Coming Up!

Mar 19 Andy Emler Trio + Veli Kujala at Malmitalo Helsinki (FI)

Apr 11 World premiere of Quarter-tone Accordion Concerto 2 by Sampo Haapamäki with Arctic Sinfonietta cond. Tim Weiss @ Hetan Musiikkipäivät (FI)

Apr 13 Concert with Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso and John André Eira (yoik) and Lauri Marjakangas (guit and electronics) @ Hetan Musiikkipäivät (FI)

Apr 30 “Kaiken takana on Tango” with Jyväskylä Sinfonia @ Paviljonki, Jyväskylä (FI)

May 2-3 Soundscapes #5, improvised music festival, Espoo Louhisali (FI)

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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Classical Emma for Finnish Accordion Concertos album

The album “Finnish Accordion Concertos”, featuring my concerto “Shape-Shifter” for accordion and string orchestra, has received the Classical Emma, so called “Finnish Grammy”

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.

The album is available on most streaming services.

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