Steffan Morris

Welsh cellist Steffan Morris enjoys a richly varied career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. He studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Thomas Carroll and then with Heinrich Schiff at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. For the last 4 years, Steffan has been Principal Cello with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and has been a guest principal with Orchestras such as the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. Much in demand as a chamber musician, he has performed internationally alongside musicians like Alasdair Beatson, Alexander Lonquich, Timothy Ridout, Maria Wloszczowka, John Meyerscough and Antje Weithaas. Prizes include first prize at the Banff and Bordeaux String Quartet Competitions. He has played as a soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sinfonia Cymru and Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra. He has taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music.

Programme

Castalian-kvartetti

Thu
18.7.

Franz Schubert (1797—1828):

String Quartet No. 15 in G, D. 887 (1826)

Fri
19.7.

Francesco Antonioni (1971):

Surfarara, based on a Sicilian folk song sung by a sulfur miner (2024, Finnish premier)

Fri
19.7.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 'Serioso' (1810–11)

Sun
21.7.

Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):

String Quartet No. 63 in B flat, Op. 76 No. 4 'Sunrise' (1797)

Mon
22.7.

Wynton Marsalis (1961):

Meeelaan for bassoon and string quartet (1999)

Mon
22.7.

Béla Bartók (1881—1945):

String Quartet No. 5, BB 110 (1934)