Mr. Väyrynen has also served as adjudicator in competitions like the CIA Coupe Mondiale, Beijing Accordion Festival, Marseilles, the Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International (ATG) - Anthony Galla-Rini International Competition for Classical Accordion, Klingenthal, Castelfidardo and others.

His debut recital took place in Tampere, Finland 1985. Since then he has given hundreds of recitals all over the world including in Austria, Belgium, Ukraine, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and the USA. He has appeared in venues such as the Salle Pleyel in Paris, Musashino Hall in Tokyo, Phoenix Hall in Osaka, Kiew Philharmony, The Gnessin Academy Hall in Moscow, De Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, Finlandia Hall, Sibelius Academy, Tampere Hall and Sibelius Hall in Finland.

Mika has performed as a soloist with several orchestras including the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Okko Kamu - Conductor) the Lahti Sinfonia (John Storgårds - Conductor) and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Tonu Kaljuste - Conductor.) He often appears at world-famous music festivals including the Kuhmo Chamber Music, Naantali Music Festival, Lahti International Organ Festival, The Sibelius Festival in Loviisa, Tuusula-Lake Chamber Music, Korsholm Music Festival, the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades and others. Mika has also collaborated with important composers, whose works he has premiered including Jouni Kaipainen, Tuomas Kantelinen, Kirmo Lintinen, Olli Kortekangas, Ilkka Kuusisto, Matti Murto, Juhani Nuorvala, Bogdan Precz, Aulis Sallinen and Leif Segerstam. Mika is also teaching accordion at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.

To date, Mika Väyrynen has recorded almost 20 CD's which include over 120 compositions. He has recorded on world famous labels such as Finlandia Records/Warner Classics, JVC Victor Japan, ALBA, Naxos and CPO. In 2002 his CD with Japanese cellist Yoko Hasegawa became "Specially Recommended " by the Classical Music Magazine "Record Geijyutsu" in Japan. In June 2004 his recording of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations was chosen as "CD of the Month" by the Finnish Classical Music Magazine "Rondo Classica". Since 1985 he has recorded regularly with the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). 

Mika Väyrynen's repertoire is exceptionally broad, including contemporary accordion music, transcriptions from various periods, new tango, concertos and chamber music and most recently performing on Bandoneon.

Mika Väyrynen performs on both Bayan and Bandoneon. His Jupiter Bayan is manufactured by the Jupiter Bayan Company, in Moscow, Russia and his 'Astor' Bandoneon is manufactured by Victoria in Castelfidardo, Italy.

TANGO FOR FOUR No. 2
(2001)  
FINLANDIA/WARNER CLASSICS
Works by: Kärki, ABBA, Piazzolla, Rantala,
Matos Rodriguez, Gardel