An opera evening with all the spices – from music to stories. Classics of Italian opera literature (Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni), captivating American minimalism (John Adams, Philip Glass). Finally, Canadian R. Murray Schafer’s stunning head of Adriana. Minna-Leena Lahti – soprano Esa Ruuttunen – bass baritone Sini Ström – accordion Sonja Vertainen – accordion Introduction […]

A joyful children’s music orchestra whose songs fascinate listeners of all ages. The group draws influences from musical cultures around the world. For listeners serving tastes from Balkan rhythms to delta blues and from swing to bluegrass. Juha Virtanen – accordions, accordina, ukulele Matti Hakamäki – voice, mandoliini, quitarr, ukulele Tomi Nurmi – quitarr, violin, […]

Klaus Paier – accordion and bandoneon Asja Valcic – cello  Gerard Preinfalk – soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet A famous trio under the spell of jazz and world music. This Austrian-Croatian trio has performed at European jazz festivals, combining different musical trends into their own genre. GET YOUR TICKETS FROM: https://www.lippu.fi/event/kokkolan-talviharmonikka-2025-keski-pohjanmaan-konservatorio-19346470/

“One might hear all kinds of things in Kokkola when you take a sauna at the corners of Rosso…” Fri 14.2. 18-22 h (last sauna 21.30) Sat 15.2. 18-23 h (last sauna 22.30) The evening gets dark, the lights come on, the tar smells and the karaoke sings fresh. Nothing else to do but go […]

-Heino Eller, Kaspar Uljas, Tiit Kalluste, J.S.Bach – The Estonian Youth Accordion Orchestra with Kristel Laas as conductor will pay a visit to the Winter Accordion Festival! The orchestra is gathered of young musicians from various music schools in Estonia. The energetic orchestra has performed a lot in Estonia and visited e.g. In the Czech […]