“He shows an extraordinary musical talent and combines it with strong technical skill and a hardworking attitude. It’s a pleasure to have Mikko in my class as an artist and human being.”
-Justus Grimm
Concerts:
2024
2023
2022
04 Feb, Cercle Gaulois, Brussels, Belgium with Young Belgian Strings
18 Feb, Arsonic, Mons, Belgium with Young Belgian Strings
27 Feb, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium. Shostakovich Festival with Young Belgian Strings
02-07 March, Dubai Opera, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Cartier Women’s Initiative – Dubai Expo 2022 with Ensemble K
06-14 April, Creation Residency at Zomerfabriek, Antwerp, Belgium with Richard He
14 April, Zomerfabriek, Antwerp Belgium. “The Search of Silence”
28 April, Castle den Brandt, Antwerp, Belgium. Tchaikovsky's “Andante Cantabile” with Young Belgian Strings
02 May, Klarafestival in de zorg, Les Jardins du 8eme jour, Uccle Belgium.
02 May, Costa, Antwerp Belgium. “The Search of Silence”
03 May, Klarafestival in de zorg, Centre d’hébergement pour Sourdes et Malentendants – la Maison des Couleurs, Uccle, Belgium.
04 May, Klarafestival in de zorg,MSP Les 3 Arbres/EPSYLON, Uccle, Belgium.
06 May, Klarafestival in de zorg, Hama 4 – Les Chataîgnes, Uccle, Belgium.
07 May, Klarafestival in de zorg, Ter Ursulinen, Brussels, Belgium.
11 May, Brussels, Belgium. Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor with Sarah Bayens and Markiyan Popil
12 May, Klarafestival in de zorg, Mandragora/Psycho-Sociaal Centrum Sint-Alexius-Elsene
19 & 20 May, London, UK with La Chapelle Sauvage
21 May, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor with Sarah Bayens and Markiyan Popil
26 May, Sunrise Concert with Young Belgian Strings
29 May, Flagey, Brussels, Belgium. “Dirk Brossé Music for Strings” CD release with Young Belgian Strings, Lorenzo Gatto, Marie Hallynck, Ana Naqe, and Frank Debruynbe.
07 June, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor with Sarah Bayens and Markiyan Popil
16 June, Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 and Lyatoshynsky Piano Trio No.1 with Natalia Szmydt and Markiyan Popil
18 June, Limburg, Belgium. Bach Cello Suites 1 in G major and 4 in Eb major
22 June, de Bijloke, Gent, Belgium. Tchaikovsky's “Andante Cantabile” with La Musica Prima conducted by Dirk Brossé
30 June, Namur, Belgium. Candlelight Concerts with Marolles Ensemble
02 July, St. Hubert, Belgium with Young Belgian Strings2021
08-09 Feb, Rehearsals with Ensemble K, La Seine Musicale, Paris, France.
07-09 March, La Seine Musicale. Paris, France, CD Recording with Ensemble K.
16 March, Brussels, Belgium. Video Recording with Young Belgian Strings.
24 April, Brussels, Belgium. Video Recording with La Chapelle Sauvage.
01 May, T7, Antwerp, Belgium. Video Recording with Adam Clarke.
09-15 May, Rome, Tuscany, Lombardy, Italy. Filming Tour with Ensemble K, sponsored by Cartier’s “Fondation pour l’Art Contemporain”
06 June, Philippine Independence Day Online Concert with Adrik Cristobal
25 June, 11h, Flagey, Brussels, Brussels. Cello Celebration concert with Ann Gastinel, Justus Grimm, and Marie Hallynck
25 June, 20h, Gent, Belgium. Midzomernacht concert with @la_chapelle_sauvage and @louisekuyvenhoven
26 June, 11h, Lokeren, Belgium. Midzomernacht concert with @la_chapelle_sauvage and @louisekuyvenhoven
26 June, 20h, Oostende, Belgium. Midzomernacht concert with @la_chapelle_sauvage and @louisekuyvenhoven
03 July, Lille, France with the Orfeo Symphony Orchestra
10 July, St Hubert, Belgium with Young Belgian Strings and Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort
11 July, Kortrijk, Belgium. Young Belgian Strings and Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort
11-15/06 July, Chateau du Ry, Belgium with Young Belgian Strings
18 July, Hastiere, Belgium with Young Belgian Strings and Julien Libeer
29 July, Chiesa di San Francesco, Venice, Italy with Lorenzo Gatto and the Young Belgian Strings
30 July, Chiostro, Venice , Italy. Mendelssohn Octet with Lorenzo Gatto, Anouchka Scaillet, Mireille Kovac, Sylvia Huang, Morgan Huet, Ana Sofia Sousa and Riana Anthony
01 August, Grand Place Ittre, Belgium with Lorenzo Gatto and the Young Belgian Strings
8-15 August, Mattheiser Sommer akademie with Konstantin Heidrich of the Faure Quartet
22-31 August, CD recording with Lorenzo Gatto, Marie Hallynck, Dirk Brosse and the Young Belgian Strings
09-21 September, Berlin, Germany. Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine” with the @cochamberorchestra at the Theater im Delphi.
23 October, Château Villers-Saint-Simeon, Belgium, Beethoven Cello Sonata no. 3, op. 69 and Schubert Piano Trio no. 1, op.99 with @leon.blekh99 and @marcopopil
05 Nov, @desingelartscentre , Antwerp, Belgium. Mendelssohn Piano Trio with @sarah_bayens and @marcopopil
November Tour with @leconcertolympique
10/11 - @desingelartscentre , Antwerpen, Belgium
11/11 - CC Hasselt, Belgium
12/11 - @30ccleuven Leuven, Belgium
13/11 - Ludwigsburg, Germany
14/11 - @elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Germany
16/11 - Berlinphilharmonie, Germany
19 Nov, Boitsfort, Belgium. Beethoven Sonata 3 and Shostakovich Cello Sonata with Wouter Valvekens
25 Nov, Duomo di Milano, Italy with @theensemblek
26 Nov, KVAB, Brussels. Beethoven, Shostakovich and van Hove Cello Sonatas with @woutervalvekens
(postponed) 27 Nov, Leuven, Belgium. Mendelssohn Trio with Sarah Bayens and Markiyan Popil
(postponed) 04 Dec, Debussy Sonata with Markiyan Popil. SHADUW Festival. Archipel, Antwerp.
08 Dec, Paris, France. Franck Sonata and Quintet with Sarah Bayens, Alma Defoort, Ana Sofia Sousa, Simon Adda Reyes
(postponed) 19 Dec, Ceroux, Belgium. with @youngbelgianstrings
(postponed) 21 Dec, @debijloke , Gent, Belgium. Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile with La Musica Prima and Dirk Brosse
2020
8 &9 Jan, Cebu, Philippines. Cello Masterclasses for El Sistema Philippines, Sinfonia, Cebu Metropolitan Orchestra and University of Visayas.
10 Jan, Cebu, Philippines, Haydn Cello Concerto No.2, with Sinfonia Cebu.
4 March, Mons, Belgium, Belgian Music Days Festival. Franck and Van Hove Cello Sonatas. Recital with Wouter Valvekens. https://www.belgianmusicdays.be/
7 March, 30CC Leuven, Belgium. Young Belgian Strings with Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer. https://www.30cc.be
(postponed) 25 April, Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium. Young Belgian Strings.
(cancelled) 01 May, Zeeuwse Concertzaal, Middleburg, Netherlands. Arensky String Quartet No.2, Op. 35 with Justus Grimm, Razvan Popovici and Filipe Raposo. https://www.zeeuwseconcertzaal.nl
(cancelled) 02 May, Blauwezaal, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp Chamber Music Festival. Arensky String Quartet No.2, Op. 35 with Justus Grimm, Razvan Popovici and Filipe Raposo.
(cancelled) 10 May, Bijloke, Gent, Belgium. Young Masters Series. Dvorak String quartet no. 12 in F, opus 96, 'American’ and Elgar Piano Quintet with Yan Quartet and Viktoria Vassilenko. https://www.bijloke.be/
(postponed) 24 May, Silly, Belgium. Young Belgian Strings with Sylvia Huang. https://www.printempsmusicalsilly.be
(cancelled) 20 June, Beethoven and Mendelssohn Piano Trios with Camille Babut du Marès and Virgile Van Essche.
(posptoned)27 June, Hoogstraten, Belgium. Young Belgian Strings with Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort and Camille Thomas.
(cancelled)29 June, Musiq3 Festival, Brussels, Belgium. Sollima Violoncelles Vibrez! for cello octet with Justus Grimm and Giovanni Sollima.
27 Aug, Prokofiev and Franck Sonatas with @matthiasnauwelaerts at @lucamuziek
30 Aug, Prokofiev and Franck Sonatas with @matthiasnauwelaerts at @desingel_antwerpen
02-06 Sep, Residency at Chateau de Ry with Young Belgian Strings
06 Sep, Concert with YBS at the Eglise de Mohiville
18 Sep, Cello Duos with @tanaka_shuya at the @europeanparliament Garden Concert Series
21 Sep, Gent Festival collaboration with @zoeashebrowne_choreography , @zoeashebrowne , @domharrison and @aaron.shaw._ of the Royal Flemish Ballet
01-06 Oct, CD recording with the @cochamberorchestra at the Christus-Kirche in Berlin, Germany
(postponed) 11 Oct, Cultural Center of the Philippines. Manila, Philippines. Performing as guest soloist with the Philippine Madrigal Singers. https://www.culturalcenter.gov.ph/
(postponed) 12-15 Oct, Manila, Philippines. Cello Masterclasses for St. Scholastica’s College and Philippine Women’s University.
(postponed) 16-19 Oct, Cebu, Philippines. Cello Masterclasses for El Sistema Philippines, Sinfonia, Cebu Metropolitan Orchestra and University of Visayas.
(postponed) 20 Oct, Marcelo B Fernan Press Center, Cebu, Philippines. Homecoming Solo Recital. Brahms and Barber Cello Sonatas with Rudolf Golez.
(posptoned) 19 Nov, Balade musicale à Rixensart, Belgium. Mendelssohn String Quartet and Schubert Cello Quintet with the Themis Quartet. https://www.balademusicale-rixensart.be/
(posptoned) 27 Nov, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. Brussels, Belgium. Sonata Recital with Wouter Valvekens. Beethoven, Franck and Van Hove Cello Sonatas. https://www.kvab.be
2019
26 Jan, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium. Klara in deSingel. Cello Ensemble. https://desingel.be
09 Feb, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium. Gubaidulina Hommage Concert. “In Croce” for Cello and Bayan with Ludo Marien. https://desingel.be
13 Feb, Flagey, Brussels, Belgium. Le Concert Olympique, Tour with Alexander Melnikov. https://www.flagey.be
14 Feb, 30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven, Belgium. Le Concert Olympique, Tour with Alexander Melnikov. https://www.30cc.be
15 Feb, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium. Le Concert Olympique, Tour with Alexander Melnikov. https://desingel.be
17 Feb, CCHA Hasselt, Belgium. Le Concert Olympique, Tour with Alexander Melnikov. https://www.ccha.be
18 Feb, Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany. Le Concert Olympique, Tour with Alexander Melnikov.https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/details/52443/
24 Feb, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium. Debussy Happening. Debussy Cello Sonata with Markiyan Popil. https://desingel.be/en/programme/music/debussy-happening
28 Feb, Balade musicale à Rixensart, Belgium. Janacek String Quartet No. 2 and Chausson Concert for violin, piano and string quartet with Eliane Reyes, Svenja Van Driessche and Quatuor Themis. https://www.balademusicale-rixensart.be
24 Mar, Chateau du Seneffe. Young Belgian Strings with Marie Hallynk, Herve Joulain & Ronald Van Spaandonck. http://saisons-musicales-seneffe.be
03 May, Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp Chamber Music Festival. Beethoven Ghost Trio with Leon Blekh and Markiyan Popil.
04 May, Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp Chamber Music Festival. Rachmaninoff Trio Elegiaque No.1 with Edgar Gomes and Markiyan Popil. Golijov “Mariel” for Cello and Marimba with Josue Berrocal.
05 May, Zeeuwse Concertzaal, Middleburg, Netherlands. Rachmaninoff Trio Elegiaque No.1 with Edgar Gomes and Markiyan Popil. https://www.zeeuwseconcertzaal.nl
14 May, Antwerp, Belgium. Soundmine Festival 2019. Adam Clarke’s “Untitled for Vagabounds,” concerto for Messiaen Quartet and Orchestra. Playing as soloist with Ensemble Silakbo and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra conducted by Wim Hendrickx.
02 June, Oversije, Belgium. Schubert Arpeggione Sonata and Beethoven Ghost Trio with Lore Vancauwenberghe and Vincent van Audenhove.
07 June, Val dieu, Belgium. Festival Wallonie. Young Belgian Strings with Frank Braley and Lorenzo Gatto.
09 June, Luxembourg. Young Belgian Strings with Marie Hallynck.
29 June, Flagey, Brussels, Belgium. Candide Chamber Orchestra. https://www.flagey.be
02 July, 30CC, Leuven, Belgium. Young Belgian Strings with Yossif Ivanov and David Kadouch. https://www.30cc.be
03 July, Brussels, Midis-Minimes Festival. Young Belgian Strings with Yossif Ivanov and David Kadouch. https://www.brusselslife.be
12 July, Young Masters Series at AMUZ. Elgar Piano quintet with Yan Quartet and Viktoria Vassilenko. Antwerp, Belgium. https://www.amuz.be
28 July -10 Aug, Mattheiser Sommer-Akademie. Masterclass with Konstantin Heidrich. Bad Sobernheim, Germany. https://www.mattheiser.de/
11-26 Aug, Thy Chamber Music Festival, Denmark. http://thychambermusicfestival.dk
17 Aug, Kirsten Kjær museum, Denmark. Thy Chamber Music Festival. Ravel Piano Trio with Nicolas Dupont and Daniel Blumenthal. http://thychambermusicfestival.dk
18 Aug, Musikværket, Nykøbing, Denmark. Thy Chamber Music Festival. Faure Piano Quartet with Pieter Andreas Nielsen, Valeriia Konareva and Daniel Blumenthal. Claude Vivier Paramirabo with Craig Goodman, Elsa Klockenberg and Monika Darzinkeviute. http://thychambermusicfestival.dk
22 Aug, Viborg Musiksal, Denmark. Thy Chamber Music Festival. Ravel Piano Trio with Nicolas Dupont and Daniel Blumenthal. http://thychambermusicfestival.dk
24 Aug, Kirsten Kjær museum, Denmark. Thy Chamber Music Festival. Faure Piano Quartet with Pieter Andreas Nielsen, Valeriia Konareva and Daniel Blumenthal. Claude Vivier Paramirabo with Craig Goodman, Elsa Klockenberg and Monika Darzinkeviute. http://thychambermusicfestival.dk
08 Sep, Chateau de Ry, Belgium. Beethoven “Serioso” and Schubert “Death and the Maiden” Quartets (arranged for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler) with Young Belgian Strings.
18 Sep, Musee de Tervuren, Belgium. Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Haydn Quartets with Quatuor d’YBS.
Bulgarian Tour with Ensemble Silakbo:
24 Sep, Plovdiv (European Capital of Culture 2019), Workshop in the National School for Music and Dance Arts "Dobrin Petkov"
25 Sep, Plovdiv (European Capital of Culture 2019), Concert (premiere)
27 Sep, Burgas, Workshop in the National School for Music and Performing Arts "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov"
28 Sep, Burgas, Concert, Municipality Administration Hall
30 Sep, Ruse, Concert, "Europa" Hall
01 Oct, Ruse, Workshop in the National School of Arts "Prof. Vesselin Stoyanov"
04 Oct, Sofia, Concert, Bulgarian National Radio, Studio 1 Hall
06 Oct, Belgium. Beethoven “Serioso” and Schubert “Death and the Maiden” Quartets (arranged for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler) with Quatuor Danel and Young Belgian Strings.
12 Oct, Centre Culturel le Central, La Louviere, Belgium. Candide Chamber Orchestra
13 Oct, Ostebelgien Festival, St. Vith, Belgium. Anti-Brexit Program. Young Belgian Strings with Stephanie Salmin.
15 Nov, Opera Royal de Wallonie, Liege, Belgium. Candide Chamber Orchestra.
21 Nov, Indosuez, Young Belgian Strings with Alexei Moshkov and Solenne Paidassi.
29 Nov, Palais de Beaux Arts, Charleroi, Belgium. Candide Chamber Orchestra.
1 Dec, MG Concerts, Brussels, Belgium. Schubert Cello Quintet with Elina Buksha, Nicolas Dupont, Clement Holvoet and Kacper Nowak.
10 Dec, MG Concerts, Brussels, Belgium. Schubert Cello Quintet with Elina Buksha, Nicolas Dupont, Clement Holvoet and Kacper Nowak.
15, 18 & 21 Dec, Theater 't Eilandje, Ballet Vlaanderen,Antwerp, Belgium. Premiering new work for solo cello and electronics at ChoreoLab in collaboration with composer Adam Clarke and choreographers Daniel Domenech, Laura Walravens and Joseph Kundra. https://operaballet.be/nl/programma/2019-2020/choreolab
Dec 22, Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium. Pergolesi Stabat Mater. Young Belgian Strings.