Next year’s theme: Borderlands After the challenging years of the Covid19 pandemic, Kuhmo Chamber Music has finally returned to its former glory. By Saturday’s closing concert, the numbers of the… Read more »
Kuhmo Chamber Music 9-22nd July 2023
Kuhmo Chamber Music, the oldest and largest chamber-music event in Finland, is set to get underway this Sunday, 9th July. Over the course of the long-awaited two-week festival, we will… Read more »
Kuhmo spreads its wings while not forgetting its roots
In many important ways, this summer represents a renewal of the Kuhmo Chamber Music. Most significantly, this is the first year that the festival’s new artistic directors, the violinists Minna… Read more »
Roots and wings at the Kuhmo Chamber Music winter concert
The theme for Kuhmo Chamber Music in the summer of 2023 is Roots and Wings, which is also the theme for the start of the concert at the Kuhmo Culture… Read more »
Three commissions for Kuhmo next summer
Kuhmo Chamber Music is commissioning three new works for 2023. The Festival has asked Outi Tarkiainen to write a piece for basset clarinet and string quartet. In collaboration with the… Read more »
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There are 59 concerts and 13 Heart of the Day -events in the festival programme. The amount of events is so large that it is sometimes very hard to decide… Read more »
The Art of Illusion at Kuhmo
The 52nd Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival will run 10–23 July 2022, once again on the same sort of scale as previously. Over the two weeks there will be 58 concerts… Read more »
Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen to take over as Artistic Directors of Kuhmo Chamber Music
Violinists Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen have been chosen as the Artistic Directors of Kuhmo Chamber Music. They are both well known as soloists, inspirational chamber musicians and orchestral leaders.… Read more »
Vladimir Mendelssohn 1949 – 2021
Composer, violist and Artistic Director of Kuhmo Chamber Music Vladimir Mendelssohn passed away on 13 August 2021 after a short illness. He was born into a celebrated family of musicians… Read more »
Almost 17,000 seats were sold at Kuhmo Chamber Music
Almost 17,000 seats were sold for this year’s Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, even though audience numbers had to be halved because of social distancing. The two-week event ran as scheduled,… Read more »