Featuring a wide range of music acts, this year’s Rantaraitti soi! festival takes place between 7 and 11 June. The free chamber music festival brings live music to Espoo for the third summer in a row.The concerts will be held in the cafés along the Waterfront Walkway and at Villa Rulludd and the Espoonlahti Church. The festival programme also includes a few surprises. The festival acts include the jazz band Nujakka, King Cockroach performing Chick Corea’s music, We Guitar Duo, and the accordion duo Le JarGon.Admission to all concerts is free. Programme:SURPRISE CONCERTS Waterfront Walkway, Wed–Fri, 7–9 June 2023 Duo Ström & Holmström will perform along the Waterfront Walkway from Wednesday to Friday. The locations and times of the concerts will not be revealed in advance; instead, the musicians will surprise the public. The duo will perform guitar and accordion music by Italian composers Matteo Falloni and Roberto Melangola.AN EVENING OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Villa Rulludd, Thu 8 June 2023, 18:00–19:00 The concert will take place in the yard of Villa Rullud in Hyljelahti. Performers include Duo Karhi & Taimioja (flute and guitar), Jonne Grans & Miikka Hakomäki (guitar and viola) and Trio Bare(ly) (accordion). The musicians will play contemporary music by composers from Finland and abroad. MUSIC MARATHON Waterfront Walkway, Sat 10 June 2023, 13:00–18:00 A day of concerts taking place on the terraces of cafés and restaurants along the length of the Waterfront Walkway. The day starts in Kivenlahti and ends in Tapiola.Music marathon’s schedule, stops and performers: 13:00, pop-up café in Espoonlahti Duo Ström & Holmström 14:30, Café Merenneito: Nujakka 16:00, Café Mellsten: King Cockroach 17:30, Ravintola Otsolahti: Duo LeJarGonCLOSING CONCERT Espoonlahti Church, Sun 11 June 2023, 16:00 The concert that closes the Rantaraitti soi! festival features Jonne Grans (guitar), Miikka Hakomäki (viola), WE Guitar Duo (Yunjia Liu and Mikko Zibulski, guitar), Ella Koura (accordion) and Sini Ström (accordion). The concert includes music by Jean Sibelius, Anton Dvorak, Paulo Bellinati and John Adams.

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