The music of Vilma Jää, the first act of the night, is full of acoustic and electronic sounds; it combines folk-music instruments with synthetically produced beats, while Finno-Ugric singing tradition flirts with pop aesthetics.

Vilma Jää makes music in cooperation with producer-composer Mikko Renfors, and Mimi Kantola (live electronics) plays with her on her gigs.

As a new artist, Vilma Jää became entered the public consciousness when she was mentioned in a positive review of Kaija Saariaho’s newest opera performed in France and when Helsinki Sanomat published an extensive article about her last summer. Vilma Jää has released two singles, ‘Saatanan saalistaja’ and ‘Syntymistään sureva’.
Content warning: one of the songs to be performed examines the theme of sexual violence.

Ulla Pirttijärvi and Hildá Länsman’s Solju combines Sámi language and joik with new and innovative sonic landscapes and proudly presents the rich tones and worlds of Northern culture and joik music.

Solju’s awaited second album ‘Uvjamuohta’ (Bafe’s Factory) will be released in September. The songs reflect notes of the mythology of Lapland and the local traditional way of life, while keeping the Sámi identity as the focus.

Solju’s debut album ‘Ođđa Áigodat’ (Bafe’s Factory, 2018) won the category ’Best International Indigenous Release of the Year’ at the Indigenous Music Awards in Canada in 2019. In Finland, Solju have been acknowledged by the Finnish Music Publishers Association as the year’s best ethnic music artists, and at the Ethnogala they won the title of the folk music creator of the year.

Duration 2 h, incl. intermission
Not recommended for children

Solju + Vilma Jää

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