Wilhelm Melcher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Melcher

German musician

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1940

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Mar-2005

Profession: musician, violinist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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).