12 Sep 2008
Lotus Arts & Music, New York
JL with  Thomas Buckner, voice
Music by Christian Wolff, Earle Brown and others

25 Sep 2008
Pitäjänmäki Culture Church 
Ritva Koistinen, kantele with JL 
Pärt et al

28 Sep 2008
Albero in Rauma
details to follow

30 Sep 2008
solo recital
Uuden musiikin lokakuu, Oulu
Nuku Hall (Hallituskatu 7)
Bollen - Laitinen - Tiensuu - Rose - Crane - Feldman

8 Oct 2008
Improvised music
Malmitalo, Helsinki (Ala-Malmin tori 1)
JL, cello
Christian Wolff, piano
Thomas Buckner, voice
Jukka Tiensuu, keyboards

Thu 9 Oct at 7pm
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
JL, cello and electronics
Christian Wolff, piano
Thomas Buckner, voice
Touko Lundell, trumpet
Max Savikangas, items and page-turns

Wolff - Cage - Feldman - Brown - Laitinen
The concert will be broadcast by YLE Radio 1

Thu 23 Oct 2008 at 7pm
Pepa Päivinen Quartet
Kanneltalo, Helsinki (Klaneettitie 5)
Pepa Päivinen, saxophones
Timo Kämäräinen, guitar
JL, cello
Ville Huolman, bass
Mikko Hassinen, drums

Second half of concert by Aki Rissanen & Benjamin Flament "White Light" (Finland, France, Belgium)

Wed 12 Nov 2008 at 7pm
Organum Novo – festival of contemporary music for organ
Paavali church, Helsinki
JL with  Jan Lehtola, organ

   Sofia Gubaidulina: In Croce

Tue 2 Dec 2008
Ahava
Malmitalo, Helsinki


Selected past concerts

7 Jul 2008
Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari
UMO conducted by Kirmo Lintinen

    Riikka Talvitie: On Air-Line for cello, radio, electronics and big band (first performance)

28 May 2008
Solo recital
L'Orecchio di Giano, Villa Lante, Rome
Sibelius – Saariaho – Gabrielli – Laitinen – Tiensuu

15 May 2008
Solo recital
Interpretations, New York
Tuomela – Saariaho – Rose – Tiensuu

8 Feb 2008 
Friedrich Gulda: Concerto for cello and wind orchestra
Sigyn Hall, Turku
Navy Band conducted by Petri Komulainen

21 Oct - 25 Nov 2007
Solo concert tour in Finland with some of the oldest and the newest works for cello composed by D. Gabrielli, Luciano Berio, Salvatore Sciarrino, Tapio Tuomela and others. Read the program here (in Finnish only).
Imatra - Kuopio - Helsinki - Kokkola - Tampere - Pori - Kajaani - Kauniainen - Oulu

20 Aug - 1 Sep 2007
Ostrava New Music Days, Czech Republic

29 Jun 2007
Academie de Villecroze, France
Betsy Jolas: L'Ascension du Mont Ventoux

Nov 2006 - Feb 2007
with Seppo Kantonen, piano
Sound & Silence tour
Helsinki - Oulu- Kuopio
Brown - Feldman - Cage - Wolff

7 - 15 Oct 2006
Ahava on tour in Finland.

30 Sep - 2 Oct 2006
Clapping music festival, Sibelius Academy
Steve Reich: Music for 18 musicians, Tehillim, Eight lines

1 Jul 2006
Niklas Winter Quartet
Kalottjazz & blues, Tornio

17 May 2006
JL with Anu Vehviläinen, piano and Hannu Vasara, violin
Great Hall of Helsinki University  
Carter - Feldman - Ives

7 Mar 2006
John Zorn: Cobra 
Musica Nova, Helsinki

John Zorn, prompter
Raoul Björkenheim & Marzi Nyman, guitars
Timo Hietala, Seppo Kantonen & Samuli Mikkonen, keyboards
Max Savikangas, viola
Juho Laitinen, cello
Ulf Krokfors, double bass
Pekka Törmänen, electric bass
Janne Tuomi & Tuomo Lassila, percussion
Mika Kallio, drums

20 Feb 2006
with Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Crowne Plaza, Prague
Bach - Feldman - Saariaho - Haydn