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16/06 2024 | Lauttasaari Church, Helsinki |
The Lauttasaari Music Festival | |
15/06 2024 | Rymättylä Church, Finland |
14/06 2024 | Naantali Church |
24/03 2024 | Klaukkala, Finland |
14/03 2024 | National Library of Spain, Madrid |
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951)Quartet No. 2, Op. 10(String Quartet with Soprano)
ALBAN BERG (1885-1935)Lyric Suite(String Quartet) | |
13/03 2024 | Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid |
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951)Quartet No. 2, Op. 10(String Quartet with Soprano)
ALBAN BERG (1885-1935)Lyric Suite(String Quartet) | |
06/03 2024 | Herkulessaal, Munich |
Joseph Haydn: Streichquartett Nr. 2 C-Dur op. 20 Hob. III/32 Krishna Nagaraja: „Stringar“ Jean Sibelius: Streichquartett d-Moll op. 56 „Voces Intimae“ | |
03/03 2024 | Kurhaus, Bad Tölz |
Saariaho: Terra Memoria Shostakovich 4 *** Beach: String quartet Sibelius: Voces Intimae | |
01/03 2024 | Kunsthalle, Appenzell |
07/02 2024 | Ateneum, Helsinki |
Programme Maurice Ravel: String Quartet | |
18/01 2024 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
04/12 2023 | Helsinki, Finland |
Meta4 alongside composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä will take you through the history of string quartets in one evening! | |
12/11 2023 | Oulainen, Finland |
Meta4 @ Oulaisten Musiikkivikkot | |
14/10 2023 | Southern Theatre, Columbus |
Meta4 @Chamber Music Columbus | |
30/09 2023 | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg |
String quartets by Janáček, Beamish and Schumann | |
27/09 2023 | Espoo, Finland |
String quartets by Janáček, Beamish and Schumann | |
18/07 2023 | Kuhmo church |
Meta4 @ Kuhmo Chamber Music | |
16/07 2023 | Kuhmo Arts Centre |
Meta4 @ Kuhmo Chamber Music | |
13/07 2023 | Kuhmo Arts Centre |
Meta4 @ Kuhmo Chamber Music | |
10/07 2023 | Kuhmo Arts Centre |
Meta4 @ Kuhmo Chamber Music | |
09/07 2023 | Kuhmo Church |
Meta4 @ Kuhmo Chamber Music | |
15/06 2023 | Naantali Church |
Meta4 @ Naantali Music Festival | |
14/06 2023 | Naantali Church |
Meta4 @ Naantali Music Festival | |
12/06 2023 | Naantali Church |
Meta4 @ Naantali Music Festival | |
14/04 2023 | Helsinki, Finland |
Meta4 leading the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Jaakko Kuusisto:Wiima Fanny Hensel: String Quartet Louise Farrenc: Symphony no. 3 | |
13/04 2023 | Kannelmäki Church |
Meta4 & the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Jaakko Kuusisto: Wiima Louise Farrenc: Symphony no. 3 | |
10/04 2023 | Wigmore Hall, London |
Barber, Beach, Krishna Nagaraja and Purcell | |
05/03 2023 | L’Aquila, Italy |
04/03 2023 | Pistoia, Iltaly |
14/11 2022 | Houston, USA |
12/11 2022 | Stanford, USA |
09/11 2022 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Meta4 Leading Jyväskylä Sinfonia
Olli Mustonen: Vanha kirkko Petäjävedellä Fanny Hensel: Jousikvartetto Louise Farrenc: Sinfonia nro 3 | |
21/09 2022 | MiTo Festival, Turin |
A brief history of the string quartet, part 2 | |
20/09 2022 | MiTo Festival, Turin |
A brief history of the string quartet, part 1 | |
19/09 2022 | MiTo Festival, Turin |
The Milano Symphony Orchestra The Teatro Regio Choir Andrea Secchi, choir master Meta4 Patrick Fournillier, conductor
John Adams - Ludwig van Beethoven
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18/09 2022 | MiTo Festival, Milan |
The Milano Symphony Orchestra The Teatro Regio Choir Andrea Secchi, choir master Meta4 Patrick Fournillier, conductor
John Adams - Ludwig van Beethoven | |
17/09 2022 | MiTo Festival, Milan |
A brief history of the String quartet: Part 2 | |
16/09 2022 | MiTo Festival, Milan |
A brief history of the string quartet: Part 1 | |
07/08 2022 | Montreal, Canada |
Opening concert at the Pollack Hall | |
23/07 2022 | Schloss Johannisberg, Germany |
Meta4 & Gringolts Quartet | |
18/06 2022 | Rymättylä Church |
17/06 2022 | Church of Naantali |
26/04 2022 | German church, Helsinki |
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival's spring concert | |
02/04 2022 | Prinzregentheater, Munich |
Lange Nacht des Streichquartetts | |
26/03 2022 | Meta4 @ G Livelab Tampere |
04/02 2022 | Ludwigshafen, BASF-Gesellschaftshaus, Germany |
Nach(t)schicht w/Reto Bieri POSTPONED | |
13/01 2022 | 13. & 14.1. Schloss Elmau, Germany |
23/11 2021 | RUSK Festival 23.-27.11. Jakobstad |
RUSK Musikfestival i Jakobstad | |
13/11 2021 | November Music, 's-Hertogenbosch |
Saariaho - Koskinen | |
01/11 2021 | Kino Soi! Tapiola |
Clyne - Koskinen - Mazzoli - Tarrodi - Reich | |
16/09 2021 | Konvergencie Festival, Bratislava |
Haydn - Saariaho - Sibelius | |
14/09 2021 | MiTo SettembreMusica, Torino |
Haydn - Sibelius | |
13/09 2021 | MiTo SettembreMusica, Milano |
Haydn - Sibelius | |
12/12 2020 | Meta4 @ G Livelab Tampere |
17/11 2020 | RUSK Festival, Jakobstad |
14/11 2020 | November Music, s'Hertogenbosch |
Saariaho - Koskinen | |
12/10 2020 | Klasariklubi @ G Livelab |
Klasariklubi w/Anna-Maria Helsing, Minna Pensola & Meta4 | |
09/09 2020 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Meta4 leading the Jyväskylä Sinfonia | |
11/08 2020 | Katrina Chamber Music Festival |
11.8. - 14.8., Mariehamn, Åland | |
19/05 2020 | Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna |
tba... | |
18/05 2020 | Bilbao, Spain |
CANCELLED | |
09/05 2020 | Prinzregentheater, München |
Lange Nacht des Streichquartetts | |
05/05 2020 | G Livelab, Tampere |
Beethoven 250 postponed | |
03/05 2020 | Kurhaus, Badenweiler |
with Gringolts Quartet CANCELLED | |
05/04 2020 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Meta4 leading the Jyväskylä Sinfonia RESCHEDULED | |
04/04 2020 | Saksalainen kirkko, Helsinki |
Mozart: Requiem w/Theatre Of Voices RESCHEDULED
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03/04 2020 | Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna |
Mozart: Requiem with Theatre of Voices RESCHEDULED | |
18/03 2020 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Meta4 leading the Jyväskylä Sinfonia CANCELLED | |
08/03 2020 | Balderin sali, Helsinki |
Klassikkoparatiisi
Saariaho: Figura w/ Tuija Hakkila & Kari Kriikku | |
24/02 2020 | Wigmore Hall, London |
BBC Lunchtime concert tba | |
14/02 2020 | Meta4 & Orchestre d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand |
09/02 2020 | Beethoven-Haus, Bonn |
06/02 2020 | Beethoven-Haus, Bonn |
01/02 2020 | Wigmore Hall, London |
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano; Meta4 | |
29/01 2020 | Lilla Villan, Sipoo |
08/11 2019 | Meta4 & Tapiola Sinfonietta |
19/09 2019 | Meta4 & Sinfonia Lahti |
John Adams: Absolute Jest, concerto for string quartet and orchestra | |
13/08 2019 | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
Edinburgh International Festival | |
01/08 2019 | Festival Pablo Casals, Prades (FR) |
22/07 2019 | Kuhmo Festival (FI) 22.-26.7. |
07/07 2019 | Time Of Music festival, Viitasaari (FI) |
06/07 2019 | Nurmes Music Academy (FI) |
24/06 2019 | Granada Festival (ES) |
Fanny Hensel - Kaija Saariaho - Robert Schumann | |
22/06 2019 | Louth Contemporary Music Society, Ireland |
19/06 2019 | Concentus Moraviae (CZ) |
18/06 2019 | Concentus Moraviae (CZ) |
Saariaho - Sibelius | |
15/06 2019 | Soinillinen (FI) |
12/05 2019 | Musica Vitae, Landskrona (SE) |
Stråkar de Luxe -tour, Landskrona
Berg - Janacek - Mahler | |
11/05 2019 | Musica Vitae, Lund (SE) |
Stråkar de Luxe -tour, Lund
Berg - Janacek - Mahler | |
10/05 2019 | Musica Vitae, Växjö (SE) |
Stråkar de Luxe -tour, Växjö
Berg - Janacek - Mahler | |
28/03 2019 | Sinfonia Lahti |
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09/03 2019 | Vihdin kirkko |
Meta4 leading the Lohja Orchestra | |
07/03 2019 | Taidetehdas, Porvoo |
Meta4 leading the Lohja Orchestra | |
02/03 2019 | Musiikkitalo, Helsinki |
Meta4 leading Sibelius Academy Chamber Orchestra | |
01/02 2019 | Beethovenhaus, Bonn, Germany |
30/01 2019 | Concertgebouw Amsterdam |
29/01 2019 | Philharmonie Luxembourg |
27/01 2019 | Festspielhalle Baden-Baden, Germany |
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16/01 2019 | Pullach, Germany |
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09/12 2018 | Octet project, Sellosali |
07/12 2018 | Octet project @ Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg |
05/12 2018 | Wien, Konzerthaus |
Faszination Kammermusik: Blohm, Meissl, Meta4 | |
30/11 2018 | Octet project @ Louisiana Museum |
29/11 2018 | Octet project @ Louisiana Museum |
21/11 2018 | Octet project on tour, Italy 21.-26.11. |
21 Trieste 23 Trento 24 Rome 25 Aquila 26 Vicenza
ao. Mendelssohn & Enescu Octets with the Gringolts Quartet | |
17/11 2018 | Lincoln Center - Rose Theatre, NYC, USA |
Kaija Saariaho: Only the Sound Remains
Performances: November 17 & 19 | |
23/10 2018 | Teatro Real, Madrid |
Kaija Saariaho: Only the Sound Remains
Performances: October 23, 26, 29, 31 November 5, 7, 9 | |
03/10 2018 | Jyväskylä Sinfonia |
Meta4, leading @ 12:00 & 19:00
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08/09 2018 | Sibelius Festival, Lahti |
15/07 2018 | Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival 15.-22.7. |
07/06 2018 | Pyhän Laurin kirkko, Lohja |
@ 19:00
Brahms: String Quartet no 3 Schubert: String Quartet "Death and the Maiden" | |
13/04 2018 | Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra |
Meta4 leading the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Alban Berg: 3 pieces for string orchestra Leos Janacek: String Quartet no 2 "Intimate Letters" Gustav Mahler-V. Mendelssohn: Adagio from Symphony no 10 | |
06/04 2018 | Tapiola Sinfonietta |
Meta4 leading Tapiola Sinfonietta
György Ligeti: Concert Romanesc Arnold Schönberg: Chamber Symphony no 2 Wolfie Mozart: Symphony no 38 | |
01/03 2018 | Oulu Sinfonia |
György Ligeti: Concert Românesc Dmitri Shostakovits: Jousikvartetto nro 3, op. 73 Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonia nro 2 op. 36 | |
11/02 2018 | Iceland All Stars w/ Meta4 |
11.2. Porvoo, Tuomiokirkko Liput 20/15€, ennakkomyynti palvelupiste KOMPASSI 12.2. Helsinki, G Livelab 13.2. Nummela | |
07/02 2018 | 23.1.-7.2. Palais Garnier, Paris: Only the Sound Remains |
Saariaho Kaija: Only the Sound Remains
Performances 23.1.-7.2. | |
20/01 2018 | Temppeliaukio church |
Leading the Finnish baroque orchestra w/ Aleksei Ljubimov & Olga Pashenko, fortepiano Kraus - Dussek - Beethoven | |
08/12 2017 | Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna |
10/11 2017 | LSO St Luke's: Shostakovich Plus |
with Alasdair Beatson, piano Mustonen - Shostakovich | |
04/11 2017 | Kauniainen Music Festival |
31/10 2017 | Kauniainen Music Festival |
Uusi Paviljonki w/Long Island String Quartet | |
24/08 2017 | Oulunsalo Soi |
28/07 2017 | Reykholt Chamber Music Festival, Iceland |
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17/07 2017 | Kuhmo Festival |
Kuhmon kamarimusiikki 17.-21.7. | |
14/07 2017 | Brinkhall |
Brinkhall Soi festival | |
09/06 2017 | Riihimäki |
07/06 2017 | Lohja |
Lohjan kirkko | |
14/05 2017 | Zurich, Switzerland |
29/04 2017 | Helsinki |
Finnish National Opera and Ballet | |
27/04 2017 | Helsinki |
Finnish National Opera and Ballet | |
25/04 2017 | Tampere, Finland |
22/04 2017 | Helsinki |
Finnish National Opera and Ballet | |
15/04 2017 | Helsinki |
Finnish National Opera and Ballet | |
12/04 2017 | Helsinki |
Finnish National Opera and Ballet | |
28/03 2017 | Storvik, Sweden |
26/03 2017 | Söderhamn, Sweden |
25/03 2017 | Kilafors, Sweden |
24/03 2017 | Hudiksval, Sweden |
23/03 2017 | Västerås, Sweden |
22/03 2017 | Skinnskatteberg, Sweden |
07/03 2017 | Milan, Italy |
Conservatorio di Milano, Sala Verdi | |
05/03 2017 | Landskrona, Sweden |
04/03 2017 | Kristianstad, Sweden |
03/03 2017 | Växjö, Sweden |
25/02 2017 | Naantali, Finland |
Naantali Music Festival's Winter Concert | |
23/02 2017 | Ljusdal, Sweden |
20/02 2017 | Antwerp, Belgium |
19/02 2017 | Paris, France |
15/02 2017 | Helsinki, Finland |
25/01 2017 | Bonn, Germany |
23/01 2017 | Helsinki |
13/11 2016 | Coesfeld, Germany |
06/11 2016 | Kauniainen, Finland |
04/11 2016 | Vihti, Finland |
03/11 2016 | Oulainen, Finland |
31/10 2016 | Kauniainen, Finland |
29/10 2016 | Stockholm, Sweden |
27/10 2016 | Hamburg, Germany |
26/10 2016 | Kangasala, Finland |
25/09 2016 | Espoo, Finland |
16/09 2016 | Taree, Australia |
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14/09 2016 | Tamworth, Australia |
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11/09 2016 | Dubbo, Australia |
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09/09 2016 | Penrith, Australia |
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06/09 2016 | Griffith, Australia |
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03/09 2016 | Wagga Wagga, Australia |
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02/09 2016 | Albury, Australia |
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13/07 2016 | Kuhmo, Finland |
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival 13.-18.7. | |
11/07 2016 | Kimito |
Kimito Music Festival 11.-12.7. | |
08/07 2016 | Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Germany |
14/05 2016 | Vienna, Austria |
17/03 2016 | Stuttgart, Germany |
16/03 2016 | Bonn, Germany |
Kanzlerbungalow Beethoven Orchester Bonn | |
13/03 2016 | Ludwigshafen, Germany |
06/03 2016 | Tel Aviv, Israel |
05/03 2016 | Haifa, Israel |
03/03 2016 | Jerusalem, Israel |
29/02 2016 | Helsinki |
With clarinetist Reto Bieri @ Ekberg Extra | |
24/02 2016 | Iisalmi |
31/01 2016 | Helsinki |
With Finnish Baroque Orchestra @ Helsinki Music Centre | |
30/01 2016 | Porvoo, Finland |
With Finnish Baroque Orchestra @ Porvoo Event Factory | |
24/01 2016 | London, UK |
20/01 2016 | Lörrach, Germany |
17/01 2016 | Vihti, Finland |
The Church of Vihti, at 19:00 | |
11/01 2016 | Bologna, Italy |
16/12 2015 | Sabbatical Leave |
Meta4 is on sabbatical leave until the end of 2015. You're welcome to join our concerts again in 2016! | |
10/05 2015 | Grafenegg, Austria |
03/05 2015 | Kangasala, Finland |
28/04 2015 | Tallinn, Estonia |
19/04 2015 | Zorneding, Germany |
Kulturverein Zorneding-Baldham | |
18/04 2015 | Wasserburg, Germany |
06/04 2015 | London, UK |
04/04 2015 | Helsinki |
05/03 2015 | London, UK |
31/01 2015 | Bonn, Germany |
29/01 2015 | Dusseldorf, Germany |
25/01 2015 | Baden-Baden, Germany |
23/01 2015 | Dortmund, Germany |
20/01 2015 | Berlin, Germany |
19/01 2015 | Neumarkt, Germany |
18/01 2015 | Boswil, Switzerland |
16/01 2015 | Gauting, Germany |
30/11 2014 | Rottenburg, Germany |
29/11 2014 | Icking, Germany |
28/11 2014 | Steinfurt, Germany |
Il Bagno - Konzertgalerie Steinfurt | |
27/11 2014 | Frankfurt, Germany |
26/11 2014 | Grünwald, Germany |
23/11 2014 | Espoo |
17/11 2014 | Klasariklubi, Helsinki |
We Got Beef | |
07/11 2014 | Turku |
06/11 2014 | Svenska dagens fest concert, Turku |
12/10 2014 | Raahe |
08/10 2014 | Jyväskylä |
24/09 2014 | London, the UK |
22/08 2014 | Helsinki |
Helsinki Festival, 22nd - 24th August | |
13/07 2014 | Kuhmo |
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival 13th - 26th July | |
04/07 2014 | Pyhäniemen kartano |
02/07 2014 | Hämeenlinna |
10/06 2014 | Neumarkt, Germany |
13/05 2014 | Madrid, Spain |
08/05 2014 | Helsinki |
07/04 2014 | Vienna, Austria |
28/03 2014 | Dijon, France |
19/03 2014 | Helsinki |
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra | |
28/01 2014 | Munich, Germany |
Herkulessaal | |
27/01 2014 | Polling, Germany |
24/01 2014 | Heidelberg, Germany |
Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival | |
18/01 2014 | Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
14/12 2013 | Antwerpen, Belgium |
deSingel internationale Kunstkampus | |
23/11 2013 | Stockholm |
22/11 2013 | Köping, Sweden |
21/11 2013 | Trosa, Sweden |
17/11 2013 | Lux Musicae |
13/11 2013 | Tampere, Finland |
02/11 2013 | Potsdam, Germany |
11/08 2013 | Semmering, Austria |
09/08 2013 | Turku Music Festival |
03/08 2013 | Kuressaare, Estonia |
30/07 2013 | Hamburg, Germany |
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival | |
19/07 2013 | Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival 19th-27th July |
17/07 2013 | Neuburg, Germany |
15/07 2013 | Hanko Music Festival |
17/05 2013 | Helsinki, Astoria banquet |
18/04 2013 | Paris, France |
Cité de la Musique at 20:00 | |
14/04 2013 | Helsinki Music Centre |
Jousikvartetot Musiikkitalossa -series at 18:00 | |
13/04 2013 | Vihti, Finland |
The Church of Vihti at 16:00 | |
12/04 2013 | Janakkala, Finland |
Pyhän Laurin kirkko at 18:00 | |
11/03 2013 | Klasariklubi, Helsinki |
Bar Dubrovnik at 21:00 | |
02/12 2012 | Baden-Baden, Germany |
29/11 2012 | Madrid, Spain |
27/11 2012 | Gent, Belgium |
17/11 2012 | Oulaisten Musiikkiviikot |
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07/10 2012 | Espoo, Sellosali |
15/07 2012 | Kuhmon Kamarimusiikki 15.-24.7. |
12/07 2012 | Pyhäniemi 2012 |
Pyhäniemen kartano klo 19 | |
04/07 2012 | Sysmän Suvisoitto |
Teatteritalo klo 19
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05/06 2012 | Salzburg |
04/06 2012 | Wien, Konzerthaus |
Mozart Saal Meta4 & Khatia Buniatishvili, piano | |
31/05 2012 | |
29/05 2012 | Madrid, Auditorio Nacional |
21/05 2012 | |
26/04 2012 | 26.-29.4. Osnabrück, Germany |
06/04 2012 | Hetta 6.-8.4. |
30/03 2012 | Antwerp |
29/03 2012 | Music Center, Helsinki |
Spohr: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra dir. John Storgårds | |
28/03 2012 | Music Center, Helsinki |
Spohr: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra dir. John Storgårds | |
15/03 2012 | UK Tour 15.3.-22.3. |
21.3. Kendal | |
18/02 2012 | Stockholm Konserthuset |
04/02 2012 | Kaustisen Kamarimusiikkiviikko |
29/01 2012 | Essen Philharmonie |
15/01 2012 | Coesfeld |
12/01 2012 | Berlin Konzerthaus |
09/01 2012 | Klasariklubi @ Dubrovnik, Helsinki |
16/12 2011 | Meta4 10 vuotta! |
Musiikkitalo, suuri sali Klo 19 Liput 0 € | |
10/12 2011 | Annin päivän konsertti |
Klo 16 Niuhalan vanha kansakoulu Kirkkoniementie 4 VIHTI kk | |
24/10 2011 | FESTIVAL DE QUATUORS À CORDES EN PAYS DE FAYENCE |
21.00 Église de Mons
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06/08 2011 | Oulunsalo Soi 6.-10.8. |
23/07 2011 | Crusell Music Festival 23.-28.7. |
11/07 2011 | Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival 11.-21.7. |
07/07 2011 | Sysmä Summer Sounds |
Meta4 10 Years! | |
15/06 2011 | Auditorio Nacional, Madrid |
Sala de Cámara @19.30 | |
22/04 2011 | Hetan Musiikkipäivät |
Hetan Musiikkipäivät 22.-25.4. | |
20/04 2011 | Tornio |
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19/04 2011 | Oulunsalo Soi-ohjelmanjulkistuskonsertti |
Klo 19 Vanha Pappila Asemakatu 6, Oulu | |
20/03 2011 | Meta4 on Tour |
Achern 20.3. Heidelberg 22.3. Neuss 24.3 Viersen 25.3. Bordeaux 26.3. Paderborn 27.3. Gent 30.3. Nottingham 2.4.
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18/03 2011 | Kuhmo |
Ihminen ja Kosmos -tapahtuma 18.-19.3. | |
19/02 2011 | Joensuu |
Talvimusiikki-festival | |
17/02 2011 | Klasariklubi |
Dubrovnik, Helsinki | |
13/02 2011 | Hampuri |
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Meta4
Meta4, formed in 2001, is one of the most internationally successful Finnish string quartets. In 2004 it won the first prize in the International Shostakovich Quartet Competition in Moscow and was also awarded a special prize for best Shostakovich interpretation. The quartet enjoyed continued success in 2007, when it won the first prize in the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna. Later that year the Finnish Minister of Culture awarded Meta4 with the annual Finland Prize in recognition of an international breakthrough. Meta4 was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist for 2008–2010 and in 2013 Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded the quartet with a special prize in recognition of its work.
Meta4 performs regularly in key music capitals and concert halls around the world including Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall and King’s Place in London, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Cité de la Musique in Paris and Stockholms Konserthus, and has also toured in Australia. Furthermore, Meta4 served as the Artistic Director of Oulunsalo Music Festival between 2008 and 2011 and was the quartet-in-residence at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival from 2008-2017.
The quartet has studied in the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) under Hatto Beyerle and Johannes Meissl. They have released three recordings on Hänssler Classics: Haydn’s String Quartets op. 55 1–3 (2009), which was awarded the esteemed Echo Klassik Award in 2010; Shostakovich’s String Quartets 3, 4 & 7 (2012), which received the 2012 Record of the Year award from the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE as well as the Emma prize (the Finnish Grammy) in the category of the Classical Album of the Year, as well as Bartók’s String Quartets 1 & 5, released in 2014. The quartet has also released an album of Kaija Saariaho’s chamber music works (Ondine, 2013) and an LP of Sibelius’s String Quartet ‘Voces Intimae’ (Berliner Meister Schallplatten, 2013). An album with Brahms Clarinet Quintet and Gérard Pesson’s Nebenstück together with Reto Bieri, was released via ECM Records in 2019. The most recent albums of the quartet were breleased via Bis Records: their recording of octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu with the Gringolts Quartet was released in 2020 and fall 2021 saw the release of Oceano, Chamber Music by Sebastian Fagerlund.
The members of Meta4 play distinguished instruments, which include a Stradivarius, kindly on loan from the Finnish Cultural Foundation, a Carlo Bergonzi violin, kindly on loan from Signe and Ane Gyllenberg's Foundation and a cello made by Lorenzo Storioni in Cremona in 1780.
©Meta4 2022
Antti Tikkanen
Antti Tikkanen is a versatile musician whose dynamic career spans solo, chamber as well as baroque performance. The wide range of repertoire from early baroque to contemporary music reflect the scope of his talent.
Antti was born in Oulainen, Finland and began to study the violin at the age of seven. His first teacher at the Jokilaakso Music Institute was Tomasz Orzech. From there on he studied in the Kuhmo Violin School with Professor Zinaida Gilels, at the Sibelius Academy with Lajos Garam, Mi-Kyung Lee and Kreeta-Maria Kentala and for a short period he also studied in the Lyon CNSM with Pavel Vernikov.
Antti Tikkanen has performed with numerous Finnish orchestras, including the Finnish Radio Symphony, Tapiola Sinfonietta and the Helsinki Philharmonic.
Tikkanen has performed extensively around the world’s music festivals as a chamber musician, soloist or a member of an ensemble. Antti is also a member of the internationally well-known Finnish String Quartet Meta4.
Antti Tikkanen plays a Stradivarius violin ”ex Berglund” kindly on loan from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Minna Pensola
Violinist Minna Pensola is known as an intense performer, invigorating soloist and energetic orchestra leader. As an inspiring fellow musician and teacher she is a regular guest at many international chamber music festivals.
Pensola is a versatile player in the music field and has established regular club evenings combining a casual bar night and classical live music in her hometown Helsinki, as well as PuKamaChamber concert series, which she runs together with her spouse, violinist Antti Tikkanen.
Active and close relationship with Finnish composers have produced many works dedicated to her. The upcoming seasons will bring premieres of a chamber work by Lotta Wennäkoski and double concertos by Iiro Rantala (with Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Iiro Rantala, piano) and Jukka Tiensuu (with Tapiola Sinfonietta & soprano Anu Komsi).
Minna Pensola is the co-artistic director of Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since 2021. During the seasons 2019-2024 she is the artistic partner of the Joensuu City Orchestra. Pensola was the artistic director of Sysmä Summer Sounds from 2006 to 2012 and a member of the curating group for the Helsinki Festival’s Wonderfeel-weekend in 2020-2021.
Pensola is a member of the award winning string quartet Meta4, teaches chamber music at the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) and violin at the Sibelius Academy.
Her own studies started at the Helsinki Conservatory, continued at the Sibelius Academy and finally finished at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Zürich and the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA). Important guides on that journey include Leonid Mordkovich, Kaija Saarikettu, Ralf Gothoni, Ana Chumachenko, Josef Rissin, Hatto Beyerle, Johannes Meissl as well as countless inspiring colleagues along the way.
Minna Pensola's instrument is a Carlo Bergonzi violin from 1732, owned by the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation.
Offstage the swinging up-tempo is maintained by two daughters, two cats and a hamster.
Atte Kilpeläinen
Atte Kilpeläinen's music studies culminated in degrees from Cologne University of Music and Sibelius Academy.
Since 2005 he has held the position of principal viola in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. As a guest leader he has worked in orchestras like Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
As a soloist he has performed with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Cologne Chamber Orchestra and City Orchestras of Kuopio and Oulu.
He has been a member of Meta4 string quartet since 2006. In 2007 Meta4 won 1st prize in International Joseph Haydn Competition in Vienna. Their three recordings for Hänssler Classics (Haydn op. 55, Shostakovich 3,4,7 and Bartok 1,5) have earned critical acclaim. Meta4 has also recorded music by Kaija Saariaho for Ondine and music by Jean Sibelius for Berliner Meisterschallplatten.
Since 2012 Atte Kilpeläinen has been a part of faculty in Sibelius Academy. He has also given master classes at Finnish summer festivals.
Tomas Djupsjöbacka
Tomas Djupsjöbacka started his musical training at the age of three in the Western Helsinki Music Institute. In 1997 he enrolled in the Sibelius Academy where he studied with Prof. Martti Rousi, Marko Ylönen, and Ralf Gothóni (chamber music). He also spent two years in Conservatoire de Lausanne studying with Patrick Demenga and received his Soloist Diploma with honors of the jury in 2003.
Since winning the second prize in the National Cello Competition held in Turku in 1998, Tomas Djupsjöbacka has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Finland as well as abroad. As a chamber musician Djupsjöbacka has performed at most of the Finnish music festivals.
Djupsjöbacka is a member of the string quartet Meta4, which has won international competitions in Moscow and Vienna and performs regularly in Europe and elsewhere. The ensemble is a quartet-in-residence at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since 2009, was the artistic director of the Oulunsalo Music Festival 2008-2011 as well as the BBC Young Generation Artist in 2008-2010. Meta4 has released three albums with music by Haydn, Shostakovich and Kaija Saariaho, two of which have received international acclaim (e.g. Echo Prize 2010).
Djupsjöbacka is also a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He is currently studing conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he also teaches chamber music. Djupjsöbacka’s instrument is a rare Lorenzo Storioni cello made in 1780 in Cremona.
Meta1/4
What more, Meta4?
Do you ever wonder what else the members of Meta4 are doing when they are not having concerts with the quartet?
The artists of this energetic group are active in several projects, check here where and when you can catch a glimpse of Meta4!
Antti Tikkanen
Antti's virtuosic violinissimo leads him to be a soloist of a symphony orchestra during one week and during another to Kempten Festival to perform as a chamber musician - or even to Shanghai to give a master class. In addition, Antti has founded together with Minna an association called Punavuoren kamarimusiikkiyhdistys (a.k.a. PuKama), the mission of which is to offer monthly high-quality chamber music concerts in Helsinki. Antti and Minna also form together an energetic duo called Tiksola Duo, which at times expands to a chamber music ensemble called Tiksola Co.
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Minna Pensola
Minna's energy seems to have no limits! You can see this vivacious violinist equally well as a soloist of an orchestra as well as featuring on a gig of a pop band. Together with Antti, Minna has also founded in an association called Punavuoren kamarimusiikkiyhdistys (a.k.a. PuKama), the mission of which is to offer monthly high-quality chamber music concerts in Helsinki. Furthermore, Minna is a founder and the artistic director of Klasariklubi, which combines classical music and the laid-back atmosphere of a club. On top of this, Minna and Antti form together an energetic duo called Tiksola Duo, which at times expands to a chamber music ensemble called Tiksola Co.
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Atte Kilpeläinen
Atte is the gift of violism not only to Meta4 but also to the rest of Helsinki's musical life. Besides being a section leader of Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra's (HPO) violas, Atte also organizes cross-artistic concerts in an association called Hämmentämö, which is active in his home town Vihti. The latest project of Atte, however, is a duo called Hauras (Fragile), in which the voice is beautifully accompanied by the guitar in songs rising from the Finnish melancholic soul. On top of this, since the spring 2013 Atte holds the position of the president of the Finnish Viola Society.
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Tomas Djupsjöbacka
The airplane seems to be the second home for Tomas: this cellist travelling with his instrument can be seen on tour not only with Meta4 but also with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) or also with Camerata Bern. While taking a breather in Helsinki, Tomas concentrates on practicing as well as on his cello students at Sibelius Academy.
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Discography
"Octets"
Label: BIS
Composers: Mendelssohn, Enescu
"Oceano"
Label: BIS
Composer: Sebastian Fagerlund
"Quasi morendo"
Label: ECM
Composers: Brahms, Pesson & Sciarrino
Kaija Saariaho: Chamber Works
for Strings Vol. 2
Label: Ondine
Composer: Kaija Saariaho
Bartók: String Quartets
No. 1 & 5
Label: Hänssler Classic
Composer: Béla Bartók
Sibelius: String Quartet in
D Minor Op. 56 'Voces Intimae'
Label: Berliner Meister Schallplatten
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Kaija Saariaho: Chamber Works
for Strings
Label: Ondine
Composer: Kaija Saariaho
Shostakovich: String Quartets
3, 4 & 7
Label: Hänssler Classic
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
FBC (YLE): the Record of the Year 2012
EMMA: the Classical Album of the Year 2012
Haydn: String Quartets
Op 55, 1-3
Label: Hänssler Classic
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2009
Echo Kritik Award 2010
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Reviews
Concerts
"META4, so viel steht auf jeden Fall fest, gehört zu den aufregendsten Kammermusikformationen, die die Klassik-Szene derzeit zu bieten hat." -(General Anzeiger, Bonn, 02/2015)
“Toisen osan aloittanut kvartetin soolo-osuus oli järkyttävän kaunista kuultavaa. Martinun energinen sävelkieli soljui Meta4:n muusikoista lähes telepaattisessa vuorovaikutuksessa. Yhteistyö orkesterin kanssa huipentui karnevalistisen kolmannen osan riehakkaaseen päätöskadenssiin.” –Paavo Kässi (Keskisuomalainen, 10/2014)
“Meta4-kvartetin Antti Tikkanen, Minna Pensola, Atte Kilpeläinen ja Tomas Djupsjöbacka pääsivät näyttämään valtavan osaamisensa nopeutetuissa kuluissa ja jännittävässä rytmiikassa.” –Veijo Murtomäki (Helsingin Sanomat, 3/2014)
“Dem Prinzip des Weitergehens, Weiterspinnens aus Motiven, ja, Motivpartikeln heraus, wie es Beethoven in Op. 127 ins nahezu Grenzenlose steigert, um diese bis ins Filigrane reichende Verflechtungsphantasie immerwiederheftig, rustikal, fast ordinár in Tanzrhythmen zu erden, folgten die Meta4 mit derneugierigen Frische ihrer so virtuosen Elastizitát wie geistigen Beweglichkeit – ein überraschend anderer Beethoven-Eindruck, als mancher erwartei haben mochte.” –Harald Eggebrecht (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1/2014)
“Bei Meta4, -- wurde Beethovens letztes Quartett Nr. 16 in F-Dur zu einem solchen Höhepunkt. Klar und von einer dramatisch geprägten Heiterkeit, tiefschürfend und so prägnant.” –Dirk Becker (Potsdamer Neueste Nachricht, 11/2013)
“Bartókin viides jousikvartetto sai Meta4:lta esityksen, jonka veroista ei ihan äkkiä tule mieleen. Villillä tarmolla eteenpäin rynnivän teoksen kanssa on totisesti syytä pitää pää kylmänä. Antti Tikkasen ensiviulun paikalta johdattama yhtye selvitti kontrapunktin karikot hämmästyttävällä puhtaudella, menettämättä silti tunteen paloa.” –Lauri Mäntysaari (Turun Sanomat, 8/2013)
“Während Meta4 den zweiten Satz aus der Unhörbarkeit heraushebt, berstende Spannung erzeugt und ihn wieder ins Pianissimo zurücksinken lässt, präsentiert sich das Scherzo als Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeiten, mit karikaturenhaft solistisch agierenden Instrumenten. Wie auch in den beiden folgenden Sätzen zeigt sich Meta4, bunt, neugierig, im besten Sinne unberechenbar und mit unbändiger Spielfreude.” (Donau Kurier, 7/2013)
“Meta4 gave an instinctive performance that spoke of the work’s intimacy, and did well to keep the fluidity of the piece fully intact. The four musicians performed in close proximity, the cello the only member seated, and the passing of each melodic phrase from one instrument to the other was smooth but not over-polished.” –Ben Hogwood (Classical Source, concert at Wigmore Hall, 3/2012)
”Rarely can the Town Hall have witnessed such transcendental string sounds, such compelling musicianship, such intimacy and such total involvement in art of musical interpretation.” –Brian Paynes (The Westmorland Gazette, 3/2012)
“Die Ensemblemitglieder sind ausgprägte Individualisten mit ungewöhnlich präzisem Klangbewusstsein und ebenso rhetorisch-virtuoser Energie.” –Klaus Ross (Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 3/2011)
“Der dichte Spannungsbogen des Konzerts kulminierte in Sibelius' Quartet Voces Intimae, dessen Kontrastreichtum die vier vorzüglichen Streicher mit einer breiten Farbpalette ausloteten.” (Hamburger Abendblatt, 2/2011)
”Tatsächlich sind die vier Musiker, nämlich Minna Pensola (Violine), Antti Tikkanen Violine), Atte Kilpeläinen (Viola) und Tomas Djupsdjöbacka (Violoncello), zu einem Streichquartett verschmolzen, welches sich durch solistisch gleichwertige Besetzung der vier Pulte, durch lupenreine Intonation und durch Klanghomogenität auszeichnet, ganz zu schweigen von dem hohen Gestaltungstemperament, welches manchmals bis in freilich beherrschten Furor vordringt.” –Claus Regnault (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11/2009)
”Noch einen Schritt weiter Richtung explodierende Expressivität: Smetanas e-Moll-Streichquartett, plastisch, glutvoll und leidenschaftlich vorgetragen, wurde zu einem erschütternden Lebensbericht.” –Franz Zamazal (Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, 7/2008)
”-- la calidad, precisión, sonoridad y musicalidad del conjunto es realmente admirable. -- realmente hicieron una demostración de competencia y dominio como pocas veces se pueden apreciar.” –Juan Krakenberger (Mundoclasico, concert in Madrid, 1/2008)
”Aquí, los Meta4 lucieron una sonoridad más compacta y, aunque suene contradictorio, menos ácida, logrando una interpretación de muchísimos quilates que tuvo momentos mágicos y que logró incluso unos segundos de reflexión entre el público al final de la obra, antes de comenzar a aplaudir.” –Juan Carlos Galtier (Heraldo de Aragón, concert in Zaragoza, 1/2008)
”Despite the title (Voces Intimae), the piece strives to be a full-scale symphony, and in this wonderful performance the music’s epic scale emerged with unforced strength and grandeur. –Ivan Hewett (Telegraph, concert at Wigmore Hall, 9/2007)
”This was a performance of real quality, a reading of depth and intensity in which the music was able to speak directly to us wihtout eccentricities. This Quartet certainly deserves an international career, which I am sure they are capable of fulfilling.” –Robert Matthwe-Walker (Musical Opinion, 12/2006)
Albums
“Last but not least, Nymphéa (1987), veinte minutos de puro goce perceptivo, transfigura el concepto del cuarteto de cuerda al asociarlo con el aura electrónica de manera, tout court, portentosa, el oído en vilo y siempre satisfecho: Saariaho en estado puro.” –Germán Gan Quesada (El arte de la fuga, 5/2014)
“L’interprétation intense du Quatuor Meta4, tour à tour grave et avenante, est un modèle de musicalité pure, en tout cas jamais relâchée, presque toujours sur le qui-vive. Leur sonorité, très claire et sans sécheresse, sert à merveille ces « voix intimes » du compositeur. L’engagement des interprètes permet d’entrevoir un Sibelius au plus haut sommet de son art. Une générosité qui touche au sublime. La plus belle des versions modernes.” –Philippe Demeure (Analog Collector, 12/2013)
"Medlemmarna i den erkända Meta4-kvartetten får i tur och ordning träda fram i rampljuset, med njutbart resultat. -- Saariahos verk kommer inte alltid till sin fulla rätt om man lyssnar på flera efter varandra, men skivans struktur känns synnerligen lyckad. Som helhetens höjdpunkt sluter sig de individuella stråkrösterna samman i stråkkvartetten Nymphéa. -- Elektroniken utvidgar stråkkvartettens möjligheter till otroliga dimensioner. Nymphéa är som en djup och mörk källa, vars yta återspeglar ett rikt spektrum av valörer." –Anna Pulkkis (HBL, 10/2013)
“It’s hard to imagine more passionate, committed or meticulously crafted accounts of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s exquisitely strange chamber music for strings than these glowing performances by her compatriots in the Meta4 quartet. -- Second violinist Minna Pensola, for example, brings a remarkable range of colours to the microtonal waverings and keening glissandos of the opening Tocar, and she delivers a movingly intimate account of the hushed Nocturne, written in memory of Lutoslawski. First violinist Antti Tikkanen is more fiery in the sonata-like Calices, but there’s a glassy purity to her sound, especially in the half-heard tones of the fragile slow movement. Violist Atte Kilpeläinen copes with the technical demands of the eerie Vent nocturne magnificently, and cellist Tomas Djupsjöbacka brings a thrilling spontaneity to the volatile moods of Spins and Spells. The disc’s high point, though, is the concluding Nymphéa, whose icy poetry the Meta4 players deliver in an astonishingly broad palette of sounds.” –David Kettle (The Strad, 10/2013)
“The playing of Meta4 is superb. Their technique is astute, intense. Yet they are almost relaxed in the way they offer space for the at times complex and concentrated music to evolve and explain itself.” –Mark Sealey (Classical Net, 2013)
“Meta4-kvartetti tekee Haydn- ja Shostakovitsh-levyillään historiaa. Koskaan ennen suomalainen jousikvartetti ei ole saanut yhtä paljon kansainvälistä huomiota klassisessa ohjelmistossa.” –Harri Kuusisaari (Rondo, 12/2012)
“Die vier Musiker des Quartetts Meta4 werfen sich mit voller Energie in die Musik und spielen, was die Instrumente herhalten.” –Steff (Pizzicato, 10/2012)
“Die vier Finnen spielen auf unbeirrt hohem Niveau, perfekt im Zusammenspiel, sicher auch in rhytmisch vertrackten Situationen und flexibel in den Ausdrucksformen, zwischen geheimnisvoll und schroff-direkt.” –Christoph Vratz (Rheinische Post, 7/2012)
“Unlike most of their peers, Meta4 have found their way to the particular world of musicality that Shostakovich inhabits -- I’m not sure I’ve ever heard the opening folk-like Allegretto of No 4 more subtly explored, and this is cunningly balanced by the strategical placing of nuance in the finale’s klezmer?ish passages.” –David Fanning (Gramophone, 2012)
“--Meta4 soittaa Shostakovitshin kvartettoja poikkeuksellisen hyvin. Levyllä kuuluu yllin kyllin yleistä musikaalisuutta ja yksilötaitoa, mutta olennaisinta on, että Meta4 on ymmärtänyt kvartettityön tärkeimmän piirteen ja tehnyt sen eteen rajusti työtä.” –Kare Eskola (YLE, 8/2012)
“No recuerdo ninguna interpretación tan impresionante de esta enigmatica, breve y novedosa partitura que Shostakovich dedicó a modo de Tombeau a su primera esposa. La misma receta llena de crudeza y perfección la aplican también a las otras do obras” –Pablo-L. Rodríguez (Diverdi, 10/2012)
“En muista kuulleeni parempaa Dmitri Šostakovitšin jousikvartettolevyä. Meta4 löytää ahdistetusta ja katkerasta musiikista hätkähdyttävän paljon värejä, kielletystä kauneudesta luuhun poraavaan traagisuuteen.” –Jukka Isopuro (Helsingin Sanomat, 7/2012)
“Durch reich nuancierte Farbwechsel und agogische Feinheiten, vor allem aber durch die griffige Artikulation bekommt die Aufnahme eine sprachhafte Qualität – nicht zuletzt im Quartett op. 55, 2 mit seinem ungewöhnlichen Beginn. Hier wird Haydns Musik packend und abwechslungsreich erzählt: spannend wie ein gutter Krimi.” –M.S. (Fono-Forum 07/2009)
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