Janne Valkeajoki “Rameau” Album “Best Classical Music Album of 2024”
January 24th 2025
Christine Johnstone

Solo album “Rameau” by Finnish accordionist Janne Valkeajoki, was highlighted by The New York Times as one of the best albums of the 2024 year.
The album features works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, which were “originally composed for harpsichord by the French composer, also known as a music theorist, in the 1700s.”
“The accordion was invented more than half a century after Rameau’s death, but on the album accordionist Janne Valkeajoki convincingly demonstrates how naturally and beautifully Rameau’s keyboard works can adapt to the alternately intimate and alternately symphonic nature of the accordion,” The New York Times describes.
Valkeajoki says that the album has received good feedback around the world.
“According to Valkeajoki, the album project has been long. He says he listened to Rameau’s music sometime during his student days. That’s when he found the French composer’s music in the library and started playing it on the accordion.”