Paavali Jumppanen is happy to throw himself into performing larger sets of works. He has collaborated with great conductors including David Robertson, Sakari Oramo, Susanna Mälkki, Osmo Vänskä, and Jaap van Zweden. Jumppanen, who loves the avant-garde, has collaborated with many composers of our time. Collaboration with Pierre Boulez,William Duckworth, Henri Dutilleux, Perttu Haapanen and Lauri Kilipiö has opened up for him a versatile perspective on the ever-changing nature of music.

Jumpanen attended the Sibelius Academy and continued his studies in Switzerland where he worked with Krystian Zimerman for three years. At the Basel Music Academy in Switzerland he studied piano, fortepiano, organ and clavichord – Jumpanen performs actively also as an organist.

Jumpanen spent the 2011–12 season as a visiting scholar in Harvard University’s Music Department studying musicology and theory to deepen his immersion in Viennese 18th century music. He has performed cycles of the complete Beethoven and Mozart piano sonatas in numerous concerts in Finland and USA. As the first Finnish pianist, Jumppanen has recorded Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas.

In addition to his international soloist career, Jumppanen is a popular teacher who has worked, e.g. as the visiting professor in Sibelius Academy. In the years 2015–21 he was the artistic director of the international PianoEspoo festival and in the years 2021–23 he is the artistic director of the Australian National Academy in Melbourne for a three-year period.

In addition to many record awards, Paavali Jumppanen has received a recognition award from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation for his work for the benefit of Finnish cultural life.