Julia Wesely

Opus13

Name: Opus13 — Music by Schulhoff, Bartók, and Beethoven
Start: 2027-06-15T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire

Music by Schulhoff, Bartók, and Beethoven

Leeds International Concert Season

Tue 15 Jun 7.30 PM

The Venue at Leeds Conservatoire

Classical Music & Opera

On sale Wed 30 Sep

Tue 15 Jun

7.30 PM

On sale Wed 30 Sep

Programme

Erwin Schulhoff Five Pieces for String Quartet
Béla Bartók Quartet No 3
Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet Op 59, No 1 (Razumovsky)

Sonoko Miriam Welde - violin
Edvard Erdal - violin
Albin Uusijärvi - viola
Daniel Thorell - cello

First Prize winner at both the 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, Opus13 is rapidly building a reputation on the international chamber music scene. In 2026, the quartet was named a BBC New Generation Artist and received both the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and the Sixten Gemzéus Music Award.

Opus13 comprises Norwegian violinists Sonoko Miriam Welde and Edvard Erdal, violist Albin Uusijärvi and cellist Daniel Thorell, both from Sweden. Named after Felix Mendelssohn’s youthful and passionate A Minor Quartet, Op 13, the first piece they ever played together, the quartet was formed in Oslo in 2014.

Alongside core quartet repertoire, Opus13 is a passionate ambassador of Nordic classical and contemporary music, regularly performing works by Grieg, Stenhammar, Tarrodi, Byström and Fagerlund.

About the series

Thanks to our continuing partnership with Wigmore Hall, we bring a prize-winning string quartet to Leeds for nine performances over three years.

Following a hugely successful first season in 2026, Opus13 captivated audiences with its exceptional musicianship, compelling performances and engaging stage presence. Hailed as a complete delight, Opus13 has quickly become a firm favourite with Leeds audiences.

We look forward to sharing the next chapter of the residency with you.

See you at a concert soon,
Leeds International Concert Season

A note from Opus13

First of all, thank you for a fantastic first season! We feel so proud and grateful to be Quartet in Residence, and we can’t wait to come back in 2027! For our second season, we’re bringing three exciting programmes featuring more of our favourite music. The first programme consists of Joseph Haydn’s joyful Op 77, No 1, Thomas Adès’ sublime and sensitive Arcadiana, and one of the greatest romantic quartets from Sweden: Wilhelm Stenhammar’s fourth string quartet in A minor.

The second concert is inspired by folk music, and brings together Five Pieces for String Quartet by Erwin Schulhoff, Béla Bartók’s third string quartet, and the first of Ludwig van Beethoven's Razumovsky quartets.

2027 also marks the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's death, so our third and final concert of the season is dedicated to his music. We will perform his Op 18, No 3, and Op 130 with the Grosse Fuge, and in the middle, a piece by Norwegian composer Martin Ødegaard: Roots. Ødegaard’s piece takes its inspiration from Beethoven’s Op 130, and was commissioned by us in 2024.

We’re very much looking forward to seeing you again soon in Leeds!
Sonoko, Edvard, Albin, and Daniel of Opus13

Ticket prices
Standard: A £29.50, B £27.50
Over 60s: A £27.50, B £25.50
Full-time students, unwaged, LeedsCard Extra: A £15, B £14
Under 30s: £10 (Multibuy offer is not available for this ticket type)

Booking dates
Wed 16 September: Priority booking opens for Quartet in Residence 2026 multibuy offer customers renewing their seats. Please note this is a separate package from the In the Shadows of Giants series

Wed 23 September: Booking opens for new multibuy offer customers

Wed 30 September: General booking opens

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This was a performance of a profundity and kaleidoscopic colour that would have been astounding from any ensemble, let alone a young one still making itself known.

Charlotte Gardner, Gramophone