Mika Väyrynen (born 7 October 1967 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish accordionist. He gave his first concert in 1985 and has performed worldwide as a soloist with Finnish orchestras and in Europe, Japan, Russia, the USA and China. In 1989, he won in the Coupe Mondiale competition in Lucerne, Switzerland. Beginning his recording career in 1990, Väyrynen has issued more than 20 CDs featuring solo repertoire, concertos and chamber music, collaborating with contemporary composers such as Aulis Sallinen and Bogdan Precz. He has also taught at the Sibelius Academy since 1999 and served as Professor of Accordion at Kärtner Landeskonservatorium in Klagenfurt, Austria, from 1993 to 1996. In 2005, he premiered Paavo Korpijaakko’s Metamorphoses at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, and in 2006 opened Pehr Henrik Nordgren’s Concerto for Accordion and Symphony Orchestra.
