— Chamber music guest performance from Norsjø.
The spring season in Oslo is rounded off with a stellar line-up of young chamber musicians from all over Europe. The performers come directly from the Norsjø Chamber Music Festival in Telemark, where Ludvig Gudim and Eivind Ringstad are artistic directors.
The concert opens with perhaps Mahler's finest work from his youth, the Piano Quartet in A minor. There will be French finesse from Lili Boulanger and burlesque energy from Béla Bartók , before the program culminates in Edward Elgar's rarely performed Piano Quintet.
The latter is the concert's main work, which contains both reflection and hope in the aftermath of World War I. Elgar gives us a searching and enigmatic opening movement, before gradually opening the doors to his romantic, warm and symphonic sound world with clear echoes of both Brahms and Beethoven — as well as his own, iconic Nimrod . Welcome!
Ludvig Gudim violin
Noa Wildshut violin
Eivind Ringstad viola
Senja Rummukainen cello
Kasparas Mikužis piano
Duration approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes. The program is without intermission.
Please note that this Sunday we are holding two concerts simultaneously in Bergen and Oslo. When ordering tickets, we recommend double-checking that you are purchasing a ticket for the correct concert/venue.
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Gustav Mahler (1860—1911)
Piano Quartet in A minor (1876)Lili Boulanger (1893—1918)
Nocturne and Procession (1918)Béla Bartók (1881—1945)
Selected Duets for Two Violins, Sz. 98Sir Edward Elgar (1857—1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 -
Violinist Ludvig Gudim from Risør became a familiar face to many when he won NRK's Virtuoso in 2016. The following year he entered the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York, where he studied with Li Lin and Itzhak Perlman until he completed his bachelor's degree in 2021. As early as 2013, he traveled to New York to participate in the Perlman Music programme , a summer program for gifted young musicians. The following year he won third prize in the Menhuin Competition, the world's leading international competition for young violinists, and in 2019 he emerged victorious from Juilliard's own competition and was invited to be a soloist with the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra at Lincoln Center. Since then, he has been a soloist with leading Norwegian and international orchestras. In October 2022, his debut release came with the Vienna Radio Symphony and Howard Griffiths. Ludvig was recently appointed as 1st concertmaster of the DR Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen, where he now resides. He became a member of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in 2022 and has also worked as a guest concertmaster in orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. Ludvig plays an Antonio Stradivari from 1710, on loan from Anders Sveaas' Almennyttige Fond.
Eivind Ringstad is principal violist of the London Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Royal College of Music. As a soloist, Eivind has performed with orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Copenhagen Phil, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic and collaborated with leading conductors such as Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Han-ah Chang, Anja Bilhmaier and Joshua Weilerstein. Eivind has made several recordings, among his most recent release is Mozart Next Generation with Swedish violinist Johan Dalene, conductor Howard Griffiths and the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Eivind began playing the violin at the age of 5 and switched to viola as his main instrument nine years later. He completed his studies in 2017 at the Barratt Due Institute of Music with Prof. Soon-Mi Chung Barratt-Due. He plays a viola built by Andrea Guarneri in 1676 and nicknamed “Conte Vitale” generously loaned from Dextra Musica.
Senja Rummukainen has established herself as one of Finland's brightest musical talents over the past decade. Born in 1994, she gained national prominence by winning the Turku National Cello Competition in 2014. She has since achieved international recognition, including as a finalist at the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition. Rummukainen has performed with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Göteborg Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony and Orquestra Filarmônica de Bogotá. Her collaborations with conductors such as Sakari Oramo, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Nicholas Collon and Leif Segerstam have been met with rave reviews. She regularly performs at leading festivals and with renowned artists such as Janine Jansen and Augustin Hadelich. Rummukainen plays a 1707 David Tecchler cello, generously loaned by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Kasparas Mikužis is a Lithuanian-born pianist based in London. Named as one of Classic FM's 'Rising Stars' for 2025, he has taken the stages of various highly respected venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius. In May 2025, Kasparas was one of the winners of the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) international auditions.
Highlights include recitals at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, UK, the Krzysztof Penderecki Center in Lusławice, Poland and his debut at Wigmore Hall in London in December 2024. Kasparas has also performed at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva on multiple occasions. The 25/26 season sees Kasparas performing Gershwin's Concerto in F with the Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra, as well as working on a new CD with the Royal Academy of Music. During his burgeoning career, Kasparas has been privileged to receive support from various foundations, including the Countess of Munster Trust (UK), the SOS Talents Foundation (France), the Hattori Foundation (UK), the Drake Calleja Trust (UK), the Wayne Sleep Foundation (UK) among others.
We wish you an enjoyable, unique concert experience with us. Welcome!
Photo: Nikolaj Lund (Ringstad) / Eeva Suutari (Rummukainen) / Sveinung Hoel Bjorå (Gudim) / Kaupo Kikkas (Mikužis)