Markku Lepistö

Playing Ostrobothnian folk music on accordion since age five, Markku Lepist? later entered and graduated at the Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department before finally joining Värttinä in 1998 just after the Vihma recordings. When he isn't gigging with V?rttin? he finds time for his solo career, duo concerts with Pekka Lehti and concerts with the klezmer group Doina Klezmer. Lepist? has released a duo album with Petri Hakala in 2001, his first solo album Silta in 2002 and second solo album Polku in 2006.

In 2008 he released his duo album with Pekka Lehti. Doina Klezmer has released two albums.