The Opus13 Quartet was formed in 2014 and takes its name from the String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, by Felix Mendelssohn, a passionate early work and the first piece they ever played together. Comprising two Norwegians (violinists Sonoko Miriam Welde and Edvard Erdal) and two Swedes (Albin Uusijärvi on viola and Daniel Thorell on cello), Opus13 were keen to record Grieg’s sublime Quartet No. 1 alongside Mendelssohn for their very first album. For them, it was important to connect with the raw power of this music and the Norwegian identity embodied in Grieg’s music. Winners in 2025 of first prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and the Bordeaux International Competition, Opus13 received the Borletti-Buitoni Prize in 2026 as well as the BBC New Generation Artists label. Marked by pure and fragile emotions, this programme concludes with a transcription of the famous Solveig’s Song, taken from the play Peer Gynt, written in 1867 by Henrik Ibsen and set to music by Edvard Grieg.

Live at IMRSV in Stockholm

0:00 Introduction
1:53 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Quatuor à cordes n°19 en do majeur, opus 10 n°6, K.465,
« Les Dissonances »
31:00 Kryštof Mařatka, AMEDEA - visage de jeune fille
43:41 Franz Schubert, Quatuor n°14 en ré mineur, D.810, « La Jeune Fille et la Mort »

Steinway Piano Gallery Stockholm, Sept 2024

Steinway Piano Gallery Stockholm, Sept 2024

Banff International String Quartet Competition 2022

Banff International String Quartet Competition 2022