{"id":44166,"date":"2024-04-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaustinen.net\/?p=44166"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:55:06","slug":"the-performers-of-the-kaustinen-showcase-series-have-been-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaustinen.net\/en\/kaustisen-showcase-sarjan-esiintyjat-on-valittu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaustinen Showcase Series Performers Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"margin: 0cm; background: white; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;\"><em>Ilkka Heinonen combines Karelian dance tunes with the aesthetics of ancient music and live electronics. Photo: Timo Heinonen<\/em><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Fresh out of the selection process, here is the lineup for the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival's 2024 Showcase series: \nMusician-composer Ilkka Heinonen, as well as instrumental ensembles HOSTIKKA and Luomuduo take the stage next summer in a series that introduces emerging and internationally rising stars of folk music. This year there was a record number of participants in the Showcase application process: 44 bands or artists applied for a place in the prestigious series at the festival.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">The Showcase series is presented to domestic and international seekers of emerging bands, who come to the festival from many countries. The audience will have the opportunity to listen to performances by all three selected acts consecutively on the same day, this year on Wednesday evening at Club Kallio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Programme Director Anne-Mari Hakam\u00e4ki sees that the Showcase series, which began in 2013, has developed into a functional concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\"The festival has thus been able to assist the showcase artists and bands in building networks and connections, which is long-term work that often takes many years. The luckiest ones have quickly obtained significant performance opportunities and have been able to perform abroad,\" Hakam\u00e4ki explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">This year, the selection panel included members of the festival's programming committee as well as a representative from the Finnish broadcasting company Yleisradio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">2024 Showcase Series:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Ilkka Heinonen is a Helsinki-based musician and composer specializing in folk and world music. In his solo project, a master of many instruments, he has chosen the Finnish traditional instrument jouhikko, with which he combines Karelian dance tunes with the aesthetics of ancient music and live electronics. The panel was impressed by the professional level of Heinonen\u2019s music, and the extraordinary atmospheres it creates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">HOSTIKKA is an instrumental ensemble playing new wave folk music. Bassist Saija Penttil\u00e4 and guitarist Jaakko Penttil\u00e4's compositions are based on Finnish dance styles such as quadrille and waltz, but they also show an interest in jazz and world music. Aino Kinnunen plays the violin in the ensemble, Jari Kankare plays wind instruments, Maimu J\u00f5geda plays the accordion, and Jesse Lehto plays the drums. The panel found the ensemble to be a fresh and highly interesting breath of air in the Finnish folk music field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Luomuduo (Olli Sippola, violin, and Sakari Keipi, guitar) regularly performs in Finland and the Nordic countries. The ensemble won the Konsta Jylh\u00e4 Competition in Kaustinen in 2022, and last year, it rose to showcase status at the Norwegian Folkelarm Festival. Sippola brings metal and jazz influences to the lineup, while Keipi brings Finnish-American rock and roots. The panel was impressed by the duo\u2019s goal-oriented attitude and gave a special mention for the approach that transcends music genre boundaries.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">The Summer 2024 showcase series is a collaboration between Yle Radio 1 and Music Finland, which promotes music exports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The Kaustinen Folk Music Festival will be held on July 8\u201314, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":44089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,4,9,1],"tags":[85,36,35,33,98],"class_list":["post-44166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-english","category-lehdistotiedotteet","category-ohjelma","category-press-releases","category-uncategorized","tag-kaustinen-folk-music-festival","tag-kaustinenfmf","tag-kaustisen-kansanmusiikkijuhlat","tag-pelimannit","tag-showcase"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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