Wihan Quartet perform at Lake District Summer Music Festival
The Wihan Quartet look forward to returning to the UK to perform at the Lake District Summer Music Festival this August.
Wihan Quartet embark on UK tour
The highly-acclaimed Wihan Quartet will tour the UK this spring, with concerts in Derbyshire, Kent, Essex and Berkshire.
Wihan Quartet Summer Celebrity Concert in Ripon
As part of their engagements in the UK this summer, the Wihan Quartet will give a special concert for the Ripon International Festival in Yorkshire.
Wihan Quartet in residence in Norfolk this summer
The Wihan Quartet look forward to their residency at the Music Summer School and Festival in Norfolk this summer.
Dvořák American and Schubert Death and the Maiden
Wihan Quartet
| Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703 |
| Franz Schubert: Quartet in D minor, D. 810 - Death and the Maiden |
| Interval |
| Antonin Dvořák: Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96, B. 179, American |
Wihan Quartet on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’
The Wihan Quartet will appear on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ later this month to talk about a performance at Wigmore Hall that celebrates one of their biggest supporters and the Czech composers whose works are at the heart of their repertoire.
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 on their performance:
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 forthcoming 40th anniversary and the 95th birthday of Simon Majaro, author, professor, instrument-maker, philanthropist, and long-time friend of the quartet.
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.
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.
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Wihan Quartet joins the Tashmina Artists roster
Tashmina Artists is delighted to announce that the Wihan Quartet has joined the agency roster.
Discography
The Wihan Quartet's extensive discography on the Nimbus Alliance website can be found here. Below are their most recent recordings.
Wolf, Britten and Ravel
Wihan Quartet
| Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade |
| Benjamin Britten: String Quartet no. 2 in C major, op. 36 |
| Interval |
| Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F Major |
Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
Wihan Quartet
| Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet no. 62 in C major, op. 76, no. 3, Hob.III:77, Emperor |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 465, Dissonance |
| Interval |
| Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 9 in C major, op. 59, no. 3, Rasumovsky |
Smetana, Dvořák and Janáček
Wihan Quartet
| Bedřich Smetana: Quartet no. 1 in E minor, From My Life |
| Antonin Dvořák: Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96, B. 179, American |
| Interval |
| Leos Janáček: String Quartet no. 2, Intimate Letters |
Wihan Quartet
The Wihan Quartet is one of the leading string quartets to emerge from the great Czech school of performance in recent years. Praised by the New York Times for possessing a sound that is “deeply pleasurable and also deeply traditional”…
