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The Central Arts Council of Finland has made the new grant beneficiaries public: taike.fi Among the music states grant beneficiaries is also Arja Kastinen, who was awarded the 5-year grant to give concerts and to make audio recordings. The subject matter is the ancient small kantele tradition and improvisation. More detailed information about the project […]

The IV international kantele competition will held in Kaustinen April 5-7, 2017. It is organised by the  Kantele Association and  Kantele Teachers’ Association in co-operation with Kaustinen commune, Kaustinen Folk Arts Centre and Folk Music Institute. The competition categories are: Children’s event Youth/art Youth/folk/other Professional/art Professional/folk/other Open/other/ensambles Open/folk/ensambles Open/art The head of the jury is Arja […]

The 8th Baltic Psaltery Symposium will be held as a part of the international festival Kanklės Mano Rankose / “Kanklės in My Hands“ in Kaunas, Lithuania, March 8-10, 2017. The symposium and the concerts will happen at the concert hall, L. Zamenhofo str. 4, Kaunas. The program of the symposium on the 9th of March: 10.00−13.00 […]

Monday, February 2, 2017; Helsinki Music Centre, Black Box, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free entry. An experimental journey inside the long-lasting, narrow ambitus music and its’ influence on the musician and the listeners. The ancient music culturies around the world are in many cases connected by narrow ambitus and improvisatory elements. The Balto-Finnic […]

In our online store Holvi you can find the following Christmas offers: By using the discount code “joulu2016” you will get -20% from individual products You can choose 2 books at the price of 39,90 € You can choose 4 CDs at the price of 30,00 €