{"id":14670,"date":"2018-04-26T15:14:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T15:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/event\/finnsk-thjodlagatonlist-tonleikar\/"},"modified":"2018-04-27T10:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T10:23:15","slug":"finnsk-thjodlagatonlist-tonleikar","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/finnsk-thjodlagatonlist-tonleikar\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk Music from Finland – Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vaka Folk Festival<\/a>, in partnership with The Nordic House and the Embassy of Finland in Reykjav\u00edk, is proud to present a concert of fantastic folk music from Finland<\/strong>, featuring the launch of the new album Waltz for better times<\/strong> by the Matti Kallio Trio,\u00a0vocalist Anna F\u00e4lt\u00a0and\u00a0Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen<\/strong>.\u00a0Price 2500 Isk<\/p>\n

Matti Kallio<\/strong> playing the 5-row chromatic button accordion, melodeon, various whistles and also guitar, is one of the most versatile Finnish folk musicians of his generation. For many years he was a member of the Finnish folk band V\u00e4rttin\u00e4. In his trio, he is joined by Petri Hakala<\/strong> on guitar and mandolin and Hannu Rantanen<\/strong> on double bass. Waltz for Better Times features compositions by Matti played with a lively folk-meets-jazz feel. Vaka Folk Festival is delighted to present this rare opportunity to hear the music on the album played live in Iceland for the first time.<\/p>\n

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Matti Kallio Trio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also appearing at the concert and at Vaka Folk Festival in Akureyri 30th May – 2nd June will be the stunning vocalist Anna F<\/strong>\u00e4lt<\/strong>, a one-woman band, singing with versatility, passion and power like you have never heard before!
\nHer concerts are a tribute to the human voice. Once heard never forgotten.<\/p>\n

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Anna F\u00e4lt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kantele player Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen<\/strong> is a rising star in instrumental Finnish instrumental folk music. The kantele\u2019s plucked strings create haunting and ethereal music that can make audiences feel as if they are between a dream and wakefulness. Eeva-Kaisa plays all sizes of the kantele, ranging from the simple 5-string instrument to the large concert kantele, which can have up to forty strings.<\/p>\n

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Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Truly a not to be missed concert.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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www.vakafolk.is<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tickets Vaka Folk Festival, in partnership with The Nordic House and the Embassy of Finland in Reykjav\u00edk, is proud to present a concert of fantastic folk music from Finland, featuring the launch of the new album Waltz for better times by the Matti Kallio Trio,\u00a0vocalist Anna F\u00e4lt\u00a0and\u00a0Eeva-Kaisa Kohonen.\u00a0Price 2500 Isk Matti Kallio playing the 5-row […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14668,"template":"","event-categories":[5],"class_list":["post-14670","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-concert","event_tags-vaka-festival-en","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=14670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}