Tomas Djupsjöbacka

Tomas Djupsjöbacka’s background is in chamber music, and he has become known as a founder member of the Meta4 String Quartet and the only permanent Finnish member of the European Chamber Orchestra. In recent years he has also collaborated with artists in other fields at the Helsinki Festival, working with the multimedia artist Marita Liulia and involved in Helsinki’s Cirko Festival. Djupsjöbacka is now finishing his conducting studies at the Sibelius Academy. He has conducted the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Turku Philharmonic and the Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. At the Helsinki Festival in 2015 he conducted the Avanti! chamber ensemble and the Colin Currie percussion group performing music by Reich. Forthcoming appearances as conductor include those with the Tapiola Sinfonietta and Avanti! again and his debut with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in the autumn this year. Tomas Djupsjöbacka and his wife, the violinist Matilda Kaul, are Artistic Directors of the Brinkhall Music Festival.

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Programme

Mon
14.7.
5. Kuhmo Church 18.00

Alfred Schnittke (1934—1998):

Hymn II for cello and double bass (1974)

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)

Meta4

Sun
13.7.
2. Kuhmo Arts Centre 19.00

Intimate Voices, Incidental Music for two clowns and string quartet (2025, premier)

Mon
14.7.
3. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Robert Schumann (1810—1856):

String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1 (1842)

Mon
14.7.
5. Kuhmo Church 18.00

Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):

String Quartet No. 62 in C, Op. 76 No. 3 'Emperor' (1797)

Mon
14.7.
6. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Timo Alakotila (1959):

J. Jusslin from String Quartet No. 1 (2010)

Tue
15.7.
10. Kuhmo Arts Centre 21.00

Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958):

Homunculus for string quartet (2008)

Wed
16.7.
13. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847):

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827)

Wed
16.7.
13. Kuhmo Arts Centre 18.00

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):

String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 (1826)

Thu
17.7.
16. Tuupala Primary School 15.00

Jean Sibelius (1865—1957):

Fugue for Martin Wegelius for string quartet (1889)

Fri
18.7.
19. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Arvo Pärt (1935):

Fratres for string quartet (1985)

Fri
18.7.
19. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Oscar Byström (1821—1909):

Intermezzo from String Quartet in C minor 'Swedish' (1856, rev. 1895)

Fri
18.7.
19. Kuhmo Church 11.00

Hymn 571 – Den blomstertid nu kommer (Summer Hymn) (1697) (Hymn-along, in Finnish)

Sun
20.7.
31. Kuhmo Church 21.00

W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):

Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (1791, arr. for vocal quartet and string quartet by Atte Kilpeläinen and Meta4)