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The theme for the folk music festival Sommelo 2024 will be In the Pasture. There will be shepherd’s music and songs from many angles, from many countries, in diverse and intense ways. And as before, there are fascinating courses starting just before the festival. You can find the program in here: Sommelo 2024. Courses linked […]

At the Kanteleita Ullakolla (Kanteles in the Attick) event, rare small kantels will be heard on Palm Sunday, 24 March 2024 at 14:00 at “Ullakko”, Tuupovaara, Onnelankuja 5, 82730 Joensuu. Arja Kastinen plays the traditional small kanteles and talks about their background. There are rare copies of museum kanteles and newer examples. The instruments date […]

Kantervo album is now on YouTube with information about the instruments and music.

KANTERVO (TEMPS 08), digital album release 5 November 2023 Recording: Arja Kastinen Mastering: Taito Hoffrén Cover art: Tuomas Ylönen EAN 6430032710006 ISRC FI9TE2300001–00010 The album is released as part of the research project Kantele of the Runosong Culture and the Dialogue of Creativity. The album contains new music on the copies/new versions of museum kanteles. […]

This event is part of the SibA Folk 40th Anniversary Jubilee Events Series. The Folk Music Education was established in 1983: 40 years of art, pedagogy and research in folk music at the Sibelius Academy. All this is brought to life during the year by students, teachers, alumni and emeriti of folk music department. We […]