Sunday 12.7.

Audience outside the Lentiira Church
Lentiira Church
Ilkka Puputti, French Horn
Ilkka Puputti, French Horn
Sergey Malov swimming with Ilkka Puputti accompanying him.
Organist Susanne Kujala
Violinists Minna Pensola, Sergey Malov and Antti Tikkanen
Sergey Malov, violin
First sounds of festival 2026
Minna Pensola, Sergey Malov and Antti Tikkanen
Violinists Minna Pensola, Sergey Malov and Antti Tikkanen
French Horn player Ilkka Puputti and organist Susanne Kujala
Ilkka Puputti, French Horn
Kuhmo Arts Centre and Kontionkatu
Kuhmo Fire station
Trey Lee, cello
Dominic Law, Double bass
Musicus Soloists Hong Kong waiting to go on stage.
Pianist Sophia Rahman
Musicus Soloists Hong Kong
Musicus Society Hong Kong on stage

Monday 13.7.

Heart of the Day morning session at the Salakamari
Minna Pensola and Antti Tikkanen, artistic directors, talk about this year's festival.
Audience at Salakamari
Minna Pensola
Trio Pantaleon: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin, Tuija Hakkila, fortepiano and Johannes Rostamo, cello
Susanne Kujala, organ
The best Finnish strawberries
You can enjoy festival's own special pastry Yhtä juhlaa (Celebration & Ceremonies) at the Amati Café.
Audience at the Tuupala Primary School
Trio Brontë
Musicus Soloists Hong Kong on stage with Kasmir Uusitupa, violin
Backstage life
Audience on its way to the next concert.
Trio Brontë on stage at the Kuhmo Arts Centre

Tuesday 14.7.

Tuupala Primary School is one of Kuhmo Chamber Music's concert venues.
Professor Johannes Meissl
Violinist Beatrice Harmon from the Modulor Quartet
Cellist Nigel Thean, Modulor Quartet
Intense lesson for Modulor Quartet with Johannes Meissl
Modulor Quartet and Johannes Meissl
Johannes Meissl
Trio Brontë after their performance at the Kuhmo Church
Violist Yuval Gotlibovich and violinist Kasmir Uusitupa
Antti Tikkanen, Daniel Rowland and Kasmir Uusitupa
Vivaldi done! Yuval Gotlibovich and Daniel Rowland
Excited audience at the Kuhmo Church
Daniel Rowland
Professor Mi-kyung Lee with her student
Soprano Helena Juntunen
Kasmir Uusitupa on his bike
Little concert at the Kuhmo marketplace on the Kide stage
Festival's Executive Director Sari Rusanen
Artistic Director Antti Tikkanen
Audience at the Kuhmo marketplace
Niko Kumpuvaara, accordion and Antti Tikkanen, violin
Kuhmo's Chapel
Flautist Niamh McKenna
Niamh McKenna and Susanne Kujala
Tuija-Maija Nurminen, marimba and Maja Bogdanović, cello
Maja Bogdanović, cello
Chapel

Wednesday 15.7.

Helena Juntunen at the Salakamari
Courtyard restaurant Lappi is open every day at the Salakamari.
Audience listening
French Horn student Olli Jaakonsaari was the first one to perform at the studen concerts.
Music course student, pianist Otso Kallio
Jaakko Pirkola, cello
Disa Smart, cello with Sonja Fräki, chamber pianist
Disa Smart, cello
Pirta Pöllänen, violin
Mandi Vokkolainen, clarinet and Sonja Fräki, chamber pianist
Lilja Iisakkila, violin and Naoko Ichihashi, chamber pianist
Lilja Iisakkila
Violin student Joan Esteve Melero and Sonja Fräki, chamber pianist
Audience at the student concert
Audience after the student concert
Bike tricks
Instrument transportation
Amati café's Trout
Pianists Anna Laakso and Tuija Hakkila
Musicus Soloists Hong Kong with Trey Lee by the lake Lammasjärvi
Musicus Soloists Hong Kong
Kuhmo Arts Centre full of audience
Tuija Hakkila and Anna Laakso
Violinist Gregor Hänssler, Modulor Quartet and Crumb's Black Angels.
Mira Maranta, Modulor Quartet's violist plays glasses in Crumb's Black Angels.
Violinist Beatrice Harmon from Modulor Quartet
Mira Maranta
Modulor Quartet: Gregor Hänssler, Beatrice Harmon, Mira Maranta and Nigel Thean

Thursday 16.7.

Tuupala before the concert
Akseli Rudin, cello, music course student
Akseli Rudin, cello
Ruusu-Talvikki Heikkilä, Cello
Ruusu-Talvikki Heikkilä, Cello and Sonja Fräki, chamber pianist
Music course student Lumikki Heikkilä, violin
Lumikki Heikkilä
Tea Rantamäki, flute
Naoko Ichihashi, chamber pianist and music course student Tea Rantamäki
Liina Ristolainen, violin
Music course student Liina Ristolainen and Naoko Ichihashi
Juuso Björkroth, clarinet
Emil Granlund, violin
Naoko Ichihashi and Emil Granlund at the student concert
Pajakkakoski
Kuhmo Church is one of the festival's concert venues.

Friday 17.7.

Saturday 18.7.

Sunday 19.7.

Monday 20.7.

Tuesday 21.7.

Wednesday 22.7.

Thursday 23.7.

Friday 24.7.

Atte Kilpeläinen musiikkikurssien oppilaiden kanssa esittivät kurssien työpajakonsertissa Brahmsin jousikvinteton.
Aviva Rosenfeld, viulu, Klara Leoson, viulu, Jake Montgomery-Smith, alttoviulu, Atte Kilpeläinen, alttoviulu, Ágústa Jakobsdóttir, sello
Aviva Rosenfeld, viulu, Klara Leoson, viulu, Jake Montgomery-Smith, alttoviulu, Atte Kilpeläinen, alttoviulu, Ágústa Jakobsdóttir, sello

Saturday 25.7.