Excerpts from repertoire
Concertos
Kalevi Aho – Sonata Concertante *
for accordion and string orchestra
Aulis Sallinen – Barabas variations
for accordion and string orchestra
Aulis Sallinen – Duo concertante *
for two accordions, strings and percussion
Jean Francaix – Concerto for Accordion
for accordion and orchestra
Bernhard Molique – Concerto for Accordion no. 1
for accordion, strings and percussion
Ville Aslak Raasakka – weary insects in the wind *
for accordion and ensemble
Leading as soloist
Kalevi Aho – Sonata Concertante
for accordion and string orchestra or string quintet
Bernhard Molique – Concerto for Accordion no. 1
for accordion, strings and percussion
Conducting (to be updated 2/2025)
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-8, Coriolan and Egmont overtures
Brahms: Symphonies 1-4, Haydn variations
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Dvorak: Symphonies 6, 8 & 9
Mozart: Symphonies 13, 35-41
Poulenc: Sinfonietta
Rautavaara: Autumn Gardens
Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye, Le tombeau de Couperin
Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4
Sibelius: Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Stravinksy: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Solo works
Sebastian Hilli – Teddy *
Kalevi Aho – Soolosonaatti *
Magnus Lindberg – Accordion jubilees *
Matilda Seppälä – Tales from bird’s mouth *
Cecilia Damström – Shapes *
Rebecca Saunders – Flesh
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Suites in a minor and D major
Dmitri Shostakovich – Prelude and fugue in d minor, D flat Major and e minor
Jean Sibelius – Valse triste
J. S. Bach – Multiple works
Chamber music
Works for Kumaus Trio (accordion, percussion and double bass)
Kalevi Aho – Kumaus *
Arshia Samsaminia – Micro-Moments XI * (for accordion, percussion, double bass and fixed media)
Veli Kujala – Dancespheres *
Kalle Autio – Kolme viirusta harmonikalle, lyömäsoittimille ja kontrabassolle *
Aino Tenkanen – Double triple * (for accordion, percussion, double bass and multimedia)
Tuomas Kettunen – Runner * (for accordion, double bass and running percussionist)
Other works performed by Kumaus Trio
Thierry de Mey - Table Music
Teppo Hauta-aho – Mikko’s menuet
for double bass and triangle
Duos for Kumaus Trio
Jussi-Matti Haavisto – Being (for accordion and double bass)
Giovanni Bottesini – Elegy (for accordion and double bass)
Mioko Yokoyama – Arcana (for accordion and percussion)
Duos
Accordion & voice
Dvorak – Biblical Songs (for accordion and baritone)
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Castor et Pollux (for accordion and soprano)
L. Murray Schafer – La testa d’Adriana (for accordion and soprano)
Accordion & string instrument
Stravinsky – Suite Italienne (for accordion and violin)
Valentin Silvestrov – Epitaphium (for accordion and viola)
Piazzolla – Grand Tango (for accordion and viola or cello)
J. S. Bach - Gamba Sonatein in D major (for accordion and cello)
Magnus Lindberg – Dos coyotes (for accordion and cello)
Ilkka Kuusisto – Hymns (for accordio and cello)
Accordion & wind instrument
Osmo Tapio Räihälä – Capture I (for accordion and clarinet) *
Cecilia Damström – Groove (for accordion and flute) *
Accordion & multiple instruments:
Richard Wagner – Siegfrid Idyll (arr. for accordion and string quartet/quintet)
Igor Stravinsky – Soldier’s Tale (for accordion, violin and clarinet and/or narrator)
Jukka Tiensuu – Tango Lunaire (for accordion, flute, clarinet, violin and cello)
Kalevi Aho – Kolme tangoa (for accordion, piano and string quintet, or acc, pro, vln, guit, db)
Martin Lohse – 5 Momenti Mobile (for accordion, piano and string trio)
Lars-Petter Hagen – Chronology (for accordion, double bass and saxophone)
Sebastian Fagerlund – Breath (for accordion, clarinet and cello)
* premiered by Janne Valkeajoki
© 2025 by Janne Valkeajoki
Photos: Pietari Purovaara