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Stephen Francis Vasta feels vaguely let down by Mami Shikimori and the Wihan Quartet's performances of Fauré and Franck. '... wonderfully committed and incisive playing.'
2016-02-01 16:33:00
Lebrecht CD of the Week - Wihan Quartet: Dvořák/Janáček (Nimbus Alliance)
The Wihan Quartet - Dvořák, Suk, Janáček (Nimbus Alliance) Rating: 4/5 stars It must be something in the plum juice that produces, generation after generation, a cluster of distinctive string quartets from the country constituted as the Czech Republic. There is nothing like a Czech string quartet. It’s a generic school of ensemble playing that aligns all the right accents to a witty, virile expressiveness and an almost effortless panache. Count the present contenders on the world stage: the Panocha, the Pavel Haas, the Pražák, the Stamic, the Vlach, the Wihan, and the daddy of them all, the Talich. There are presently seven or eight Czech quartets of the highest quality out there. No other nation of ten million can match that. The Wihan Quartet—their name belongs to the cellist of the 1891 Bohemian Quartet: Josef Suk, Oskar Nedbal, Hanuš Wihan, Karel Hoffman—are as authentic as it gets. Their […]
2014-11-27 23:58:00
Here is how I have adapted my Biography for various different formats. Long Version: “Violinist Joshua Hugo Gustav von Bohlen began playing the piano at the age of six, the violin and tuba at seven and was a Major Music Scholar at Emanuel School receiving both Music and Physics prizes where he also studied the viola and piano. He received a scholarship to attend Junior Trinity and won places at the Procorda International training academy on the violin where he received masterclasses on the violin and viola from members of The Wihan Quartet. Joshua’s teacher at Junior Trinity Conservatoire on the violin was David Brodowski and Oren Marshall for the Tuba. Upon graduation he was awarded the Vivian Joseph String Players Prize. During this period he also gained valuable work experience at the English National Opera and the Royal Opera House and is currently studying for his Violin Performance degree with […]
2014-09-20 02:22:05