Laura Loge, Artistic Director

2025-2026 Series

Finland | Melartin Birthday Bash
• September 20 at 1 pm, Tacoma
• September 21 at 2 pm, Seattle
Featuring the Nexus Quartet , Laura Loge, soprano, and Steven Luksan, piano performing works by Finnish composer Erkki Melartin.

Denmark | Six Danish Strings
• January 10 at 1 pm, Tacoma
• January 11 at 2 pm, Seattle
Featuring Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar with friends TBA performing Danish works for guitar and a myriad of other instruments.

Iceland | Sveinbjörnsson Celebration
• February 7 at 1 pm, Tacoma
• February 8 at 2 pm, Seattle
Featuring Michelle Huang, piano, Cecilia Archuleta, violin, Willie Braun, cello, and Clarice Alfonso, soprano performing works by the father of Icelandic classical music.

Sweden | Whirling Swedish Winds
• March 7 at 1 pm, Tacoma
• March 8 at 2 pm, Seattle
Featuring Susan Telford, flute, Logan Esterling, oboe, Mary Kantor, clarinet, Suzanne Feinstein, French horn, and Francine Peterson, bassoon performing Swedish woodwind quintets.

Neighbor: Lithuania | Four Lithuanian Hands
• April 18 at 1 pm, Tacoma
• April 19 at 2 pm, Seattle
Featuring Dainius and Asta Vaičekonis performing Lithuanian works for piano, four hands.

Norway | Grieg in Dialogue
• May 2 at 1 pm, Tacoma
• May 3 at 2 pm, Seattle
Featuring Oda Voltersvik comparing piano works by Edvard Grieg to other composers of his era.

Tacoma concerts are at First Lutheran Church, Tacoma, 524 S I St, Tacoma, WA 98405 (map)

Seattle concerts are at Ballard First Lutheran Church, 2006 NW 65th St, Seattle, WA 98117 (map)

More information on individual concerts and pre-registration will be available soon.

All concerts are offered free. Donations are gladly accepted.

We are able to continue this series because of the generosity of individuals like you.

Thank you. Takk. Tak. Tack. Takk. Kiitos.

The Nordic Chamber Music Series is produced by the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society. Additional support comes from 4Culture, the City of Bellevue, and by individual donors like you.

If you would like to support this series and ensure its future, please donate here!

Additional support for previous seasons has been provided by individual donors and grants from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, the Seattle Polish Foundation, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, and American Guild of Organists, Seattle Chapter, ArtsWA, ArtsFund, the Sons of Norway Foundation & the Jane Isakson Lea Foundation.

We are grateful for their support.