Aléa | Stensöta – Etno-Espa

Aléa’s highly original sound is based on a happily meandering groove, created through the union of the kantele and the clarinet. Stensöta is an Ostrobothnian folk music duo with deep roots in the Finland-Swedish folk music traditions.

Programme

at 4 pm
Aléa
Celebrating their 10th anniversary as a duo, Aurora Visa and Annika Lyytikäinen draw deep from their musical roots in Nordic traditional music, inviting today’s listeners to dance along and make happy discoveries along the way. Aléa has been actively performing for ten years for those in the folk music field and those not yet so familiar with folk music, both in Finland and abroad.

Aurora Visa – kantele
Annika Lyytikäinen – clarinet

at 5.15 pm
Stensöta
Radiating with the joy of playing, the duo consists of Amanda Harald and Jacob Sundström, whose diverse repertoire includes everything from medieval ballads and folk songs to pelimanni music and original compositions. In spring 2023, the pair released their first single titled ”Svallvågor”, which has enjoyed frequent radio play across Finland-Swedish radio stations. Outside of Finland, Stensöta has performed in Sweden and Estonia. Their beautiful ensemble playing was recognised in 2023 through a bronze ensemble medal awarded by the Medelpad Folk Music Association at an ensemble playing week in Sundsvall, Sweden.

Amanda Harald – violin, viola, vocals
Jacob Sundström – bouzouki, violin, guitar, vocals

This concert is presented by the SLS/Institute of Finland-Swedish Traditional Music