10.1.2024
Notable venues recently visited by Meta4 include the Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall and King’s Place in London, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Konserthuset Stockholm and the Lincoln Center in New York.
The quartet’s latest album is Octets, a joint recording with the Gringolts Quartet released in March 2020 under the BIS label. This album including string octet compositions by Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu has garnered rave reviews, both in Finland and worldwide.
Meta4 won the 2007 Joseph Haydn competition in Vienna, subsequently receiving a Finland Award in the same year from the Ministry of Education and Culture in recognition of its international success. Meta4 was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2008 to 2010, and received a special commendation award from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation in 2013.
The string quartet Meta4 takes the audience on a journey through the history and evolution of the leading form of chamber music, all the way from Luigi Boccherini to Robert Schumann and the works of composer Kaija Saariaho. The programme features an enlightening cross-section of music from the heart of court life in the 18th century to the beat of the 21st century – all in the course of one night!
Meta4 – es muss sein!
15.6.
The afternoon concert of Finland’s most internationally successful string quartet Meta4 will feature Beethoven, Haydn and Tarkiainen.
