Doctor of Music Jan Lehtola studied the organ in Helsinki, Amsterdam, Stuttgart, Lyon and Paris, graduated from the Church Music Department of the Sibelius Academy and gained his diploma with distinction in 1998. He gave his debut Sibelius Academy recital in Kallio Church, Helsinki in 2000 and received a Doctorate in music in 2005 for a dissertation on Oskar Merikanto as the transmitter of European influences to Finland.

Jan Lehtola has appeared with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Tampere Philharmonic, the St Michel Strings and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and at many festivals, such as the Lahti Organ Festival, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Time of Music Viitasaari, the Tampere Biennale, Musica nova Helsinki and the Mikkeli, Mänttä and Hauho Music Festivals.

Collaborating regularly with composers, Jan Lehtola has given more than 40 premiere performances and had works written for him by Harri Ahmas, Naji Hakim, Paavo Heininen, Carita Holmström, Juha T. Koskinen, Olli Kortekangas, Jouko and Jyrki Linjama, Paola Livorsi and Riikka Talvitie. In 2003 he organised the first International Naji Hakim Festival in Helsinki.

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