Laura Vikman, Principal Second Violin of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO), pursues an active career alongside her orchestral work as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. She holds a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki and has also studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Cologne University of Music. Prior to assuming her current position in the RSO second violin section in 2013, Vikman served for ten years as the orchestra’s Third Concertmaster.

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Vikman has won second prizes at both the Kuopio Violin Competition and the Leipzig J. S. Bach Competition. In Florence, she and pianist Marianna Shirinyan were also awarded second prize at the Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition.

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Laura Vikman has been the first violinist of the Tempera Quartet since 2003. The quartet has performed in Japan and throughout Europe and has recorded, among other works, the complete string quartets of Jean Sibelius for the BIS label.

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As a soloist, Vikman has appeared with the Helsinki, Kuopio, and Mikkeli City Orchestras, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and the National Orchestra of Belgium. As a chamber musician, she has performed at numerous festivals in Finland and abroad.

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Laura Vikman has served as Lecturer in Violin at Tampere University of Applied Sciences since 2015. Prior to that, she worked as a part-time teacher at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2007 to 2015.