Category: Past Events

Seriously Swedish Laura Loge, Artistic Director April 16 at 3 pmSt. Stephen's Episcopal Church (map)Tickets available here$30 General Admission$10 Student/Child Admission New York City based violinists Mioi Takeda and Lynn Bechtold, also known as Miolina will bring new works by Swedish composers to life on the Nordic Chamber Music 2023 stage. This forward-thinking duo has been described as possessing "aggressive and virtuosic prowess" and "brilliance of sound, technical mastery, an stunning expressivity." Combining those impressive skills with new Swedish compositions and you'll seriously be amazed. Featuring:Miolina: Violin Duo Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold, violins On the program:New works for two violins by living Swedish Composers TBA Miolina Violin Duo: Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold, violins The 2023 Season of the newly rebranded and reimagined Nordic Chamber Music Series will be…

Distinguished Danes Laura Loge, Artistic Director March 26 at 3 pmSt. Stephen's Episcopal Church (map)Tickets available here$30 General Admission$10 Student/Child Admission Travelling from the Midwest of Denmark to once again grace the Nordic Chamber Music 2023 stage, Ensemble MidtVest will perform works by Carl Nielsen, W. A Mozart, and Clara Schumann, as well as a brand-new work by Bent Sørensen created especially for their US tour. Their chameleon-like ability to transform into different ensembles will give audiences a well-rounded and varied chamber music experience, as distinguished as only Danes could be. Featuring:Ensemble MidtVest from DenmarkOn the program:Bent Sørensen - World Premier work TBACarl Nielsen - Wind Quintet, Op. 43W. A. Mozart - Flute Quartet in C Major, K 171/285bClara Schumann - Piano Trio, Op. 17 Ensemble MidtVest The 2023 Season…

A Finnish Fiddle Quartet Laura Loge, Artistic Director March 5 at 2 pm Ballard First Lutheran Church (map) Tickets available here $30 General Admission $10 Student/Child Admission Seattle-based Skyros Quartet returns to the Nordic Chamber Music 2023 stage with a concert exploring the vast Finnish repertoire for string quartet. This music is as expansive as the Finnish landscape and the quartet will guide you on an expedition through time and across distances from folk-inspired to romantic to contemporary compositions featuring composers known and unknown. Featuring:The Skyros QuartetSarah Pizzichemi & Brandon Vance, violinJustin Kurys, violaWillie Braun, cello On the program:Catacombs by Carita HolmstrømThree Finnish Folk Melodies arr. Esko JärveläString Quartet Op. 56, "Voces Intimae" by Jean Sibelius Skyros Quartet: Sarah Pizzichemi & Brandon Vance, violins, Justin Kurys, viola, & Willie Braun,…

A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Laura Loge, Artistic Director January 26 at 7 pmCentral Washington University Concert Hall (map)Free and open to the publicLivestream link here January 29 at 2 pmBallard First Lutheran Church (map)Tickets available here$30 General Admission$10 Student/Child Admission In commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Nordic Chamber Music 2023 will present Seattle Chamber Orchestra's founder Lorenzo Marasso's own arrangement of Henryk Gorecki's Third Symphony - A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs for two pianos and soprano, sung in the original Polish. Lorenzo will be joined by pianist Yerin Kim on the second piano and soprano Laura Loge for this moving work originally for orchestra. An exploration of the various transcriptions done by Polish and Nordic composers will round out the program. Featuring:Lorenzo Marasso, pianoYerin Kim, pianoLaura Loge, soprano On…

A Norwegian Epiphany Laura Loge, Artistic Director January 8 at 2 pmBallard First Lutheran Church (map)Tickets available here$30 General Admission$10 Student/Child AdmissionSeason Tickets available now! Get all 6 concerts for the price of 5 Celebrate Epiphany enveloped by the festive sounds of trumpet, lur, soprano, organ, and piano and surrounded by holiday decorations. The Nordic Chamber Music 2023 series opens the season, like the arrival of the travelling Magi, exploring the supernatural and divinity of music filled with unlimited possibilities for the future. Joan Paddock and Debra Huddleston will fill the sanctuary with brilliant sounds with trumpet, a traditional Norwegian lur, piano, and organ and will be joined for part of the program by Nordic song and chamber music specialist and soprano, Laura Loge. Featuring: Joan Paddock, trumpet & lur…

Olav Trygvason & Peer Gynt The Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle (map)Friday, June 9 at 7 pmTickets available here Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue (map)Sunday, June 11 at 4 pmTickets available here A collaboration with Puget Sound Concert Opera featuring dramatic music by Edvard Grieg, including selections from Peer Gynt, Before a Southern Convent, Bergliot, Olav Trygvason, and Sigurd Jorsalfar. Featuring:Laura Loge, soprano,Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano,Misha Myznikov, baritone,Rachelle Moss, narrator,John Burkhardt and Steven Luksan, pianoand the PSCO chorus and orchestra,Bernie Kwiram and Abbie Eads, music directors. Laura Loge, soprano Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano Misha Myznikov, baritone Rachelle Moss, narrator Steven Luksan, piano & Composer-in-Residence John Burkhardt, piano Bernie Kwiram, music director Abbie Eads, music director This season is generously supported, in part, by 4Culture and the City…

Osberg HallNational Nordic Museum, Seattle (map)Sunday, October 23 at 2 pmTickets available here. $30 General, $25 NNM Members, $10 Student/Child W. W. Seymour Conservatory, Tacoma (map)Sunday, October 30 at 4 pmVery limited seating, we recommend getting tickets in advance and early!Tickets available here. $25 General, $10 Student/Child Known for their "innovative and interactive approach to classical music both old and new" (Second Inversion) the Seattle-based Skyros Quartet will bring Edvard Grieg's String Quartets to life. Programmed are both his String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27 and the two finished movements of this String Quartet No. 2 in F major, EG 117 as well as a brief String Quartet by Swedish composer Elfrida Andreé, and the world premier of NWEGS's Composer-in-Residence Steven Luksan's String Quartet based on Norwegian themes. Performed in…

Music in the MuseumCascadia Art Museum, Edmonds (map)Saturday, February 11 at 6 pmTickets available here$12 CAM Member, $18 Non-members Saltwater Music SeriesDes Moines United Methodist Church (map)Sunday, February 12 at 2 pmFree and open to the public - suggested donation of $10-20 to support the Saltwater Music Series and a great hand-selected charitable cause. Nordia HouseNordic Northwest, Portland (map)Saturday, February 18 at 7 pmTickets available here $35 General, $25 NN Members, $5 Arts for All Canyon Wren Concert HallIcicle Creek Center for the Arts, Leavenworth (map)Saturday, February 25 at 7 pmTickets available here $25 Adult, $10 Student Also tune in to KING FM on Friday, February 10 at 7:00 pm for Northwest Focus Live (View videos - Hildring i speil and "Fables" Suite for Piano No. 3: I. Gangar I…

Performing at the National Nordic MuseumSunday, March 20, 2022 at 2:00 pmNational Nordic Museum, Seattle (map)Free and open to the public! Norwegian pianist, Oda Voltersvik, returns to the Northwest to amaze us once again with her fireworks on the keys. Oda's concert is co-sponsored by the Seattle Bergen Sister City Association and is part of a US tour.