TMW 2021: Fenno-Ugria Night

18.00 – Trepp & Sõbrad (EE)
19.00 – Ulla Pirttijärvi & Ulda (FI)
20.00 – Kodály Spicy Jazz (HU) 
21.00 – Nagy Bögö (EE)
22.00 – Vimma (FI) 

Trepp (concert live)

Ulla Pirttijärvi & Ulda is a group founded in 2009 by Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman, one of the leading Sámi artists. They perform modern Sámi music, rooted in a Sámi vocal tradition called joik. Their performances bring out the rich and magical sound palette of the joik, accompanied mainly by acoustic instruments. The group has performed in Europe and Northern America.

Ulla Pirttijärvi & Ulda has released two albums: Ulda (2012, nominated for best ethno album at the Finnish Music Awards) and Roijk (2018). Their third album Vuolgigoahtit will be released in 2022.

Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, whose work in researching documentation helped repopularise Hungarian folksong in the early 21st century. Formed in 2017 in memoriam of the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death, Kodály Spicy Jazz aims to bring those well-known Hungarian folk songs from choir and singing lessons to the audience in a new, creative, energetic fresh kind of flavour, making it possible for today’s youth to reconnect with such heritage through various contemporary platforms.

Nagy Bögö is a trad-indie-popmusic band, playing the band members’ original compositions enriched by Estonian traditional music. Strong rhythms, emotionally loaded harmonies and minimalistic melodies inspired by old runosongs’ texts describe Nagy Bögö’s music. Behind the colourful sound there is an intriguing set of instruments: vocals, bagpipe, flute, double bass, drums and acoustic guitar. It’s the freedom of crossing boundaries and the courage to experiment, that create the youthful symbiosis between tradition and modern times. The genuine warmth and positive charge, born of the Nagy Bögö synergy, will stay with the audience long after the last chord has faded away.

Progressive folk for a better future! In this art-pop group in the spirit of Finnish folklore, sempiternal melodies mix with the young Helsinki-based artists’ reflections on our hectic contemporary world. VIMMA images utopian worlds and awakes their audiences to bring about change for a more sustainable future. Topical lyrics and spoken word poetry bring extra vitality and excitement to the energetic music. The shared melodic tales of the violins and the saxophone guide the listener through cinematic paths, into the delicate silence of the unpredictable woods of progressive rock.