KUMAUS FESTIVAL
ART X MUSIC FESTIVAL
IN LAPPEENRANTA
ART X MUSIC FESTIVAL
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS:
LAURI PEKKARINEN, HELKA SEPPÄLÄ & JANNE VALKEAJOKI
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NEWS
WELCOME TO THE KUMAUS FESTIVAL NEWS!
8 DECEMBER 2025:
WARM THANKS TO THE SIBELIUS FUND FOR THE GRANT!
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The music association Kumaus ry has received a grant for a commissioned work by composer Tytti Arola. Recently nominated for the Gaudeamus Award, Tytti Arola is known for her experimental compositions, and we are eagerly looking forward to what she will bring us next year!
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Tytti Arola: Trio for Double Bass, Accordion, Percussion, and Darkness
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The world premiere of Tytti Arola’s new work will take place at the upcoming Kumaus Festival 2026.
ABOUT
Kumaus Festival is a chamber music festival located on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland city of Lappeenranta. Kumaus has shaken up the Finnish festival field since the year 2019. The approach of the festival is strictly with the new generation of musicians, with the aim of breaking the traditional, building the new and creating an event of its own kind in the already undeniably wide range of festivals in Finland.
The core of the festival consists of Lappeenranta city orchestra's double bassist Helka Seppälä and percussionist Lauri Pekkarinen, as well as Lappeenranta-born accordion artist and conductor Janne Valkeajoki. Equally at the center of the festival is the "base" of the event, the artist-run cultural space Nuijamies.
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We warmly welcome You to Kumaus Festival on 13–17 August 2025!