We are Clarinet4 –
a clarinet quartet from Finland aiming to perform versatile music
Clarinet quartet is a wind ensemble which in our case consists of three Bb clarinets and a bass clarinet. The origins for Clarinet4 are in the year 2005 when three of this ensemble’s players joined forces for Anni Tolvanen's clarinet quartet-themed thesis work. After graduation players’ roads led to different areas of Finland, but forming a quartet came possible again on 2014.
Clarinet4 played its first concerts on spring 2014 and has since then performed regularly around Finland. Our debut album was released in 2018, and we’ve also been honored with grants from The Finnish Cultural Foundation and The Sibelius Fund of The Society of Finnish Composers. Clarinet4 has two commissioned pieces, “AD 2017 – Three Pictures of the Time” by Juha Pisto and “California Diaries” by Tuomas Kettunen. Our repertoire includes music from near and far.
Anni Tolvanen, Bb clarinet
Anni Björk, Bb clarinet
Sirke Tynskä, Bb clarinet
Juhana Karjalainen, bass clarinet
We aim to rule the world. With clarinets.
News
ClarinetFest Virtual 2021: Clarinet4
A compilation from our first live stream concert on January 2nd, 2021. Featuring Toni Kulku on percussions!
Review of our debut album on The Clarinet, March 2019 ☺.
First review of our debut album on the Synkooppi magazine on June 18th, 2018 (sorry, only in Finnish).
OUR DEBUT ALBUM is released!
You can order it from us (clarinet4_(a)outlook.com) or listen it for example on Spotify.
“Fake news in a mock major – Clarinets play composer Juha Pisto’s conceptions at the Tuira church”
A news article on the Oulu-lehti newspaper on January 6th, 2018 (sorry, only in Finnish).
Our crowd-funding campaign is finished!
THANK YOU so much for making our debut album possible!
Our live recordings are available for listening on SoundCloud!
Upcoming concerts
5 AUGUST 2023, 2PM
Espoo Cultural Centre
17 AUGUST 2023
Night of the Arts, Helsinki
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Past concerts
Espoo 5.7.2022
Concert series “Musiikkia puolen päivän aikaan”, Tapiolan kirkko
Imatra 29.5.2022
Tainionkosken kirkko, with percussionist Leo Myllys
Helsinki 12.9.2021
Villa Hakasalmi
Clarinetfest 2021 Virtual 30.7.2021
Live Stream Concert 2.1.2021
with percussionist Toni Kulku
Lappeenranta 14.3.2020
with percussionist Leo Myllys
Helsinki 2.3.2020
Concert series “Blåsmusik på G18”
Helsinki 13.12.2019
Private event
Helsinki 9.12.2018
Concert series “Sunday Matinee”
Hämeenlinna 10.11.2018
Album release tour
Kuopio 28.1.2018
Joensuu 27.1.2018
Oulu 7.1.2018
Concert series “Musiikkia talvipäivän siniseen hetkeen”
Helsinki 5.1.2018
Helsinki 29.10.2017
Concert series ”Sunday Matinee”
with percussionist Toni Kulku
Helsinki 19.10.2017
Rovaniemi 18.3.2017
National Wind Music Days
with percussionist Jussi Markkanen
Helsinki 11.3.2017
Helsinki Wind Festival
with percussionist Toni Kulku
Iisalmi 23.2.2017
Concert series “Thursday Classics”
Kuopio 1.10.2016
with percussionist Marko Salmela
Helsinki 17.9.2016
with percussionist Toni Kulku
Helsinki 19.8.2016
Art goes Kapakka Festival
with percussionist Toni Kulku
Clarinet4 on Tour
Nurmes 3.4.2016
Imatra 2.4.2016
Tallinn (Estonia) 29.3.2016
Kuopio 27.2.2016
Nokia 26.2.2016
Helsinki 12.2.2016
Vantaa 4.10.2015
Finnish Clarinet Society annual meeting
Kerava 24.9.2015
Helsinki 11.1.2015
Kerava 10.1.2015
Helsinki 17.5.2014
Helsinki 16.5.2014
New Album
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