Lilli Maijala to teach at the ZHdK from fall
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) is delighted to welcome Lilli Maijala to the viola team from the fall semester 2023.
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Lilli Maijala is one of the most internationally sought-after Scandinavian violists of the present day.
Since her debut at the age of seventeen with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra, she has frequently appeared as a soloist with renowned orchestras. Her concert recordings for Alba Records have been released by The Strad and BBC Music Magazine praised. As a sought-after chamber musician, she is invited to festivals all over the world.
After playing for several years in the experimental quartet-lab with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Pekka Kuusisto and Pieter Wispelwey, Lilli Maijala is now a member of the newly founded Valo Quartet.
She has been teaching at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki since 2009 and has been a professor and head of the viola faculty since 2011.