Concert 4 Guest Artists
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Paavali Jumppanen
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In the span of recent seasons, the imaginative and versatile Finnish virtuoso Paavali Jumppanen has established himself as a dynamic musician of seemingly unlimited capability who has already cut a wide swath internationally as an orchestral and recital soloist, recording artist, artistic director, and frequent performer of contemporary and avant-garde music.
Mr. Jumppanen has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, and Australia and collaborated with great conductors including David Robertson, Sakari Oramo, Susanna Mälkki, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Jaap van Zweden. He has commissioned numerous works and collaborated with the composers Boulez, Murail, Dutilleux, and Penderecki. The Boston Globe praised the “overflowing energy of his musicianship” and The New York Times cited his “power and an extraordinary range of colors.”
In the recent years Paavali Jumppanen has dedicated much of his time to performing cycles of the complete Beethoven and Mozart piano sonatas. He has frequently performed all of Beethoven’s piano concertos and chamber sonatas. He attended the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and later worked with Krystian Zimerman at the Basel Music Academy in Switzerland where he also studied organ, fortepiano, and clavichord. Russian born pianist Konstantin Bogino has remained an important mentor throughout his career.
Mr. Jumppanen’s expanding discography includes “the best recorded disc of Boulez’s piano music so far” (the Guardian writing about the three sonatas recorded on a DGG disc made at the composer’s request) and the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas on Ondine. He spent the 2011–12 season as a visiting scholar in Harvard University’s Music Department studying musicology and theory to deepen his immersion in Viennese 18th century music. He leads curation at the Väyläfestival, a multi-arts festival in northern Scandinavia and serves as the Artistic Director to the Australian National Academy of Music.
Follow Paavali’s blog at www.paavalijumppanen.com
Mr. Jumppanen has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, and Australia and collaborated with great conductors including David Robertson, Sakari Oramo, Susanna Mälkki, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Jaap van Zweden. He has commissioned numerous works and collaborated with the composers Boulez, Murail, Dutilleux, and Penderecki. The Boston Globe praised the “overflowing energy of his musicianship” and The New York Times cited his “power and an extraordinary range of colors.”
In the recent years Paavali Jumppanen has dedicated much of his time to performing cycles of the complete Beethoven and Mozart piano sonatas. He has frequently performed all of Beethoven’s piano concertos and chamber sonatas. He attended the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and later worked with Krystian Zimerman at the Basel Music Academy in Switzerland where he also studied organ, fortepiano, and clavichord. Russian born pianist Konstantin Bogino has remained an important mentor throughout his career.
Mr. Jumppanen’s expanding discography includes “the best recorded disc of Boulez’s piano music so far” (the Guardian writing about the three sonatas recorded on a DGG disc made at the composer’s request) and the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas on Ondine. He spent the 2011–12 season as a visiting scholar in Harvard University’s Music Department studying musicology and theory to deepen his immersion in Viennese 18th century music. He leads curation at the Väyläfestival, a multi-arts festival in northern Scandinavia and serves as the Artistic Director to the Australian National Academy of Music.
Follow Paavali’s blog at www.paavalijumppanen.com
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Satu Vänskä
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Born to a Finnish family in Japan, violinist Satu Vänskä has developed an international profile through her role as Principal Violin with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a position that she has held for the past twenty years. In that time Satu has both directed and performed as soloist with the ACO, an ensemble regarded as one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world, hailed for its striking virtuosity and innovative programming.
Satu’s development of solo violin projects is reflective of her desire to continually evolve as a musician and to courageously embrace new musical challenges. She has a passion for dynamic programming that explores the link between old and new music, alongside presenting boundary-blurring cross-genre collaborations, that resonate with today’s classical music audiences.
As a soloist, Satu has performed with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, at the Sydney Opera House, at the Melbourne Recital Centre (opening their Great Performers Series in 2019) and as part of Tasmania’s Mona Foma festival. Further afield, Satu has performed with London’s Aurora Orchestra in the 2018 London season of Weimar Cabaret with the late Barry Humphries, the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Lahti and at the Festival Maribor in Slovenia.
Satu is the founder, curator, front-woman, violinist and vocalist of the critically acclaimed ACO Underground, the ACO’s electro-infused, experimental spinoff project. With ACO Underground, Satu has performed collaborations with artists including Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie and the Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie in venues ranging from New York’s Le Poisson Rouge to Sydney’s Phoenix Central Park, and has appeared as part of the Vivid Festival.
Satu took her first violin lessons at the age of three in Japan, before her family relocated to Finland when she was ten, where she continued her studies with Pertti Sutinen at the Lahti Conservatorium and the Sibelius Academy. She later studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich as a pupil of Ana Chumachenco.
Satu performs on the 1728/29 Stradivarius violin on loan from the ACO Instrument Fund.
Satu’s development of solo violin projects is reflective of her desire to continually evolve as a musician and to courageously embrace new musical challenges. She has a passion for dynamic programming that explores the link between old and new music, alongside presenting boundary-blurring cross-genre collaborations, that resonate with today’s classical music audiences.
As a soloist, Satu has performed with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, at the Sydney Opera House, at the Melbourne Recital Centre (opening their Great Performers Series in 2019) and as part of Tasmania’s Mona Foma festival. Further afield, Satu has performed with London’s Aurora Orchestra in the 2018 London season of Weimar Cabaret with the late Barry Humphries, the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Lahti and at the Festival Maribor in Slovenia.
Satu is the founder, curator, front-woman, violinist and vocalist of the critically acclaimed ACO Underground, the ACO’s electro-infused, experimental spinoff project. With ACO Underground, Satu has performed collaborations with artists including Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie and the Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie in venues ranging from New York’s Le Poisson Rouge to Sydney’s Phoenix Central Park, and has appeared as part of the Vivid Festival.
Satu took her first violin lessons at the age of three in Japan, before her family relocated to Finland when she was ten, where she continued her studies with Pertti Sutinen at the Lahti Conservatorium and the Sibelius Academy. She later studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich as a pupil of Ana Chumachenco.
Satu performs on the 1728/29 Stradivarius violin on loan from the ACO Instrument Fund.
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Peter Clark
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Violinist Peter Clark was honoured to join the New Zealand String Quartet in 2024. Prior to his appointment, Peter divided his time between New York City and Australia, combining his passions for chamber music, directing orchestras, and advocating for the central role of music in society.
Peter came to the NZSQ from his tenure as Principal Violin of Omega Ensemble, widely regarded as “Australia’s most exciting and forward-thinking chamber music ensemble” (Limelight Magazine). Positions previously held include first violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Inspire Quartet, and core member of Melbourne’s Inventi Ensemble.
As concertmaster, Peter has performed with New Zealand Opera, Sydney Chamber Opera, Victoria Opera, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Wellington. He has appeared as Associate Concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Second of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Dublin. He has toured with the Australian World Orchestra, and his first performance in Carnegie Hall was with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, at the age of twenty.
Peter is passionate about the intersection of the highest artistry with music’s potential as a force for good. His commitment to arts access has led him to perform in more than 130 regional towns and cities across Australia, as well as to develop a beloved music program at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, through his work as leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Inspire Quartet.
In the field of musical advocacy and education, Peter has developed a reputation as one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers, presenting for ensembles and orchestras around the world, with audiences ranging from young school students, through to Australian Prime Ministers. His recent work includes delivering the late Richard Gill’s 2023 Voyage of Musical Discovery series in concerts all across Australia.
Peter’s research on social innovation and cohesion through music is generously supported by Judith Neilson AM, and the General Sir John Monash Foundation. He has also completed an MBA in Arts Innovation, with the generous support of the American Australian Association.
Peter plays a fine 1784 Lorenzo Storioni violin, kindly loaned by Mr David Duncan Craig, as trustee of the Lily Duncan Trust.
Peter came to the NZSQ from his tenure as Principal Violin of Omega Ensemble, widely regarded as “Australia’s most exciting and forward-thinking chamber music ensemble” (Limelight Magazine). Positions previously held include first violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Inspire Quartet, and core member of Melbourne’s Inventi Ensemble.
As concertmaster, Peter has performed with New Zealand Opera, Sydney Chamber Opera, Victoria Opera, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Wellington. He has appeared as Associate Concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Second of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Dublin. He has toured with the Australian World Orchestra, and his first performance in Carnegie Hall was with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, at the age of twenty.
Peter is passionate about the intersection of the highest artistry with music’s potential as a force for good. His commitment to arts access has led him to perform in more than 130 regional towns and cities across Australia, as well as to develop a beloved music program at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, through his work as leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Inspire Quartet.
In the field of musical advocacy and education, Peter has developed a reputation as one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers, presenting for ensembles and orchestras around the world, with audiences ranging from young school students, through to Australian Prime Ministers. His recent work includes delivering the late Richard Gill’s 2023 Voyage of Musical Discovery series in concerts all across Australia.
Peter’s research on social innovation and cohesion through music is generously supported by Judith Neilson AM, and the General Sir John Monash Foundation. He has also completed an MBA in Arts Innovation, with the generous support of the American Australian Association.
Peter plays a fine 1784 Lorenzo Storioni violin, kindly loaned by Mr David Duncan Craig, as trustee of the Lily Duncan Trust.
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Hyung Suk Bae
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Hyung Suk Bae is Principal Cellist at Queensland Symphony Orchestra and has established himself as one of the leading cellists of his generation.
He studied at The Juilliard School with Joel Krosnick (former cellist of Juilliard String Quartet), with a full scholarship for the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. He has also studied with Georg Pedersen at Sydney Conservatorium.
An acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, educator, orchestral musician and artist, Hyung Suk Bae's performances have taken him all over United States of America, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Harris Theater in Chicago and Sydney Opera House. His recent highlight includes performing with Pinchas Zukerman, Charmian Gadd, Australian Piano Quartet and Australia/New Zealand tour with pianist Maxwell Foster. Hyung Suk Bae has been praised for his performance style that extends ‘beyond technical excellence and into the realms of artistry’ (Gisborne Herald).
Hyung Suk Bae has been invited to play as a guest Associate Principal Cellist at Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and many other major orchestras where he had a privilege to work under legendary conductors including Alan Gilbert, Itzhak Perlman, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Fabio Luisi, John Adams, James DePreist, Vladimir Jurowski.
Hyung Suk Bae initially joined Queensland Symphony Orchestra as the Associate Principal Cellist in 2018. He later assumed the role of Acting Principal Cellist in 2020, and now he officially holds the position of Principal Cellist within the orchestra.
Hyung Suk Bae performs on a Giovanni Grancino cello, c. 1700 and Honore Derazey cello, c 1833.
He studied at The Juilliard School with Joel Krosnick (former cellist of Juilliard String Quartet), with a full scholarship for the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. He has also studied with Georg Pedersen at Sydney Conservatorium.
An acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, educator, orchestral musician and artist, Hyung Suk Bae's performances have taken him all over United States of America, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Harris Theater in Chicago and Sydney Opera House. His recent highlight includes performing with Pinchas Zukerman, Charmian Gadd, Australian Piano Quartet and Australia/New Zealand tour with pianist Maxwell Foster. Hyung Suk Bae has been praised for his performance style that extends ‘beyond technical excellence and into the realms of artistry’ (Gisborne Herald).
Hyung Suk Bae has been invited to play as a guest Associate Principal Cellist at Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and many other major orchestras where he had a privilege to work under legendary conductors including Alan Gilbert, Itzhak Perlman, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Fabio Luisi, John Adams, James DePreist, Vladimir Jurowski.
Hyung Suk Bae initially joined Queensland Symphony Orchestra as the Associate Principal Cellist in 2018. He later assumed the role of Acting Principal Cellist in 2020, and now he officially holds the position of Principal Cellist within the orchestra.
Hyung Suk Bae performs on a Giovanni Grancino cello, c. 1700 and Honore Derazey cello, c 1833.