Mystery Variations (on the Chiacona of Giuseppe Colombi)

Collection of original works created as gifts for the 50th birthday of Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen. Includes works by 31 composers, including: Pascal Dusapin, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Stucky, Tan Dun, and others.

The first complete Mystery Variations performance took place in Paris in February 2011. Anssi Karttunen premiered the Finnish Variations in Helsinki on the 26th of September 2010 and 7 more in Paris on the 30th of September.