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Would you like to learn to play the 5-string kantele for your own pleasure?                                                                          Come to the retreat center Pohjolan Valo in Rymättylä, Naantali, and participate THE KANTELE RETREAT June 27–29, 2014. The course is meant for adults who wish […]

The series of Finnish folk music videos directed by Mirja Metsola contain now also Songs From The Past: Musiikin muisti. Watch also: The 5-String Kantele and The 10- and 14-String Kanteles

Finnish Cultural Foundation, Varsinais-Suomi Regional Fund awarded one year grant in its annual celebration, May 7, 2013, to Arja Kastinen for reviving the use of small kanteles in music education in the area of Finland Proper. The project started in early June and continues until the end of May 2014. During the autumn Arja has […]

There will be an evening performance by world flutist Peter Phippen and Arja at the World Flute Society convention in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, July 16-20, 2014. Peter’s and Arja’s collaboration CD, Lavender Calm, was released in September 23, 2011, by Promotion Music Records, WI. Listen to the first track Drawing Down the Moon. After the […]

The annual Orivesi folk music course organized by the Finnish Folk Music Association is current again – Dec 27-30. At the moment over 130 participants have committed!