 Mika Väyrynen was born October 7th, 1967 in Helsinki, Finland. He
studied at the Tampere Conservatory, the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki)
and Gustave Charpentier Conservatory (Paris, France.) He completed
a Master's degree in 1992 and went on to complete his doctoral degree
in 1997.
Among his teachers have been Timo Kinnunen, Matti Rantanen and Max
Bonnay. Masterclasses given by Professor Friedrich
Lips have also had an important role in Mika Väyrynen's
artistic development over the years.
Mika Väyrynen
has won a total of eight prizes in International Competitions, including
first prize in the Confédération
Internationale des Accordeonistes (CIA) Coupe
Mondiale in Luzerne, Switzerland in 1989.
Mr. Väyrynen
has also served as adjudicator in competitions like the CIA Coupe
Mondiale, Beijing Accordion Festival, Marseilles, the Accordionists
and Teachers Guild, International (ATG) - Anthony Galla-Rini
International Competition for Classical Accordion and others.
His debut recital
took place in Tampere, Finland 1985. Since then he has given hundreds
of recitals all over the world including in Austria, Belgium, Ukraine,
China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and the USA.
He has appeared in venues such as the Salle Pleyel in Paris, Musashino
Hall in Tokyo, Phoenix Hall in Osaka, Kiew Philharmony, The Gnessin
Academy Hall in Moscow, De Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, Sibelius Academy,
Tampere Hall and Sibelius Hall in Finland.
Mika has performed
as a soloist with several orchestras including the Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra under the direction of Okko Kamu and in the world-famous
festivals including Lahti International Organ Festival, Kuhmo Chamber
Music, Tuusula-lake Chamber Music, Korsholm Music Festival, Moscow
Bayan Festival and the Beijing Accordion Festival. He has worked
with many outstanding soloists, among them Jan-Erik Gustafsson,
Yoko Hasegawa, Jorma Hynninen, Jaakko and Pekka Kuusisto and Vladimir
Mendelssohn. Mika has also collaborated with important composers,
whose works he has premiered including Jouni Kaipainen, Tuomas Kantelinen,
Ilkka Kuusisto, Petri Makkonen, Matti Murto, Juhani Nuorvala, Bogdan
Precz and Leif Segerstam.
To date, Mika Väyrynen
has recorded twelve CD's which include over 90 compositions. He
has recorded on world famous labels such as Finlandia Records/Warner
Classics, JVC Victor Japan and Naxos. Since 1985 he has recorded
regularly with the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE).
Mika Väyrynen's
repertoire is exceptionally broad, including contemporary accordion
music, transcriptions from various periods, new tango, concertos
and chamber music.
Currently, in addition
to teaching accordion at the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki, Mika
is concertizing around the world both as a soloist and as a guest
artist with major orchestras.
Mika Väyrynen
performs on a Jupiter Bayan, manufactured by the Jupiter Bayan Company,
Moscow, Russia.
Contact:
E-mail: mvayryne@siba.fi
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