Wilhelm Melcher (April 5, 1940 – March 5, 2005) was a German violinist.
[2] 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.
A lover of Italy since he was a boy, he bought a house and moved his home to Tuscany in the Etruscan village of Sorano, in the province of Grosseto.
Wilhelm Melcher played a violin by Carlo Bergonzi (1731).