Anna-Leena Lumme

Anna-Leena Lumme, originally from Oulu, started playing the trumpet at the age of 10 and has had a heart for wind music since she was young. In high school, she became interested in conducting, and continued studies all the way to the Sibelius Academy, where she graduated with honors in the wind conducting class in 2013. Her main teacher was Peter Ettrup Larsen. Lumme has taken master classes with, among others, Juha Törmä, Atso Almila, Tuomas Hannikainen, Michael Griffit and Jorma Panula.

Anna-Leena has studied trumpet playing under the guidance of Aki Välimäki, Touko Lundell, Priit Aimla and Juha Untala at Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences and Oulu Region University of Applied Sciences. She completed the diploma in trumpet playing and graduated as a music pedagogue in 2003. As an exchange student in Scotland, she became familiar with the British brass band tradition, became part of the Tullis Russel Mills Brass Band and participated in the famous National Brass Band Championships of Great-Brittain.

Since 2002, Anna-Leena has worked as a trumpet lecturer and wind band conductor at the Pirkanmaa Music School in the Tampere region, achieving great results with trumpet teaching and the orchestras she has conducted. She is a broad-based expert and a constant self-developer. She also has extensive experience as an orchestra conducting trainer, freelance conductor and music camp teacher. She has inspired many future generations of players and has received much praise for her warm, cheerful and high-quality guidance. She also finds joy in playing in brass ensembles gathered among colleagues at the Pirkanmaa Music Institute and at music camps, where she can enjoy high-quality music making.

She is one of the founding members of the Pirkanmaa Pinna Association, which is dedicated to organising further training in orchestra conducting, and she has taught conducting courses in several locations in Finland. Anna-Leena worked as a part-time orchestral conducting instructor at TAMK in 2020-2022. Ms. Lumme has been recognized for her outstanding conducting. She enjoys conducting new music and has distinguished herself as a conductor of several new wind orchestra premieres.  she is co-founder and co-music director of the Finnish Symphonic Wind Professionals, a semi-professional ensemble that performs several times per year.  The ensemble has received wide-spread accolades for their strong musicianship, innovative programming, and collaborations with outstanding guest artists. With the Finnish Symphonic Wind Professionals, she has recorded Jukka Linkola's Tuba Concerto as tuba soloist Harri Miettunen. She has also conducted The Adventures of the Master Elf at the Tampere Työväenteatteri and serves as the second conductor of the Pirkanmaa Youth Symphony Orchestra, which operates every other year. In 2018, she visited as a guest conductor at Georgia State University, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Lumme has been successful in the Finnish Wind Orchestra Championships, both as a young player in the Viventin Wind Orchestra and as a conductor with the Pirkanmaa Wind Orchestra. In 2014, he participated in the international NWBC Wind Conductor Competition and reached the semi-finals. For developing music culture in Finland, she was awarded the Pinna Award of the Year at the National Wind Festival in 2017. Among his jury and board assignments, it should be mentioned that in 2025 she is on the jury of the prestigious and high-level Norgesmesterskapet for Janitsjarkorps - National Wind Orchestra Championships in Norway.