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.
REPERTOIRE
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!
WORKS COMPOSED FOR KUMAUS TRIO
Vito Žuraj: The Tremor of Time (2025) 16'
Tara Valkonen: Avant-Tarde (2025) 13'
Teemu Heinonen: Networks (2025) 6'
Tatu Piitulainen: Siro/Vino (2025) 6'
Ue Hang Wong: Broken Piecing Sequence (2025) 6'
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Kalevi Aho: Kumaus (2024) 15'
​Arshia Samsaminia: Micro-Moments XI for accordion, percussion, double bass and fixed media (2024) 10'
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Veli Kujala: Dancespheres (2023) 10'
​​​​​​Kalle Autio: Kolme viirusta harmonikalle, lyömäsoittimille ja kontrabassolle (2022) 20'
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Aino Tenkanen: Double triple for accordion, percussion, double bass and multimedia (2021) 17'
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​​​​​​​​Tuomas Kettunen: Runner for accordion, double bass and running percussionist (2019) 10'​​​
​OTHER WORKS PERFORMED BY KUMAUS TRIO:
​Thierry de Mey: Table Music 8'
​Teppo Hauta-aho: Mikko’s menuet 5'​
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ARRANGEMENTS:
Bach: Trio sonata no. 6 4'
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka 10'
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​DUOS:
ACCORDION & DOUBLE BASS
Jussi-Matti Haavisto: Being 9'
Sofia Gubaidulina: In Croce 17'
Giovanni Bottesini: Elegy 6'
ACCORDION & PERCUSSION
Mioko Yokoyama: Arcana 9'
Steve Reich: Piano Phase 15'
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PERCUSSION & DOUBLE BASS
Kaija Saariaho: Ciel Etoile 7'
Kalevi Aho: Ennen yötä 6'
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GIGS
COMING
KUMAUS TRIO
13.12.2025 15:00, ORGANO HALL, MUSIC CENTRE, HELSINKI
PAST
JA KITARA SOI -FESTIVAL
23.11.2024, OLD TOWN HALL, LAPPEENRANTA
KUMAUS TRIO & MATTI SAARINEN
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LISTEN
VITO ŽURAJ - THE TREMOR OF TIME (WORLD PREMIERE)
Kumaus Festival 2025, 17.9.2025 Raatihuone, Lappeenranta
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KARINA & KUMAUS TRIO PERFORM ARIEL
Live Performance of Karina's Ariel at Kumaus Festival 27.8.2022.
Karina: Helmi Tikkanen and Karin Mäkiranta
Kumaus Trio: Helka Seppälä, double bass Lauri Pekkarinen, percussion Janne Valkeajoki, accordion
Arrengement by Mikko Sarvanne
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VELI KUJALA - DANCESPHERES 2023 (WORLD PREMIERE)
Excerpt of the world premiere of composer Veli Kujala's piece Dancespheres for accordion, percussion and double bass. Performed by Kumaus Trio
​27.8.2023 Kulttuuritila Nuijamies, Lappeenranta, Finland
AINO TENKANEN - DOUBLE TRIPLE 2021
(WORLD PREMIERE)
World Premiere at Kumaus Festival 12.9.2021, Kulttuuritila Nuijamies, Lappeenranta
Performers: Lauri Pekkarinen, percussion
Helka Seppälä, double bass
Janne Valkeajoki, accordion