The Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen leads a busy career as a soloist and chamber-music player, performing extensively all over the world. He performs on modern cello, classical and baroque cellos and on

Anssi Karttunen is a passionate advocate of contemporary music and his collaboration with composers has led him to give over 90 world premieres of works by composers such as Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho,

Anssi Karttunen press reviews NEW YORK TIMES, 5/4/2009 --- Anssi Karttunen, the dynamic Finnish cellist and the soloist in the Saariaho piece, was also engrossing in "Canto di Speranza" for cello and

Anssi Karttunen discography / recordings