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I have been given the opportunity to participate in composing pedagogy (SÄPE) training this autumn as one of the tutors. The education is organized by  the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences with the support of the Finnish National Board of Education. The Sibelius Academy of the Uniarts Helsinki and the University of Helsinki will serve […]

The traditional Kun hämärtää ( ~ as the autumn twilight comes) concert in Naantali was organized this year under the title “One-hundred-year-old Finland”. In honor of the celebration of the year, a large group of Naantali Aino girls was assembled, attended by both current and former Aino girls. At the Naantali Church Concert on September […]

The summer and the kantele courses are approaching! Yesterday I visited the Kortisto estate  – the venue for the coming weekend courses – and here you can see some fresh photos. The place is wonderful; a hand-hewn log house (space and double rooms on two floors), a dining room with big windows, a veranda, a […]

In November 2014 I got the opportunity to follow the folk tradition and folk music education at the school of Druviena in Latvia. The journey was an unforgettable experience full of wonderful concerts, and as well children’s as professional musician’s thrilling performances. We visited some local luthiers and got to know especially the work of […]

Last April I did some experiments with different brass and bronze strings on the 5-string kanteles made by Billy Horne. Now I made some new experiments with the Suojärvi replica (#1 in the previous experiment) in which the sound box is made of birch, the top plate of spruce.  In this experiment I tried three […]