Opus13

String quartet members from Norway

Opus13 is a Swedish-Norwegian string quartet formed in 2014 at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo, comprising Norwegian violinists Sonoko Miriam Welde and Edvard Erdal, Swedish violist Albin Uusijarvi and Swedish cellist Daniel Thorell. The quartet takes its name from Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13, the first piece its members played together. Opus13 won first prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, and received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award as well as a place on the BBC New Generation Artists scheme. They are represented by Kirshbaum Associates and perform internationally at major chamber music venues and festivals. Source: Rondo DB

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