{"id":187,"date":"2026-05-25T03:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:06:33","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cv-page\">\n  <div class=\"cv-inner\">\n    <header class=\"cv-header\">\n      <h1>CV<\/h1>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <article class=\"cv-card cv-text-only\">\n      <p>\n        <strong>Marko Valtonen<\/strong> began studying the accordion under the guidance of Keijo Louna in\nLieto in 1979. He continued his studies in the youth education program of the Sibelius\nAcademy in 1982, where his teachers were Heidi Velamo and Matti Rantanen. Valtonen\nstudied in the soloist department of the Sibelius Academy, majoring in accordion with\nharpsichord and piano as minors, until 1998, when he graduated with a Master of Music\ndegree. His teachers included Prof. Matti Rantanen (accordion), Kati H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4inen\n(harpsichord), and Jarmo Eerik\u00e4inen (piano). In 2003, Valtonen furthered his accordion\nstudies at the State University of Music in Trossingen, Germany, under the direction of\nProf. Hugo Noth. In 2023, he began collaborating with body therapist and mental coach\nSaara Sahrman. Since then, Sahrman has served as Valtonen's personal coach.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p>\n        Since 1999, Valtonen has served as an accordion teacher at the Turku Region Music\nInstitute. Following the merger of the Turku Region Music Institute and the Turku\nConservatory, he now continues his teaching work as a lecturer in accordion at the Turku\nConservatory.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p>\n        Valtonen\u2019s repertoire ranges from works of the 17th century to contemporary music.\nBaroque music, and especially the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, has always held a\nspecial place in his repertoire. French musette and chanson traditions, as well as Finnish\nand Argentine tango, have also played a significant role in his performances. In addition,\nhe has performed in several theater productions, such as <em>Evita<\/em>,\n        <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>, <em>West Side Story<\/em>, <em>Am\u00e9lie<\/em> and\n        <em>The Last Ship<\/em>&nbsp;He has performed widely both as a soloist and\nin various chamber music ensembles, not only in Finland but also in the Nordic countries\nand Central Europe.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p>\n        Valtonen\u2019s 2026 concert program features Italian and Spanish influences from the\nBaroque period. The composers represented include Domenico Scarlatti, Johann\nSebastian Bach, and Remo Giazotto.\n      <\/p>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CV Marko Valtonen aloitti harmonikansoiton Keijo Lounan johdolla Liedossa vuonna 1979. H\u00e4n jatkoi opintojaan Sibelius-Akatemian nuorisokoulutuksessa 1982 opettajinaan Heidi Velamo ja Matti Rantanen. Valtonen opiskeli Sibelius-Akatemian solistisella osastolla p\u00e4\u00e4aineenaan harmonikka&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markovaltonen.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}