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From 2014 to 2017, I photographed and measured all the kantele instruments at the Sibelius Museum in Turku. Information on the five‑string kantele and on small kantele instruments with more than five strings has been published previously. The third file, Sibelius Museum’s Large Kanteles, is now available at the bottom of the Research page. All […]

The first Five Senses Retreats, a new small-group Nordic mindfulness concept, is set to open in Nuuksio National Park from 24–26 April 2026. Just 30 minutes from Helsinki Airport, the retreat invites participants to slow down, reconnect with their surroundings, and explore Finnish culture through  immersive experiences of touch, sound, sight, smell, and taste. Developed […]

An experimental approach to the “inner power” improvisation in 19th-century Karelian kantele tradition is a new publication on the Research Catalogue. The publication  was developed as part of the research project, Kantele of the Runosong Culture and the Dialogue of Creativity, and is based on documetation of the old kantele tradition recorded in the Karelian […]

As part of the ‘Kantele of the Runosong Culture and the Dialogue of Creativity‘ research project, the SKVR & KANTELE website was published on the Research Catalogue platform on 28 October 2025. https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2223698/2223699 It contains 422 SKVR texts related to the mythical origins or music of the kantele, linked by region to the old kantele […]

The Teppana Jänis album has been released on vinyl by the record label Death Is Not The End. The album was originally released in 2021 by Ääniä Records and Temps Oy. It was the first in a series of publications of Kantele wax cylinder recordings that Arja Kastinen has studied and worked on. The album […]