Opus13
Elvira Glänte

Opus13

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Britta Byström, and Edvard Grieg
Quartet in Residence
Tue 16 Jun 7.30 PM
The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire
On sale Wed 26 Nov, 10am
Tue 16 Jun
7.30 PM
On sale Wed 26 Nov, 10am

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quartet No 19 (Dissonance)
Britta Byström Images from the Floating World
Edvard Grieg Quartet No 1, Op 27

Opus13

Sonoko Miriam Welde - violin
Edvard Erdal - violin
Albin Uusijärvi - viola
Daniel Thorell - cello

We’re thrilled to welcome Opus13 as our new Quartet in Residence.

Thanks to our continuing partnership with Wigmore Hall, every three years we bring a world-class string quartet to Leeds for nine exciting performances.

Whether you’re a long-time chamber music lover or discovering it for the first time, this is the perfect opportunity to experience the next generation of outstanding performers.


A note from the quartet

We are very much looking forward to starting our residency in Leeds and getting to know audiences at Leeds Conservatoire. Following the fantastic Leonkoro Quartet, we know we have big shoes to fill!

For our first concerts in Leeds, we’ve put together three programmes consisting of pieces that mean a lot to us and are important parts of our identity. As a quartet, we love performing the great string quartet canon, and we’re equally passionate about bringing Nordic music – both classical and contemporary – to audiences abroad. This is reflected in our programmes. We’ll be performing evergreen works such as Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Dissonance Quartet, as well as music from our home countries, Norway and Sweden, by Edvard Grieg, Knut Vaage, and Britta Byström.

We look forward to welcoming you to our concerts soon,
Opus13

About the quartet

First Prize winners at both the Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in spring 2025, Opus13 is rapidly building a reputation on the international chamber music scene. Named after Felix Mendelssohn’s youthful and passionate A Minor Quartet, Op 13 – the first piece the ensemble ever played together – the quartet was formed in Oslo in 2014. Now based in both Oslo and Stockholm, Opus13 comprises Norwegian violinists Sonoko Miriam Welde and Edvard Erdal, plus violist Albin Uusijärvi and cellist Daniel Thorell, both from Sweden.

In addition to performing standard string quartet repertoire by composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bela Bartók, and Franz Schubert, Opus13 is a passionate ambassador of Nordic classical and contemporary music, frequently performing works by Edvard Grieg, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Andrea Tarrodi, Britta Byström, and Sebastian Fagerlund.

Ticket prices

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Over 60s: A £26.50, B £24.50
Under 30s: £10
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This was a performance of a profundity and kaleidoscopic colour that would have been astounding from any ensemble, let alone a young one still making itself known.

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