The Wihan Quartet

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Leos Cepicky - violin
Jan Schulmeister - violin
Jiri Zigmund - viola
Ales Kasprik - cello

The Wihan Quartet, formed in 1985, celebrated its 25th anniversary during 2010. 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 and regular visits to the United States, Japan and the UK.

During 2008 the Quartet completed the first ever cycle of Beethoven Quartets in Prague. The cycle was recorded and released on Nimbus Alliance during 2009, attracting excellent reviews from the press: “This issue completes the Wihan’s latest set of the Beethoven Quartets....this is magnificent quartet playing: I am not sure I can name a finer account of this on disc in the past 50 or so years.” International Record Review

The 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 Wihan are Quartet in Residence at Trinity College of Music, London, and for several years have taught many of the UK’s gifted young Quartets at Pro Corda in Suffolk. The Quartet are great supporters of the work of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, giving inspirational concerts and master classes to young people in many parts of the country.

Sound Clips:

Beethoven Quartet in C# minor Op 131

Dvorak Quartet No 9

Paganini Caprice No 1

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