Veli Kujala has gained a solid reputation of an outstanding interpreter of contemporary music on the accordion. In 2010 he completed his Doctor of Music –degree with distinction from the Sibelius-Academy. He is a prizewinner of many international competitions for soloists and for composition in the field of classical music. From the beginning of his career he has also been very active in the field of jazz and improvised music, with an open mind upon all genders of popular music, from progressive rock to tango, ethnic music to French chanson. Pipoka, Gourmet sextet and Kalle Kalima K-18 count among the most relevant bands he is involved in. Kujala has performed as a soloist with ensembles including Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Insomnio, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and the Tapiola Sinfonietta with conductors such as Stefan Asbury, Hannu Koivula, Ari Rasilainen, Dmitri Slobodeniouk and John Storgårds. He has co-operated with a number of contemporary composers and has premiered accordion concertos by Pekka Pohjola, Markus Fagerudd and Olli Virtaperko. Moreover he has premiered concertos by Sampo Haapamäki and Joachim Schneider for the quarter-tone accordion; a new instrument developed by Veli Kujala and Sampo Haapamäki and manufactured by Pigini. Veli Kujala has performed in whole Europe, in major festivals and venues. He has also toured in the USA. Since 2005 Veli Kujala has been teacher of concert accordion and improvisation at the Sibelius-Academy.
ARTISTS
- RIK CORNELISSEN
- Accordion Duo Toeac
- Accordion’s Duo
- Accordion’s Quintet
- Adolfo del Cont
- Alain Bruel
- Alberto Vernarelli
- Aldo Taborda
- Alessandro Sbordoni
- Alexander Dmitriev
- Alexander Kolomiytsev
- Ander Tellería
- Andrea Pennacchi
- Andrej Jedig
- Anibal Freire
- Anna Hüdepohl
- Anne Landa
- Arnaud Nano Méthivier
- Aude Giuliano
- BANDONEGRO
- Bartosz Glowacki
- Belma Sarancic Nahodovic
- Bernard Ariu
- Bester Quartet
- Bis-Quit Orchestra
- Boîte Noire et Bâton d’Argent
- Boris Malkovsky
- Borut Zagoranski
- Brunetti&Brunetti
- Cao Xiao-Qing
- CLAUDIA BUDER
- Claudio Azzaro
- Claudio Jacomucci
- Concerto Serenata
- Corrado Rojac
- Davide Vendramin
- Deco Ensemble
- Dirk Rave
- DisEguàL EnSembLe
- Dr. Aaron Eckstaedt
- Duo A Tempo
- Duo Accordéon-Tuba
- Duo Aliada
- Duo Coarda
- Duo Jeux D’Anches
- Duo MilleMiglia
- Duo Modus
- Duo Novo Millennium
- DUO SJÖBLOM-KANDIĆ
- Duo Van Vliet
- Eddy Flecijn
- Edith Mon Amour
- Edurne Arizu
- Elke De Meester
- Encardia
- Eva Zoellner
- Fanny Vicens
- FILIP ERAKOVIC
- Franck Angelis
- Frédéric Guerouet
- FRÉDÉRIC VIALE
- Frode Haltli
- Gašper Primožič
- Geir Draugsvoll
- Germano Scurti
- Giuseppe Scigliano
- Gorka Hermosa
- Grupa Furmana
- HANZHI WANG
- Harald Oeler
- Harry Andersen
- Helmut C Jacobs
- Igor Zobin
- Iñaki Alberdi
- Irina Largo
- Jacques Pellarin
- Jarmila Vlachova
- Javier Lòpez Jazo
- Jean-Marc Marroni
- Jeux d’Anches
- JO ASGEIR
- Jytte Niendorf von Rüden
- Karen Street
- Kimmo Pohjonen
- Klemen Leben
- Kosmos Ensemble
- Kottos
- Kroke
- KSENIJA SIDOROVA
- Kumè
- Lafaré
- Lecce Accordion Project
- Lips Friedrich
- Lorenzo Munari
- LUCA COLANTONIO
- Lydie Auvray
- Majolie D.O.
- Marco Gemelli
- Maria Emilia Corbelli
- Marieke Grotenhuis
- Marija Kandić
- Mario Milani
- Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi
- Martynas Levickis
- Massimiliano Pitocco
- Maszynski Duo
- Matti Rantanen
- Matuszyk Lukasz
- Mélanie Bregant
- Merima Ključo
- Michèle Bernard
- Miloš Milivojević
- Mirjana Petercol
- Mirko Dettori
- Motion Trio
- Myriam Lafargue
- Mythos
- NAOMI SANCHEZ
- NEZA TORKAR
- NIGEL WATERHOUSE
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic
- Owen Murray
- Panagiotis Andreoglou
- Paolo Rozzi
- Paolo Vignani
- Paulo Jorge Ferreira
- Peter Katina
- Peter Soave
- Pierre Polveche
- Predrag Radisavljević
- Quartetto Hans Brehme
- Quinteto Persch
- Rafal Luc
- RAIMO VERTAINEN
- Raimondas Sviackevicius
- Saria Convertino
- Sergej Tchirkov
- Sergey Osokin
- Solo Tango Orquesta
- Stanislav Samuel Raska
- Tadas Motiecius
- The Balcony Players
- TocoTicoTrio
- Tommaso Arena
- Trio ìtrio
- Trio Solotarev
- TUULIKKI BARTOSIK
- Veli Kujala
- VIASCHESLOV SEMIONOV
- Vincent Lhermet
- Xu Xiaonan
- Zoe Tiganouria