Coming Up!

Oct 27 Sphere performed by Arttu Selonen in St. Ouen Cathedral, Rouen (FR)

Nov 8 Echoes performed by Susanne Kujala at Schöneberger Orgelzyklus, Berlin (DE)

Nov 7-9 Recording of The Legends of Otranto by Ferdinando Romano with Kirke Karja, Ramuel Tafenau & Ferdinando Romano @ Rome (IT)

Nov 11 Forbidden Love by Uno Vesje for harp, viola, voice, accordion and electronics with Uno Vesje, Hanna Hohti, Taavi Oramo and Anders Pohjola @ Vocal Espoo Festival (FI)

Dec 2 Concert “Kuuntelut” with Achim Kaufmann (pf) @ Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar (DE)

Dec 3-5 Masterclass @ HfM Weimar (DE)

News

El Tango @ Premio Castelfidardo

The Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica Castelfidardo competition commissioned the compulsory work for the final round of this year edition. The result of this commission, El Tango, received beautiful and personal interpretations from all of the finalists, who performed it together with the Orquestra Filarmonica della Calabria conducted by Alfredo Luigi Cornacchia.

You can find the final round performances in YouTube here:

Olzhas Nurlanov  Junhao Mao    Naixin Zhang

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Finnish Accordion Concertos on Alba Records

The recent CD release by Alba Records presents a collection of Finnish Accordion Concertos, including my concerto “Shape-Shifter” for accordion and string orchestra.

Performed by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of conductor Tomas Djupsjöbacka, and featuring soloist Petteri Waris on accordion, “Shape-Shifter” is joined by works from composers Minna Leinonen and Aulis Sallinen. You can order the cd here: https://alba.fi/tuote/abcd-477-finnish-accordion-concertos/

BellowsArt releases The Well-tempered Clavier

On Nov 23, 2023 the record label BellowsArt released the complete recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Susanne Kujala. It is the first complete recording on the classical accordion. Her instrument is tuned to Bradley Lehman’s tuning, which he has deciphered from the ornament drawn by Bach himself on the title page of the first edition of The Well-Tempered Clavier I. You can buy the recordings on www.bellowsart.fi