Opus 13
Friday 23rd October 2026, 7.30pm, Parish Church, £18

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Opus13 is a Swedish-Norwegian string quartet formed in 2014 at Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo. In 2025 they won the First Prize and further prizes at both  the 16th Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. In addition, this year they have also been awarded the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.
 
Named after the Mendelssohn op 13 quartet, which was the first piece that they played together, they are also passionate ambassadors for Nordic classical and contemporary music, as well as genre-crossing collaborations with folk and pop artists.
 
In addition, they are the founders and artistic directors of an annual chamber music festival in Lillehammer, Norway.

Programme:

​Haydn String Quartet op 77 no 1
 
Bartok String Quartet no 3
 
Schubert String Quartet in D min. D810 'Death and the Maiden'

“Opus13 blends musical intensity, flawless technique and boundless energy to perfection...”
 Corina Belcea
“Opus13 offered the Grieg Quartet in such a luminous and sensitive, smooth yet thrillingly virtuosic way”                                                                     - Süddeutsche Zeitung