​BANDS

Photo: Jimmy Träskelin

​​Kardemimmit 
(2000–)
​Sound of the Finnish forest with four voices and kanteles


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Photo: Jimmy Träskelin

​ENKEL 
(2014–)
Traditional girl power from Finland!


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Photo: Sara Björkegren

Folk'Avant
(2018–)
Nordic landscapes with vocals, violin and kantele from Sweden and Finland

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PROJECTS

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ANIMAGIOS

Music from Animagios
​Composed by Sanna Salonen & Joni Stein, lyrics by Erika Hammarberg
Soloists: Maija Pokela, Hilkka Louhivuori, Onni Rajaniemi

 

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​CASEY DRIESSEN & OTHERLANDS

​​Check our Yle Areena live stream concert in Seinäjoki, Finland 7.5.2020 from here!

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FOLK'AVANT x STAR STABLE

Folk'Avant was asked to compose and record music for an adventurous
online horse game Star Stable, that has over 10 millions players all over the world.

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FUGAIU NOVO

Music collective led by Joni Stein. I sang in a 4-piece
​vocal group with Erika Hammarberg, Onni Rajaniemi and Joni Stein.

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KANTELE IN VIDEO GAME & THEATER PLAY

​I worked with Swedish musician, composer, producer and sound engineer
Frida Johansson and played kantele parts for Unravel Two video game and for a theater play
Bortbytingen, that had its premiere at Dramaten in Stockholm in the Spring 2019.

 
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UINUVA KANTELE

I worked as a musician in a music theater play Uinuva kantele with sound
designer Ville Leppilahti, set designer Jussi Kalliokoski and actor Panu Valo, who directed
and wrote the play based on Vimpelin Väinämöinen's stories and songs.

Photo: Jussi Kalliokoski

 
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LAULUJA SODASTA JA SOVINNOSTA

​New compositions and arrangements with an anti-war theme, stories that deal with
war and reconciliation. Musicians involved in this project were Tiina Viitala, Laura Ikonen, Oskari Lehtonen,
Tero Pajunen, ​Sarah Palu, Maija Pokela, Iida Savolainen and Matias Tyni.

"Mitäs teet" – Composition: Iida Savolainen, lyrics: Iida Savolainen / trad.

 
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