Author: mdoubek
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Wihan Quartet ‘exceptional’ in Oxford
The Wihan Quartet‘s recent recital at Oxford’s Holywell Music Room was received with great enthusiasm. Oxford Chamber Music Society Chair John Dunston contacted Tashmina Artists to express his delight and reflect […]
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Wihan Quartet to give celebratory concert at Wigmore Hall
The Wihan Quartet look forward to performing at Wigmore Hall in a joint celebration of their 40th anniversary and the 95th birthday of Simon Majaro, author, professor, instrument-maker, philanthropist, and long-time friend […]
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Wihan Quartet to perform in the UK this spring
As part of their busy international schedule, the Wihan Quartet will give a series of concerts around the UK next month. The Wihan Quartet, described by International Record Review as “one of […]
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Wihan Quartet featured on BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week
The Wihan Quartet can be heard on BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week as part of a series on Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. This episode of BBC Radio 3’s Composer of […]
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Their playing is both thoughtful and impassioned
The Wihan Quartet have held their position of eminence among the most distinguished Czech chamber groups for nearly 40 years. This remarkable consistency, in part a result of minimal personnel […]
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Musical drama pushed to the limits
Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury was teamed up with Montserrat Caballe, and it worked! Why? Because both of those performers, one from the ‘pop’ genre and the other ‘high’ opera, hit […]
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Virtuoso technical skills and exuberant yet disciplined expression
…The Wihan Quartet opened with the String Quartet no. 2, composed in 1925, when Martinů was a young man living in Paris and absorbing new musical influences like jazz… “The opening […]
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Conjured superbly
Mozart himself made these chamber adaptations of the first three piano concertos he composed soon after settling in Vienna in 1781 as a freelance composer-pianist. In each of them, the combination of an […]
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A sophisticated and subtle performance
…The Wihan Quartet seemed to enjoy the freedom of Wolf’s episodic structure, capturing the Serenade’s light-hearted, often ironic, spirit. The opening was feathery and refined – lots of air between bow […]