Photo: Kristoffer Paulsen

Nicholas Waters

Founding Affinity Quartet violinist Nicholas Waters completed a Bachelor of Music at Melbourne University and the Professional Performance Program at the Australian National Academy of Music with teachers Dr Robin Wilson, Sophie Rowell and Mark Mogilevski. Nicholas has been a member of Flinders Quartet, an Australian Chamber Orchestra Emerging Artist, and a Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellow. He was awarded prizes at the Kendall Violin Competition and the E.V. Llewellyn Travelling Scholarship. During the past 3 years Affinity Quartet received major international competition prizes in UK, Germany, Austria and Australia. Nicholas has held leading roles including Concertmaster of Momentum Ensemble at the UKARIA 24 Festival directed by Nicolas Alstaedt, with Sydney Chamber Opera, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Alongside Affinity Quartet, Nicholas teaches and adjudicates chamber music.

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Programme

Sat
19.7.
24. Kuhmo Arts Centre 11.00

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):

Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 'Pastoral' (1808, arr. for string sextet by M. G. Fischer 1810)

Tue
22.7.
38. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Niels Gade (1817—1890):

String Octet in F, Op. 17 (1848)

Affinity-kvartetti

Wed
16.7.
11. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):

String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (1790)

Thu
17.7.
17. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)

Fri
18.7.
21. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Louis Spohr (1784—1859):

Double String Quartet No. 1, Op. 65 (1823)

Sat
19.7.
25. Kuhmo Arts Centre 15.00

Arne Sørlie (1947):

The Song of the Sámi Family, the Official Sámi Anthem (instrumentation for string quartet by Minna Pensola)

Sun
20.7.
30. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Samuel Barber (1910—1981):

Dover Beach, Op. 3 for baritone and string quartet (1931, lyrics: Matthew Arnold)

Wed
23.7.
40. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Amanda Maier-Röntgen (1853—1894):

String Quartet in A (c. 1870–80)

Thu
24.7.
47. Sotkamo Church 18.00

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Larghetto - Allegro from String Quintet No. 5 in D, K. 593 (1790)

Thu
24.7.
47. Sotkamo Church 18.00

Claude Debussy (1862—1918):

Assez vif et bien rythmé from String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 10 (1893)

Thu
24.7.
47. Sotkamo Church 18.00

Amanda Maier-Röntgen (1853—1894):

Allegro ma non troppo - Trio from String Quartet in A (c. 1870–80)

Thu
24.7.
47. Sotkamo Church 18.00

Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):

Finale from String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (1790)

Sat
26.7.
54. Kuhmo Arts Centre 11.00

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

String Quintet No. 5 in D, K. 593 (1790)