Melos Quartett Stuttgart

The Melos Quartet is one of the leading and longest-established string quartets of the world, and is particularly known for a warm, romantic sound without overstatement of emotionality, a strong grasp of form, and highly accurate, assured playing. Its founders were four string players who already had important careers as soloists and orchestral musicians. They were: Wilhelm Melcher of Hamburg (b. April 5, 1940), winner of the 1962 International Chamber Music Competition of Venice and concertmaster of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra since 1963. Gerhard Ernst Voss, the second ...