Our visit to the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, Norway, in June 2015 resulted in over 5 hours of recorded sound material. Now we are working on the material aiming to release a CD in the near future. The recording was made by Taito Hoffrén/Kanteleen Ääniä. I’ve now edited the first experiments of the material, […]
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Three kantele concerts in Brazil in November
November 06, 2015
Arja will give three kantele concerts in Brazil (Curitiba Nov 10, Brasília Nov 16, Recife Nov 24) at the theaters of Caixa Cultural. Also three lectures for university and conservatory students and for schoolchildren.
Read more...Small kantele weekends for the summer 2016 are scheduled
August 16, 2015
The two retreat-like small kantele weekends happened this summer at the organic Kortisto farm in Mäntsälä. The place was ideal, a dream to come true, and thus we scheduled the same kind of weekends for the summer 2016: The Beginners 5-String Kantele Course July 1-3, and the Intermediate Small Kantele Course July 29-31. Both courses […]
Read more...The 2015 CMS International Conference in Stockholm and Helsinki
May 27, 2015
In June 17-24, the 2015 CMS International Conference will happen in Stockholm and Helsinki. There are lots of fascinating lectures, and I’m happy to announce that also kantele will be represented. From the CMS website: “..In addition to presentations by our own membership, keynote lectures and performances will give us the opportunity to learn about […]
Read more...Arja’s concert at the Emanuel Vigeland’s Mausoleum, June 12 – Buy the tickets now!
May 10, 2015
If you are interested in coming to listen to Arja’s concert at the Emanuel Vigeland’s mausoleum in Oslo, June 12, and you want to be sure of getting the ticket (the mausoleum can take 30 listeners), you can buy the ticket in advance over here by PayPal: – The online sale is closed now and […]
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