Australian Chamber Orchestra Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve directs the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Momentum Ensemble in a lush program for cello and strings that masterfully intertwines his Finnish heritage and his Australian experience.

Jaako Kuusisto’s Wiima evokes the nostalgic charm of Sysmä, a Finnish town dear to Tipi’s childhood, while Crystalline, by the Australian composer Olivia Bettina Davies, shimmers with delicate textures.

The centrepiece of the program is Tipi’s own arrangement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, in which his 1616 Brothers Amati cello will sing with warmth and lyricism. The concert concludes with the introspective gaze of Sibelius’ Voces intimae, interspersed with select movements from Peter Sculthorpe’s dark String Quartet No. 8, to weave Finnish and Australian traditions into a captivating tapestry.