About us
String duo Kleio is composed of two international prize-winning musicians: Linnea Hurttia and Ivan Podyachev. Open to both Eastern and Western cultures since their inception, the duo represent in their performances the musical links that span time and traditions. Whether through folk dances or classical sonatas, a baroque miniature or a modern work, our audiences are always invited to a spectacular journey across musical space and time.
Linnea Hurttia
is a concert violinist with a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy and the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hannover. In 2008 she won first prize in the Heino Eller Inter-national Violin Competition. Linnea performs regularly as the first violinist of the Odysseus String Quartet and as a member of Kärntner Sinfonieorchester. 2016-2020 Linnea worked as a second concert master of the Lappeenranta City Orchestra in Finland. Linnea has often performed as a soloist with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Jyväskylä Sinfonia and the City Orchestras of Hämeenlinna and Lappeenranta. She has given recital and chamber music concerts throughout Finland, in many European countries as well as in the US, Japan and Africa.
Ivan Podyachev
has performed as a soloist throughout Spain, Russia, Germany, Austria, Finland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Estonia. He is a graduate of the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid and the University of Music Detmold. Ivan has won prizes in many international competitions, both as a violist and a composer. In 2011-2012, he participated in the famous festival in Verbier as a principal viola under the baton of Valery Gergiev among others. Ivan is leading an active orchestral career, appearing in such ensembles as the Orchestra of the Swedish Royal Opera, the National Orchestra of Spain, and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. At the moment he is a leader of the viola section in the Kärntner Sinfonieorchester in Austria.