Hallowed Lungs (Pyhät keuhkot) is a concert work for electroacoustic accordion, organ and live electronics, created by Finnish musicians Kimmo Pohjonen, Mikko Helenius and Tuomas Norvio. Pohjonen is an internationally recognised accordion composer and performer known for pushing the instrument far beyond its conventional limits; Helenius is a Sibelius Academy-trained organist and bandoneon player; Norvio is a sound designer and composer whose credits span collaborations with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Tero Saarinen. The piece builds on the trio's earlier work Ultra Organ, which premiered in 2017, and sets the sacred history of the pipe organ against the earthier tradition of the accordion - not as a contradiction, but as a productive tension that opens a new sonic space.
Hallowed Lungs is scheduled to be performed at G Livelab in Tampere on 23 September 2026.
The trio performs Hallowed Lungs at Helsinki Music Centre on 5 September 2026.
Hallowed Lungs was performed at Helsinki Concert Hall on 3 January 2026, listed among Helsinki's top January events by Time Out Helsinki.
The trio performed Hallowed Lungs in Sipoo, Finland on 6 December 2025.
Tuomas Norvio released his solo album Efter Sol in 2025, deepening his exploration of electronics and acoustic instrumentals.
