Kuhmo Chamber Music 2016

Seppo Kimanen, cello, Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, Nicholas Daniel, oboe, and Pavel Vernikov, violin

Seppo Kimanen, cello, Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, Pavel Vernikov, violin, and Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Seppo Kimanen, cello, Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, Nicholas Daniel, oboe, and Pavel Vernikov, violin

Kyeong Ham and Nicholas Daniel

Oboists Kyeong Ham and Nicholas Daniel

Konstantin Bogino, piano, Seppo Kimanen, cello, Yoshiko Arai, violin, Pavel Vernikov, violin, and Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola

Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, Seppo Kimanen, cello, Yoshiko Arai, violin, Konstantin Bogino, piano, and Pavel Vernikov, violin

Konstantin Bogino and Pavel Vernikov

Konstantin Bogino, Seppo Kimanen, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Yoshiko Arai and Pavel Vernikov

David Cohen

Danel Quartet: Marc Danel, violin, Gilles Millet, violin, Vlad Bogdanas, viola, and Yovan Markovitch, cello

Danel Quartet at a rescue mission: reviving a worn out violist Dana Zemtsov.

The new firefighters of Kuhmo: Danel Quartet!

Audience excitement at Kontio school.

In Memoriam - "In Memory of Kuhmo" concert filled the Kontio school hall at the end of the second festival week.

Dalia Stasevska, conductor

Dalia Stasevska, conductor

Jonathan Roozeman, cello

Kasmir Uusitupa, violin

Mi-Sa Yang and Daichi Nakamura at a rehearsal.

Petri Mäkiharju and the Spirit of Kuhmo.

Transportation Office at your service. Drivers Arttu Heikkinen (left) and Lauri Pulkkinen, Transportation Managers Jussi Heikkinen and Lauri Pesonen, and Driver Tino Palonen ready for the last work day at Kuhmo Chamber Music festival 2016.

Henrik Sandås, bandoneon

Angelika Klas, soprano

Daniel Bonilla-Torres, bass-baritone

Martín Alvarado, tenor

Daniel Bonilla-Torres, bass-baritone, Angelika Klas, soprano, and Martín Alvarado, tenor

Alberto Mesirca, guitar

Alberto Mesirca, kitara

Audience at Salakamari

Press Office Manager Juhani Koivisto, founder of the festival Seppo Kimanen, and Executive Director Sari Rusanen

Audience at Salakamari

Executive Director Sari Rusanen and Producer Anniina Ahlström

Audience at Salakamari

Seppo Kimanen

Heart of the day: Seppo Kimanen

Seppo Kimanen and Marja-Stiina Suihko

Founder of the festival Seppo Kimanen

Kuhmo Church

Antti Tikkanen, violin

Oleg Kagan stipend 2016 was given to a french piano trio Trio Sora. Magdalena Geka, violin, Angèle Legasa, cello, and Pauliine Chenais, piano.

Marc Danel, violin

Marc Danel, violin

Pavel Vernikov, violin

Yoshiko Arai, violin

Yoshiko Arai, violin, and Konstantin Bogino, piano

Konstantin Bogino

Yoshiko Arai, violin

Yoshiko Arai, violin, Konstantin Bogino, piano, and Seppo Kimanen, cello

Pavel Vernikov, violin

Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola

Licht in der nacht

Niek de Groot playing basketball with his children.

Karolina Weltrowska, Nino Gvetadze, Maja Bogdanović, Vanessa Szigeti, and Sophie Danel

Marc Danel and his daughter Sophie by the Lake Lammasjärvi

Marc Danel with his daughter Sophie

Music course student Lara Poe, cellist Maja Bogdanović, cellist Yovan Markovitch and violinist Daniel Rowland

Marc Danel, violin

Kontio school ready to welcome concert audience.

Yovan Markovitch, cello

Esplanade by the lake

Maja Bogdanović, cello

Alberto Mesirca, guitar

Răzvan Popovici, viola

David Cohen, cello

David Cohen, cello

David Cohen, cello

Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Seppo Kimanen, cello, and Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Seppo Kimanen, cello

Artistic Director Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, the founder of the festival and former Artistic Director Seppo Kimanen, cello, and Pavel Vernikov, violin

Julian Arp, cello

Audience singing a finnish folk song Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen, while cellist Julian Arp and violist Gareth Lubbe improvised the accompaniment.

Lake Lammasjärvi

Vlad Bogdanas wanted to test a little Metallica between the Šostakovitš performances.

Musica ambigua

Qian Wu, piano

Aleksandr Sitkovetsky, violin

Ilja Gringolts, violin

Ilja Gringolts, violin, and Anahit Kurtikjan, violin

Minna Pensola, violin

Chamber Music Center

Visitors at the Courtyard Restaurant at the Chamber Music Center.

Gilles Millet, violin

Marc Danel, violin

Kontio school filled with audience.

Atmosphere at Salakamari.

Atmosphere at Salakamari.

Benoit de Barsony and David Cohen at Salakamari.

Atmosphere at Salakamari.

Welcome to Kuhmo.

Siljamari Heikinheimo, violin

Dana Zemtsov, viola

Dana Zemtsov, viola

Jakob Koranyi, cello

Jakob Koranyi, cello

Natacha Kudritskaya and Benoit de Barsony

Marc Danel, Vlad Bogdanas, Gilles Millet and Yovan Markovitch

Marc Danel, Vlad Bogdanas, Gilles Millet and Yovan Markovitch

Danel Quartet health care unit

Gareth Lubbe, viola and overtone

Pianisti Heini Kärkkäinen

Janne Thomsen, flute, and Kerttu Aalto-Setälä, flute

Kerttu Aalto-Setälä, flute

Victoire Bunel, mezzo-soprano, Thomas Florio, baritone, Niall Chorell, tenor, and Mari Palo, soprano

Victoire Bunel, mezzo-soprano, Thomas Florio, baritone, Niall Chorell, tenor, and Mari Palo, soprano

Maja Bogdanović, cello

Anahit Kurtikjan,violin

Victoire Bunel, mezzo-soprano

Hagai Shaham, violin

Chanson prepetuélle

Anni Kuusimäki, harp

Kazutaka Morita, percussion, Harri Lehtinen, percussion, and Tuija-Maija Nurminen, percussion at the Lentiira Church.

Mavis Lam, pipa

Mavis Lam and Karel Boeschoten

Mavis Lam, pipa

Mavis Lam, pipa, and Karel Boeschoten, violin

Jussi Myllys, tenor, and Anni Kuusimäki, harp

Music in the wild.

Hugo Ticciati and Gareth Lubbe

Daniel Rowland, violin, Hugo Ticciati, violin, Gareth Lubbe, viola, and Julian Arp, cello

Hugo Ticciati, violin, Daniel Rowland, violin, Gareth Lubbe, viola, and Julian Arp, cello

Daniel Rowland, violin

Cycling takes you places.

That Salakamari feeling.

Gareth Lubbe, viola

Benoit de Barsony, French horn

Elina Vähälä, violin

Elina Vähälä, violin

Oliver Triendl, piano

Elina Vähälä, viulu, and Oliver Triendl, piano

Elina Vähälä, violin

Elina Vähälä, violin

Darren Acosta, trombone

Kaisa Kortelainen, flute

Kaisa Kortelainen, flute, and Juhani Lagerspetz, piano

Răzvan Popovici, viola

Trey Lee, cello

Zoran Marković, double bass

Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Benoit de Barsony, French horn

Music course student Stephen Whale, Australia

Music course student Angele Legasa, France

Concertino

Danel Quartet: Marc Danel, violin, Gilles Millet, violin, Vlad Bogdanas, viola, and Yovan Markovitch, cello

Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola

Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola

Lauri Sallinen, clarinet

Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello

Atte Kilpeläinen and Tomas Djupsjöbacka

Hugo Ticciati, violin

Leena Jaakkola, violin

Meta4: Antti Tikkanen, violin, Minna Pensola, violin, Atte Kilpeläinen, viola, and Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello

Meta4: Antti Tikkanen, violin, Minna Pensola, violin, Atte Kilpeläinen, viola, and Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello

Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir, viola, and Karel Boeschoten, violin

Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir, viola, and Karel Boeschoten, violin

Frédéric Moreau, violin, Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir, viola, ja Karel Boeschoten, violin

Karel Boeschoten

Mi-Sa Yang, violin

Music course student Julia Rima, clarinet

Music course student Saana Parviainen, violin

Music course student Siiri Nieminen, cello

Student concerts have been given since 1972.

Kuhmo Chamber Music and the music courses held in conjunction with it will soon be clocking up their first half-century.

Music course students: Laura Butcher (left), Vivian Stolt, Mathilde van Vijnen, Yoan Brakha, Vilma Tumanoff, Liisa Orava and Siiri Nieminen.

Musicians of all standards meet at Kuhmo, from active amateur teenagers to stars of the world's most celebrated concert venues.

Music course students at Kuhmo.

Oboe Master Class: Marko Hilpo, pianist, Nicholas Daniel, teacher, and Ilari Jokinen, student.

Tomas Djupsjöbacka riding a storm.

A cloudy scenery.

Alberto Mesirca, guitar

Helmi Horttana, violin

Minna Pensola, violin

Minna Pensola, violin

Thomas Florio, baritone

Diana Ketler, piano

Thomas Florio, baritone

Joona Pulkkinen, cello

Daniel Rowland, violin

Daniel Rowland, violin

The audience, artists and employees all gather around the fire at the Chamber Music Center.

Ralph Szigeti and Vlad Bogdanas enjoying the Finnish sausages at a sauna party.

A burning gaze at a sauna party.

Gentlemen enjoying the warm waters at Kuhmo.

Ladies of the lake

Ladies of the lake

Nocturno

Frédéric Moreau, violin, and the Lentua hall of the Kuhmo Arts Centre.

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931): Solo Violin Sonata No. 2, OP. 27/2 "Obsession" (1924)

Frédéric Moreau, violin

Natacha Kudritskaya, piano

Pianist Natacha Kudritskaya investigating the piece attentively at the rehearsal.

Actor Alma Pöysti and pianist Natacha Kudritskaya

Yuval Gotlibovich, Michel Lethiec and Frédéric Moreau

Alma Pöysti, actor

The Ark, Children's concert for kids aged between 9 and 99.

The Ark, Children's concert for kids aged between 9 and 99.

The Ark, Children's concert for kids aged between 9 and 99.

Edward Arron, cello

Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Rehearsal: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 for piano and orchestra, 1934 (Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873-1943)

Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Nino Gvetadze, piano

Percussionist Tuija-Maija Nurminen stretching at the rehearsal.

Young musician Mikko, 11 years, playing for the visitors of Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival.

Natacha Kudritskaya, piano, and Valeria Resjan, piano

Pianist Natacha Kudritskaya warming up at the rehearsal.

Kazutaka Morita, percussion

Laura Mikkola's daughter Fredrika Mikkola performed at the "Heart of the day" event at Salakamari.

Laura Mikkola's daughter Fredrika Mikkola performed at the "Heart of the day" event at Salakamari.

A sauna party between concerts and rehearsals.

Some very happy visitors at the sauna party.

After the smoke sauna.

A scenery by night behind the Kuhmo Arts Centre.

Violinist Vanessa Szigeti

Violinist Vanessa Szigeti

Zoran Marković, Frédéric Moreau, and Dorel Fodoreanu

Zoran Marković, double bass, Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, Marc Danel, violin, Frédéric Moreau, violin, James Wilson, cello, Irina Zahharenkova, cembalo, and Vanessa Szigeti, violin

Marc Danel, violin, Vanessa Szigeti, violin, Frédéric Moreau, violin, and Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola

Irina Zahharenkova, cembalo, Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, Frédéric Moreau, violin, and James Wilson, cello

Marc Danel, violin, and Vanessa Sgizeti, violin

Frédéric Moreau, violin

Margaret Lias, mezzo-soprano, Jeni Packalén, mezzo-soprano, Mari Palo, soprano, and Shigeko Hata, soprano

Laura Mikkola, piano

Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Kuhmo Arts Centre

Vladimir Mendelssohn, Artistic Director

Artistic Director Vladimir Mendelssohn talked about the programme for the whole festival.

Artistic Director Vladimir Mendelssohn talked about the programme for the whole festival.

Mari Palo, soprano

Laura Mikkola, piano, and Hannu-Pekka Björkman, actor

Laura Mikkola, piano

Hannu-Pekka Björkman, actor

Herman Wallén, baritone, Margaret Lias, mezzo-soprano, and Niall Chorell, tenor

Kazutaka Morita, percussion

Frédéric Moreau, violin, Leena Jaakkola, violin, Yuval Gotlibovich, viola, Dana Zemtov, viola, Klaus Mäkelä, cello, and Joona Pulkkinen, cello