Would you like to spend a wonderful weekend in the Finnish countryside and learn to play the 5-string kantele at the same time? Or perhaps you would like to deepen your skills on the 10-, 11- or the 15-string kantele? Come and join us in the retreat-like small kantele course in Mäntsälä, Finland! The beginners […]
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Emanuel Vigeland’s Mausoleum, June 12, 2015
February 13, 2015
A project which I’m looking forward to with great interest will start in June 2015 at the Emanuel Vigeland’s Mausoleum in Oslo, Norway; three days of making acoustical experiments and recordings, and a public concert on the 12th of June. The mausoleum of the Emanuel Vigeland’s (1875-1948) Museum is not only known of the 800 […]
Read more...Folk Music Courses in Orivesi each year Dec 27-30
October 22, 2014
The Finnish Folk Music Association arranges folk music courses each year in Orivesi, December 27-30. The registration is going on until the end of November. There are nine different courses on different instruments like kantele, 2 row accordion, violin, mandolin, harmoniun, singing, recorder and härjedalspipa. The registration form is in Finnish but you can also […]
Read more...In Summer 2014
June 10, 2014
A retreat-like kantele course for the beginners of 5-string kantele, June 27-29, the retreat center Pohjolan valo World Flute Society convention, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire; Peter Phippen & Arja performing July 17 Kanteleworkshopan a concert, Agricola Lutheran Church Kanteleplayers, Toronto, July 20-21 Introvert Art Festival “Ad Lucem” in Riga, Latvia; an openair overnight […]
Read more...Viapori Dockyard – A Bridge To The Future
April 23, 2014
The photo exhibition by Jacopo Brancati will be open at the Suomenlinna museum from April 23, 2014, to March 1, 2015. The Viapori dockyard in Suomenlinna boasts almost three centuries of uninterrupted activity. Where once galleys and war frigates were built, today ships with historical significance are repaired or restored. The Viapori dockyard is a […]
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