Seele Quartet

Seele Quartet

Rebecca Roozeman, violin Amanda Ernesaks, violin Kristian Sallinen, viola Tatu Kauppinen, cello The Seele Quartet started in 2015. They are a group of young players from the Sibelius Academy who have been praised as soloists too. At the Academy they have received guidance from Paavo Pohjola, Teemu Kupiainen and Atte Kilpeläinen. They have been in masterclasses run by Marko Ylönen, Meta4 and the legendary Borodin Quartet violinist Mikhail Kopelman, among others. In competitions the Seele Quartet has come first in the National Erkki Melartin Chamber Music Competition (2016) and second in the Rising Stars Grand Prix – International Music Competition Berlin (2017). In 2018 they were awarded the Rondo Classic Tempo prize in the category Ensemble of the Year. The quartet has performed around Finland, and in Estonia and the UK. They have also played at the Hauho Music festival, Kamari21 and Klassinen Hietsu. The Seeles are also quartet-in-residence at the Kauniainen Music Festival and a guest member of the Kuhmo Chamber Music's Quartet Academy.

Programme

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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)