Terentyev on publishing jazz and other contemporary sheet music friday 7. Listening to teija nikus solo album one almost feels like sneaking into her. The joe mooney quartet september song squeeze me 3. Bulletin board news, sports, jobs the mining journal. Teija nikus third solo album hetkessa to be released june 12. Calvino and artists inside the invisible cities blogger.
Teija niku is a professional folk musician with a masters degree from the sibelius academy folk music department. A vast body of specialised knowledge emerged over the. Accordion 2row, accordion 5row, voice teija niku arranged by polka chicks design tero vesterinen. Teija niku is an accordion player with extensive experience in performing ever since she was seven years old.
Niku, from haapavesi, finland, plays the same 2row accordion on which she explored finnish. Hetkessa seems like a very personal journey into teija niku s inner world. A new international quintet of leading contemporary accordionists and composers, accordionesse creates new music exploring the contrasts and common ground between celtic, nordic and baltic. Ajde jano serbian traditional folk song song info and lyrics ajde jano is one of the most popular and beloved serbian traditional folk songs. The music of finland can be roughly divided into categories of folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music. The finnish music foundation music of finland wikipedi. With karuna, we released our second album whirlwind last year, and it also contains several compositions of mine. In contrast the clocklike pulse to islannin vesi iceland water returns us to the hypnotic flavour of matkamusiikki, however this time around the melody reminded me of a film or. Teija niku accordion subscribed to a channel 1 month ago. Fmq offers aspects of music in, from, and beyond finland. It began life as a printed magazine the finnish music quarterly in 1985. With duo then trio polka chicks she won band of the year at the 2009 kaustinen folk music festival. Bob mulvey once again the festive season has allowed the gathering of old friends to socialise, catch up on the years events and in general put the world to rights ahead of 2016.
Beethoven and banjos crossgenre musicians, by stewart. It seemed as if the duo kukka lehto on the fiddle and teija niku on the accordion were confidently engaged in an unending struggle to overcome their stage frightand more broadly speaking, to establish their place in the world of music as two young female performers who had the talent, but also the moxie, to thrive in that often unforgiving. Teija niku and sara pajunens families are rooted near each other in western finland, but pajunens ancestors migrated to minnesota in the 1800s. And teija niku s accordion playing demonstrates a staggering versatility and her overall musical arrangements are both charming and clever. Exploring their common musical ancestry led to this beautiful album and touring together around the world. Accordion player teija niku and violinist sara pajunen lloyd d. Finnish accordionist teija niku specialised in folk music from the balkan area and nordic countries, but her wide repertoire includes also tango, french musette, schlager, etc. They gave us some superbly performed, highly sensitive music one on violin, one of accordion, and both of them adding some fine vocals. When you have a freshly tuned accordion in your hands, its lovely to float. Aania records released accordionist teija nikus third solo album hetkessa on. December is here, which means choosing christmas presents for oneself or others.
She has graduated from the sibeliusacademy folk music department in 2009. Sara pajunen, violin, vocals teija niku, accordion, vocals 1. Today, fmq publishes new items on its website on a. The music of the montreux jazz voice competition awardee romanian singer and composer elena mindru is an exotic musical journey, spiced up in an inventive way, embodying the jazz tradition from a. Einar eimhjellen trio traditional music of norway played on harmonica, accordion and hardingfele. Teija niku plays a full chromatic accordion, which she told me is, a finnish chromatic standard bass accordion, made in italy at the pigini factory. Accordionist teija niku and violinist sara pajunen began performing finnish folk music at an early age.
One hundred years ago, their ancestors lived within miles of each other in the western regions of finland. For accordion enthusiasts the task is made much simpler by looking through what accordions worldwide advertisers have to offer. New album will be released april 9th in savoy theater in helsinki. Sara pajunen of minneapolis kaivama, tango pohan and teija niku of finland polka chicks, grupa balkan, karuna discovered that their families had lived within hours of each other in western finland in the 19th century. This one specifically is ajde janocome on,janaand for me is one of the best performances of this song. A nice and intimate surprise finnish music quarterly. How i spent time with my two sisters taking it up to. On accordions worldwide and musicforaccordion there really is something for everybody, and ordering is. Teija niku plays a full chromatic accordion, which she told me is, a finnish chromatic. Drugarsko kolo composed by accordion maestro lelo nika. While its author and the exact time of its origin are not known, it is believed by some to have been created in the early 1900s, although according to other sources this was originally an older womens wedding dance and song that originated. Las vegas nv 89101 free and open to the public, must have id more info 7022296511, 2296383. During her studies teija specialised in folk music from the balkan area and nordic countries, but her wide repertoire. So teija niku is a renowned finnish accordion player, who previously released her debut solo album finsko pajdusko back in 2011 and.
In the past years niku has diligently performed in the usa with duo aallotar, combining finnish and finnishamerican tradition, and started a new teija niku kvartetti, which performs. Accnoir20190925 one thing emerging to bruce as he wrote his magnum opus, accordion revolution, on the rise and fall of the accordion. Here the more traditional instruments form the basis of the piece, lead by teija nikus accordion, whereas the electric guitar conjures a playful modernday focus. Then back to the lake place which was closer than coming home all the way into brainerd and start getting our minds set for the nisswa stammen concert. This tango, originally composed for accordion, string ensemble and soprano. Kivenpyorittaja is a music studio album recording by juha kujanpaa prog folkprogressive rock released in 20 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Finland has many talented accordion players, and teija niku is.
The city of sophronia is made up of two halfcities. Memento is the second solo album by accordionist teija niku of helsinki, finland. More about aallotar in transit sara pajunen and teija niku live more than 4000 miles apart, but their debut album in transit illustrates that their talents were meant to merge. Famous by performing balkan traditional songs,among them serbian,too. Russian classics and rarities with pianist martin malmgren. Rootsworld a magazine and radio program of world music. Teija nikus third solo album hetkessa out june 12, 2019 on aania. At the center of the album are nikus accordion and vocals.
She specializes in nordic and balkan folk music, but she also plays tango, french musette, accordion evergreens and composes her own music. While their finnish ancestors resided just hours from one another, pajunen grew up in northern minnesota while niku remained in haapavesi, finland. Ms aallotar ms aallotar was a carpassenger ferry built. This highly original music will surely win lots of friends among the international prog community. Some ice cream at the chocolate ox, and i talked up some of my writing buddies that have books in the book store simar and salli i pushed your books well. In addition, a onetime accordion and fiddle workshop, presented by sara pajunen and teija niku of the folk music duo aallotar, will take place from 1 p.
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