Renowned Finnish concert accordionist Jukka-Pekka Kuusela (former student of Friedrich Lips) performed concerts in Espoo, Hyvinkää and Hämeenlinna venues in mid August. His program included an interesting combination of old and contemporary music.

The tour was organized by well-known accordionist and composer Kalle Välimaa (former student of Vitaly Muntyan and Friedrich Lips)

Jukka-Pekka Kuusela’s challenging and large program included “Das Orgelbüchlein” by J.S. Bach, and world premieres of Kalle Välimaa’s compositions Dialogue nr. 2, Septet nr. 3 and SaekkiS (version for two soloists and tape).

In total Jukka-Pekka Kuusela performed seven works by Kalle Välimaa.