Sunday 14.7.

Summer's art exhibition's artist Marjatta Tapiola
Marjatta Tapiola together with the people who made the exhibition ready for the Kuhmo Arts Centre and Kuhmofestival.
Petteri Pitko and Antti Tikkanen
Saara Kurki, Ostrobothnian Camber Orchestra
Minna Pensola and Ostrobothnian Camber Orchestra
Ulla Lampela, cello, Ostrobothnian Camber Orchestra
Antti Tikkanen in front of the Ostrobothnian Camber Orchestra
Veera Kopsala's art exhibition in the Gallery at the Chamber Music Centre
Veera Kopsala's art work
Audience at the opening of Veera Kopsala's art exhibition
Quiroga String Quartet from Spain in Lentiira for the festival's opening concert
Long line waiting to get to enjoy the festival's opening concert in Lentiira.
Cibrán Sierra, violin, Cuarteto Quiroga
Petteri Pitko, organ
Audience waiting the concert to begin in the Lentiira Church.
Josep Puchades, Cibrán Sierra and Helena Poggio from Cuarteto Quiroga
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Monday 15.7.

First Heart of the Day had Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen, the artistic directors, talking about the festival's program.
Ismo Eskelinen, guitar
First Kuhmo Church concert for the festival in 2024
Antti Tikkanen and Eija Kankaanranta
Antti Tikkanen and Eija Kankaanranta with the composer Mikko Heiniö
Tikkanen, Heiniö and Kankaanranta receiving well deserved applause.
Audience members were able to get to see the kantele up close.
Paddington Trio - Tuulia Hero, Stephanie Tang and Patrick Moriarty
Patrick Moriarty, cello
stephanie Tang, piano
Tuulia Hero, violin
In Steve Reich piece WTC 9/11 you can hear authentic phonecalls made during the attack.
Charlotta Westerback and Tatu Kauppinen
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin
Kasmir Uusitupa, violin

Tuesday 16.7.

Cuarteto Quiroga at the Kuhmo Church
Helena Poggio, cello
Evening by the lake Lammasjärvi
Kuhmo's most famous bear
Kuhmo Chamber Music's flags flying high on a sunny summer day.
Anu Komsi and Pia Värri performing Lotta Wennäkoski's Soiva ilo.
Cecilia Zilliacus in action
Eija Kankaanranta is really fast!
Franz Ortner, cello
The Swiss Piano Trio on stage at Tuupala Primary School
Angela Golubeva, violin
Martin Staub, piano
Wouter Vossen, violin
Bart van de Roer from the Storioni Trio
Summer's composer Sebastian Fagerlund
The Storioni Trio working with Sebastian Fagerlund.
Sebastian Fagerlund swinging.
You can hear the lovely laughter of Anu Komsi and Minna Pensola.
Sebastian Fagerlund

Wednesday 17.7.

Johannes Meissl teaching at the chamber music masterclasses.
Johannes Meissl teaching Paddington Trio.
Concert tuner Matti Kyllönen at work
Baritone Thomas Florio
Audience at the Kuhmo Church
Pianist Joonas Ahonen
Violist Annariina Jokela
Joonas Ahonen
Niamh McKenna, flute

Thursday 18.7.

Janne Valkeajoki, accordion
Pianist Natacha Kudritskaya
Natacha Kudritskaya, Janne Valkeajoki and Petteri Pitko
Music course student Ayuna Inoue
Tatu Kauppinen, cello
Johannes Meissl, violin, Mackenzie Melemed, piano and Tatu Kauppinen, cello
Amati Café
Cellist Kati Raitinen
Pianist Mackenzie Melemed
Gil Agabab-Shaked, clarinet

Friday 19.7.

Harpist Sivan Magen
Players in the These are the names -performance
Helka Seppälä, double bass
Sini Simonen, violin from the Castalian Quartet
Steffan Morris, Castalian Quartet's cellist
Daniel Roberts and Natalie Loughran, Castalian Quartet members
Castalian Quartet in the Lentua Hall of the Kuhmo Arts Centre
Festival's executive director Sari Rusanen
Night riders
Evening swim

Saturday 20.7.

Fierce Masochism Tango performed by Thomas Florio and Stephanie Tang.
Cellist Claude Frochaux and Janne Valkeajoki on the accordion
Artistic director Antti Tikkanen
Dubugnon's Rundtanz by Angela Golubeva, Antti Tikkanen, Natalie Loughran, Tatu Kauppinen and Franz Ortner.
Cafeteria Juttua offers delicious pastries.
Pancake kiosk in front of the Kuhmo Arts Centre
Audience at the Kuhmo Arts Centre
Beautiful Lentua Hall in the Kuhmo Arts Centre
Artistic directors Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen with bassist Erik Higgins
Incredible Piazzolla performance by Maria Ylipää, Daniel Rowland, Natacha Kudritskaya, Janne Valkeajoki, Erik Higgins and Ismo Eskelinen
Maria Ylipää
Enthusiastic audience
Beautiful Kuhmo evening sun

Sunday 21.7.

Wouter Vossen from the Storioni Trio talking about the Schumann concert.
Dutch actor Thom Hoffman telling about the evening's performance.
Heart of the Day at Cafeteria Juttua
Summer beauty
Reflection of Thom Hoffman
Audience going to Tuupala's concert hall.
Children's concert Tero and Erno preparing to go on stage.
Tero and Erno
Their classical counter parts
Audience enjoying the children's concert.
Sunniva Fagerlund
Hanna Paatelma, Pauliina Fred, Hanna Haapamäki and Sunniva Fagerlund
Tuupala school's sunny courtyard
Sergey Malov, violin
Dancer Auri Ahola
Atte Kilpeläinen, viola and Auri Ahola
Pianist Bart van de Roer
Maria Ylipää as Clara Schumann
Kuhmo Arts Centre

Monday 22.7.

Violinists Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Minna Pensola, Cecilia Zilliacus and Antti Tikkanen
Takapiha Quartet - Kasmir Uusitupa, Tuija Hakkila, Atte Kilpeläinen ja Anna Westerlund
Audience at Salakamari
Courtyard restaurant Lappi ja its delicious food
Amati Café
Minna Pensola with Mackenzie Melemed
Pianist Mackenzie Melemed
Concert secretary Tarja Luoma guiding cellists David Cohen and Tatu Kauppinen on to the stage.
Waiting...
Natacha Kudritskaya with sweet red berries
Kauppinen and Cohen happy after the performance
Summer's composer Lotta Wennäkoski
The City of Kuhmo held its annual reception at the Kuhmo library.
The food was great!
Kuhmo library

Tuesday 23.7.

Amati Café's courtyard
The Patrons' Association of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival held its annual meeting at Terväpä Pää.
Excecutive director Sari Rusanen talking with the members of the association.
The famous Kuhmo bikes
Kasmir Uusitupa conducted the Stravinsky's wind octet in Tuupala.
Kuhmo Arts Centre quieted down to listen to "Never again" concert.
Sophia Rahman, piano
The Theresienstadt selection was collated by Pia Freund and it is extremely powerful.
Soprano Pia Freund
Anna Laakso, Minna Pensola and Pia Freund
Clarinetist Harri Mäki waiting for his turn.
Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time was performed by Elina Vähälä, Harri Mäki, David Cohen and Natacha Kudritskaya.

Wednesday 24.7.

Kuhmo Chamber Music had a pop-up concert at the marketplace.
Bravade Recorder Quartet and part of their instruments
Sunniva Fagerlund and Hanna Haapamäki
Ice cream works well on a hot day.
Many Kuhmo residents came to enjoy the beautiful day and nice music.
The audience was a bit hairier than usually at the concerts...
Janne Valkeajoki, accordion
SIC for two violins by Lotta Wennäkoski, Kuhmofestival's commissioned piece
Antti Tikkanen and Minna Pensola, the artistic directors for Kuhmo Chamber Music
Summer's composer Lotta Wennäkoski
Valtteri Malmivirta taking on Berio's Sequenza number 5.
Kaisa Kortelainen astonished everybody with her performance of Marc Appelbaum's Aphasia.
Paddington Trio

Thursday 25.7.

Friday 26.7.

Saturday 27.7.

Happy Kasmir Uusitupa
Danel Quartet is waiting to get on stage.
Atte Kilpeläinen on his way to the next rehearsal.
The performance is done.
Audience getting out from the Lentua Hall at the Kuhmo Arts Centre.
Danel Quartet in the instrument truck
Several grand pianos and other instruments are brought to Kuhmo for the festival.
Minna Pensola and Anna Laakso
Antti Tikkanen
Erik Higgins from La Folia Global
John Hadfield from La Folia Global
Anu Varis, new general manager for the Kuhmo Arts Centre
Sandeep Das, La Folia Global
Rajib Karmakar, La Folia Global
Valeri Tolstov, La Folia Global
Emmanuel Hovhannisyan, La Folia Global
This summer's Trout quintet by Schubert was performed by these wonderful artists.
Sini Simonen, Mackenzie Melemed, Helka Seppälä, Tatu Kauppinen and Charlotta Westerback
Artistic directors Antti Tikkanen and Minna Pensola
Night fishing party