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Apr 05, 1940 Hamburg, Germany Died on 05 Mar 2005 (aged 64)
German musician
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About Wilhelm Melcher
- Wilhelm Melcher (April 5, 1940 – March 5, 2005) was a German violinist.
- He is the founder of the Melos Quartet.Melcher was born in Hamburg, and studied there and in Rome.
- In 1962, he won the International Chamber Music Competition in Venice.
- In 1963, at the age of 23, he became the concertmaster of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra.He established a standing quartet with the brothers Gerhard and Hermann Voss, as well as cellist Peter Buck.
- The quartet was based in Stuttgart, and remained together until Melcher's unexpected death on the eve of a planned farewell tour. Wilhelm Melcher played a violin by Domenico Montagnana (1731).
