartet by going to the links tab above.