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    Lauri Hämäläinen has taught violin, viola, and orchestral music for over 30 years in Finland and Sweden. He participates in many orchestras and groups to promote classical music and teacher collaboration. Lauri is an active member of the central board Suomen Jousisoitin Opettajat ESTA Finland, The Communication Team at The European String Teachers Association, a corporate member of The American String Teachers Association, a member of the European Chamber Music Teachers Association and a member of the Finnish Viola Society.

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    Lauri is currently working with three new publications; Violin Comics - tips for practicing and mental images for learning string instruments, Cello Friends 1A, and 12 Artistical Studies for two players.
    The Amazing Violin Comics will present mental imaginary for learning in the form of comics and collects techniques and ideas used by famous teachers.

    Violin Friends is distributed locally by Ostinato, Kirjavälitys, Booky, Notposten, Norsk Musikförlag, Broekmans & van Poppel, Stretta, Notezagreb, CD Wiggins, Southwest Strings, Sharmusic.

    Viola Friends music books for young viola students will be presented at the 2nd National Viola Days in Turkey in October 2023.
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What Our Clients Are Saying

Violin Friends by Lauri Hämäläinen is a lovely series of violin books for beginners. You will find innovative teaching methods for the basics of violin playing for young students. The books come with instrument-specific preparatory exercises, familiar songs, scales and small etudes as well as arrangements of masterpieces by great composers. Most of the pieces are arranged for a duo or trio, so the young beginners can enjoy playing together right from the start. Additionally there is a Violin Friends – YouTube channel, where you can find engaging play alongs to all the pieces in the books. This series is really a great resource for young violin players and their teachers!
Andrea Holzer-Rhomberg (author of the Fiedel-Max-series)


Lauri Hämäläinen's Violin Friends is an excellent violin school! The layout with colorful pages is really well done, and the traditional songs combined with insightful exercises are a great combination with the repertoire. Extra pluses also from the use of new technology with notebooks. One of my students excitedly told me in the first lesson of the fall that he had received €600 by playing Violin Friends notebooks in the summer at the local market! Markus Tyrväinen, Violin teacher and lecturer at the Tampere Music Concservatory, Finland.

Violin Friends series by Lauri Hämäläinen are fun and useful books for beginners and children to learn violin. The books are colourful with lots of interesting drawings. There are lots of duets and ensembles that players can play and enjoy music together. Violin Friends is an inspiring material for teachers and students to have! Dr.Heng-Ching Fang, Musician, Teacher, Academic Researcher & Translator (BMus, PGDip, MMus, PhD)

Lauri Hämäläinen's Violin Friends - opuses provide an opportunity to combine teaching and playfulness. Fun exercises and well-known themes get students excited without forgetting the basics. Mervi Myllyoja, violin pedagogue

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