Cello and percussion duo UmeDuo performs internationally with a diverse repertoire, and has established itself as one of the most innovative and creative chamber music groups on the Swedish music scene. The sisters Karolina Öhman (cello) and Erika Öhman (percussion) founded the duo in 2008 and have since performed extensively throughout Europe and will perform pieces written specially for them as well as transcriptions of Debussy and Bach
5:00pm Pre-concert Early Bird meal at La Casa Mia (not included in the ticket)
Why not make an evening of it and book your pre-concert dinner at La Casa Mia who are kindly helping to sponsor the concert series
Programme
6:30pm Doors open
7:00: Spotlight Concert
Music performed by talented young people from Sandbach
7:30 Intermission
Art Exhibition by Maggie North from Sandbach Art Club, Refreshments
8:00 Main Concert
Leilei Tian – Never-Ending Journey (2016)
Commissioned by UmeDuo
J.S. Bach – Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord)
In Dir ist Freude (In You is Joy)
Transcribed by Timothy Salter
Juliana Hodkinson – Here’s Your Milk (2024)
Commissioned by UmeDuo
Claude Debussy – Sérénade à la poupée (Serenade for the Doll)
La sérénade interrompue (The Interrupted senenade)
Des Pas sur la neige (Footprints in the snow)
Les collines d’Anacapri (The Hills of Anacapri)
Transcribed by Timothy Salter
Simon Steen-Andersen – Next to Beside Besides #0 + #4 (2003/6)
Cello-percussion duo UmeDuo performs internationally with a diverse repertoire and has established itself as one of the most innovative and creative chamber music groups on the Swedish music scene. The sisters Karolina Öhman (cello) and Erika Öhman (percussion) founded the duo in 2008 and have since performed extensively throughout Europe, in venues such as Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin, Tonhalle Zürich as well as Stockholm and Gothenburg Concert Halls. The duo has been invited to renowned festivals including reMusik St Petersburg, Festspiele Zürich, Tehran Contemporary Music Festival and KLANG Copenhagen. In 2013 UmeDuo won 1st prize at the Swedish Chamber music association competition “Ung & Lovande”, resulting in two prestigious concert tours throughout Sweden during the 2014 / 2015 season and leading to many more concerts in the following years.
UmeDuo released their first album Scrapes and Soundscapes in 2020.
UmeDuo strives for great variety in its concert programs and has to date commissioned 20 works from composers from many different cultural backgrounds, including Malin Bång, Elena Rykova, Anahita Abbasi and Rei Munakata. These are often set side by side with transcriptions of music from the Baroque, Classical or Romantic repertoire. Collaborations with other art forms and experimental projects are also an important aspect of the duo’s activities, as well as workshops and school concerts.
