Ethno pop artist Vilma Jää is a singer, composer, violinist, researcher, musician and musical activist who combines folk music and lively pop. Vilma Jää was awarded an Etno Emma at the 2024 Emma Awards in February.

Vilma Jää's highly anticipated debut album "Kosto” (Revenge) was released in autumn 2023. The album offers both cool ethno-pop numbers and more acoustic contemporary folk songs. As the title "Revenge" suggests, the album is a journey from the depths of trauma and injustice through revenge fantasies to survival. Vilma Jää has also gained worldwide fame for her role as a folk singer in Kaija Saariaho's opera Innocence, which has been praised by media around the world.

She combines centuries-old stories with electronic music. Her music, which takes folk music into the mainstream, moves between acoustic and electronic sounds, combining instruments typical of folk music such as the kantele, accordion and violin with synthetically produced beats, while the Finno-Ugric song tradition flirts with pop aesthetics. Vilma Jää approaches current issues through history in her feminist music, which reveals to us how sadly little the world has changed, especially in many areas that affect women.

The great double night will be opened by Leija Lautamaja, a Helsinki-based artist and musician who has toured the world with several successful folk bands. In her solo music, Leija takes a more domestic approach. Her production is gentle Finnish rock, whose soundscape is a fusion of pump organ, electric guitar and retro rhythm machine. Her delightful sound massages the soul and is partly reminiscent of pioneers like Samuli Putro and Gösta Sundqvist, while retaining its own fresh and unique feel.

Duration 1 h 45 min, including intermission

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Vilma Jää + Leija Lautamaja

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