Photo: Vilma Tikkanen
Antti Tikkanen
Antti Tikkanen is originally from Oulainen, Finland, though he later settled in Helsinki. He began playing the violin at the age of seven. He then went on to the Sibelius Academy, studying under Lajos Garam initially, and then Mi-kyung Lee. He also studied under Zinaida Gilels and Pavel Vernikov as well as learning baroque violin with Kreeta-Maria Kentala. At the ECMA (European Chamber Music Academy) his main teachers were Hatto Beyerle and Johannes Meissl.
As a member of the Meta4 Quartet, Tikkanen plays chamber music, but has also performed as a soloist with the principal Finnish orchestras. He organised the Kamari Soi! event in Oulu, and in his present city of residence he and his wife, violinist Minna Pensola, run a project known as the PuKama chamber music association in central Helsinki, which organises concerts throughout the year. Antti Tikkanen was Artistic Director of the Finnish Baroque Orchestra from 2014 until 2017.
He has available to him a Stradivari ’ex-Berglund’ owned by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
In October 2021 Antti Tikkanen and his spouse Minna Pensola were chosen as the new artistic directors of Kuhmo Chamber Music.
Artist's/Ensemble's own websiteProgramme
14.7.
Isabella Leonarda (1620—1704):
Sonata No 12, Op. 16 for violin and basso continuo (1683)
14.7.
J. S. Bach (1685—1750):
First movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 (1718)
14.7.
Anders Hillborg (1954):
Second movement for J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 'Very Tender' (2017)
14.7.
J. S. Bach (1685—1750):
Third movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 (1718)
14.7.
Anders Hillborg (1954):
Bach Materia for violin and string orchestra (2017)
14.7.
Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):
Serenade in E, Op. 22 for string orchestra (1875)
15.7.
The Heart of the Day – Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen talk about the summer's program and making of it (in Finnish).
15.7.
Hymn 263 – Vuorella Kristus kirkastui (Christ transfigured upon the mount Tabor) (audience and artists)
15.7.
Mikko Heiniö (1948):
Concerto for kantele, violin and string orchestra (2020–21)
15.7.
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928—2016):
The Fiddlers, Op. 1 suite for string orchestra (1972)
15.7.
Kopsin Joonas (arr. by Timo Alakotila)
15.7.
Samuel (arr. by Timo Alakotila)
16.7.
W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):
String Quintet No. 3 in C, K. 515 (1787)
16.7.
Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (1861)
17.7.
W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, K. 493 (1786)
18.7.
George Szell (1897—1970):
Piano Quintet in E, Op. 2 (1911)
20.7.
Toivo Kärki (1915—1992):
Siks oon mä suruinen (1944, lyrics: Kerttu Mustonen)
20.7.
Rouzbeh Raffie (1981):
Karân for cello and live electronics (2021)
21.7.
Eero Hämeenniemi (1951):
Waiting for the Sunrise for two violins (2009)
21.7.
Simon Steen-Andersen (1976):
Study # 1 for string instruments (2007)
22.7.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681—1767):
Concerto in G, TWV 40:201 for four violins (1720)
22.7.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681—1767):
Concerto in D, TWV 40:202 for four violins (1720)
22.7.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681—1767):
Concerto in C, TWV 40:203 for four violins (1720)
22.7.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681—1767):
Concerto in A, TWV 40:204 for four violins (1720)
24.7.
The Heart of the Day – Lotta Wennäkoski talks about her commissioned piece and her work as a composer, interviewed by Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen (in Finnish).
24.7.
Lotta Wennäkoski (1970):
Sic for two violins (2024, commissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Music, premier)
27.7.
Claude Debussy (1862—1918):
Sonata in G minor for violin and piano (1916–17)
27.7.
Rödberg-trio
26.7.
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805—1847):
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (1846–47)
26.7.
Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847):
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 (1845)