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29-Aug-2008
by Rob Howard
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 Accordionist Johanna Juhola will represent Finland in ‘Folkelarm’, a festival of Scandinavian folk music, in Oslo, September 25th to 28th. In showcases you will hear Johanna Juhola will perform music from her solo CD ‘Miette’, released by Texicalli Records, Finland, in 2006. Johanna Juhola will perform together with Roope Aarnio, guitar and Hannu Oskala, voice engineer.Johanna Juhola studied the accordion at the Sibelius Academy’s Department of Folk Music. In 2000, she won the International Astor Piazzolla competition with the Novjaro Quintet, and in 2002 Johanna Juhola and the pianist Milla Viljamaa were awarded the International Citta di Castelfidaro prize. Johanna, also an acclaimed composer, performed her commissioned composition ‘Fantasiatango’ as one of the opening numbers of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Within the sphere of orchestral music, Johanna has appeared as a guest performer with various ensembles in performances of Timo Alakotila’s composition ‘Concerto for Free Bass Accordion and Chamber Orchestra’, and as one of the soloists in the Tapiola Sinfonietta’s ‘Symphonic Fantasies’ project. For further information email: elisabeth.vatn@folkemusikk.no |