Friends of Chamber Music: Meta4
$32-$59 ($20 ages 34 & under, $5 student rush ages 24 & under/Arts for All)
- Antti Tikkanen, violin
- Minna Pensola, violin
- Atte Kilpeläinen, viola
- Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello
Amy Beach — Quartet for Strings (in One Movement), Op. 89
Krishna Nagaraja — Stringar
Jean Sibelius — String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae"
Based in Finland, this multi-prize-winning string quartet is known for its astonishing sonority, range of expression, and unity of voicing. The members of Meta4 play distinguished instruments, including a Stradivarius violin, kindly on loan from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
"Their flamboyant style of music-making—standing, swaying, sometimes even stamping—has thrilled me in the past. Now they seem to deploy even more breathtaking levels of technical and interpretive finesse." – The Times (UK)
About Meta4 Quartet
Meta4, formed in 2001, is one of the most internationally successful Finnish string quartets. In 2004 it won the first prize in the International Shostakovich Quartet Competition in Moscow and was also awarded a special prize for best Shostakovich interpretation. The quartet enjoyed continued success in 2007, when it won the first prize in the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna. Later that year the Finnish Minister of Culture awarded Meta4 with the annual Finland Prize in recognition of an international breakthrough. Meta4 was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist for 2008–2010 and in 2013 Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation awarded the quartet with a special prize in recognition of its work.
https://www.opus3artists.com/artists/meta4/About Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello
Lincoln Performance Hall (LH 175) at Portland State University
1620 SW Park AvePortland, OR 97201
United States