KUMAUS TRIO
LAURI PEKKARINEN - PERCUSSION HELKA SEPPÄLÄ - DOUBLE BASS JANNE VALKEAJOKI - ACCORDION
INTRODUCTION
The birth of Kumaus Trio first started from a dream to found a festival, then from a dream to premiere music for accordion, double bass and percussion at that festival, and finally from repeating all of that year after year with new festivals and new composers and pieces. Kumaus Trio has commissioned and premiered works by Tuomas Kettunen, Aino Tenkanen, Kalle Autio, Veli Kujala, Kalevi Aho and Arshia Samsaminia.
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Kumaus Trio acts as the artistic director of the Kumaus festival in Lappeenranta and has also performed in e.g. At the Musica Nova Helsinki festival and the Ja Kitara Soi festival. ​ In the spring of 2023, the Kumaus Trio received a recognition grant from the Martin Wegelius Memorial Foundation. The trio's first own concert was organized on November 19, 2023 in Helsinki's Temppeliaukio church, the concert was one of the concerts organized by the Finnish Soloist Association autumn 2023.
PROGRAMM
KUMAUS TRIO IS AN OPEN-MINDED CHAMBER MUSIC GROUP WITH A RARE COMPOSITION OF INSTRUMENTS, THAT IS ACTIVELY EXPANDING IT'S OWN PROGRAM BY ORDERING NEW MATERIAL AND ARRANGING THE OLD. IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT WITH US, PLEASE LET US KNOW!
KUMAUS TRIO / kumausfestivaali@gmail.com
WORKS COMPOSED FOR KUMAUS TRIO:
Kalevi Aho: Kumaus - World premiere 18.8.2024
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Arshia Samsaminia: Micro-Moments XI for accordion, percussion,
double bass and fixed media - World premiere 16.8.2024
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Veli Kujala: Dancespheres - World premiere 2023
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Kalle Autio: Kolme viirusta harmonikalle, lyömäsoittimille ja kontrabassolle - World premiere 2022
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Aino Tenkanen: Double triple for accordion, percussion, double bass and multimedia - World premiere 2021
WATCH HERE
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Tuomas Kettunen: Runner for accordion, double bass and running percussionist - World premiere 2019
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OTHER WORKS PERFORMED BY KUMAUS TRIO:
​Thierry de Mey: Table Music
​Teppo Hauta-aho: Mikko’s menuet
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ARRANGEMENTS:
Bach: Trio sonata no. 6
DUOS:
ACCORDION & DOUBLE BASS
Jussi-Matti Haavisto: Being
Giovanni Bottesini: Elegy
ACCORDION & PERCUSSION
Mioko Yokoyama: Arcana
Steve Reich: Piano Phase
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PERCUSSION & DOUBLE BASS
Kaija Saariaho: Ciel Etoile
Kalevi Aho: Ennen yötä
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GIGS
PAST
JA KITARA SOI -FESTIVAL
23.11.2024, OLD TOWN HALL, LAPPEENRANTA
KUMAUS TRIO & MATTI SAARINEN
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19.11.2023, TEMPPELIAUKIO CHURCH, HELSINKI
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MUSICA NOVA HELSINKI FESTIVAL
7.3.2023, KALLIO HALL, HELSINKI
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ENNEN YÖTÄ / BEFORE THE NIGHT
17.9.2022, ORGANO HALL, MUSIC CENTRE, HELSINKI
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