Uusinta String Quartet: Maria Puusaari and Teija Kivinen, violin, Max Savikangas, viola, Sami Mäkelä, violoncello with Sibelius Academy students Santeri Rautiainen, guitar, Fanny Söderström, piano, Laura Lamminmäki, viola and Inkeri Eirola, violoncello.
In this concert of KLANG series Uusinta Ensemble create various viewpoints of the opportunities of the traditional and extended string quartet.
What can a string quartet also sound like? What kind of music can become from combining silence and noise? How can the historical sound of a string quartet be achieved in a fresh way?
Veli-Matti Puumala: Capriccio (2002) for two violins, two violas and two cellos
Jouni Hirvelä: Saraceno impressions (2013/15) for string quartet
Aino Tenkanen: Follow me! (2015) for guitar and string trio, first performance
Saara Lindahl: Between Time and Infinity (2015) for piano quintet, first performance
Gabriel Williams: String Quartet No. 5 (2015), first performance
Tickets 17,5 / 11,5 / 6,5€ (including a service charge) from Lippupalvelu or 15 / 10 / 5 € from the Helsinki Music Centre Service Desk.
Event on the Sibelius Academy website
Go to the Sibelius Academy Department of Composition and Music Theory’s website