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.
Artist's/Ensemble's own websiteProgramme
22.7.
Ernő Dohnányi (1877—1960):
Marcia: Allegro from Serenade in C, Op. 10 for string trio (1902)
22.7.
Gabriela Ortiz (1964):
La Calaca from Altar de Muertos for string quartet (1997)
Meta4
20.7.
20.7.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat, Op. 18 No. 6 'Malinconia' (1798–1800)
20.7.
Robert Schumann (1810—1856):
String Quartet No. 3 in A, Op. 41 No. 3 (1842)
21.7.
22.7.
Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):
String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (1790)
23.7.
Krishna Nagaraja (1975):
Peripheries for string quartet (2026, commissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Music, premiere)
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24.7.
25.7.
Luigi Boccherini (1743—1805):
Minuetto from String Quintet in E, Op. 11 No. 5 (G. 275) (1771)
25.7.
Joseph Haydn (1732—1809):
Poco Adagio - Cantabile from String Quartet in C, Op. 76 No. 3 'Emperor' (1797)
25.7.
W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):
Molto allegro from String Quartet in G, K. 387 (1782)
25.7.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827):
Grave ma non troppo - Allegro from String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 (1826)
25.7.
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805—1847):
Adagio ma non troppo from String Quartet in E flat (1834)
25.7.
Robert Schumann (1810—1856):
Assai agitato from String Quartet No. 3 in A, Op. 41 No. 3 (1842)
25.7.
Maurice Ravel (1875—1937):
Allegro moderato from String Quartet in F (1902–03)
25.7.
Alban Berg (1885—1935):
Allegro misterioso from Lyric Suite (1925–26)
25.7.
Leoš Janáček (1854—1928):
Andante - Con moto - Allegro from String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' (1928)
25.7.
Amy Beach (1867—1944):
Movement from String Quartet, Op. 89 (1921–29)
25.7.
Béla Bartók (1881—1945):
Scherzo from String Quartet No. 5 in B flat (1934)
25.7.
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906—1975):
Allegro non troppo from String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 (1946)
25.7.
Kaija Saariaho (1952—2023):
Fleurs de neige from Neiges (1998, arr. for string quartet by composer 2013)
25.7.
Jaakko Kuusisto (1974—2022):
Movement from Play III, Op. 21 (2008)