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 Joshua Romatowski, flute, Logan Esterling, oboe, Mary Kantor, clarinet, Suzanne Feinstein, French horn, and Francine Peterson, bassoon performing Swedish woodwind quintets.
Nordic Neighbor: Lithuania | Lithuanian Landscapes
• April 18 at 1 pm, Tacoma
• April 19 at 2 pm, Seattle
Featuring Lithuanian works for voices and instruments, performed by members of the Mägi Ensemble, with Peter Garbes and Steven Luksan on piano.
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)
Pre-Registration for all concerts available here.
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, ArtsFund, the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, and by individual donors like you.
Free and reduced access supported by 4Culture.
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, the Sons of Norway Foundation & the Jane Isakson Lea Foundation.
We are grateful for their support.