Ánnámáret & Áilu Valle

Savoy Theatre’s Sámi National Day concert will feature the latest trends in Sámi music performed by some of today’s most interesting musicians. On stage will be rap artist Áilu Valle and Ánnámáret and her band, who combine joik, modern soundscapes and video art in a spectacular way.

Ánnámáret, i.e. Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman, is a joiker and musician who belongs to the Arctic indigenous people as a Sámi person. Ánnámáret’s recognisable joik sounds and interpretations are a direct continuation of her ancestors’ Reindeer Sámi culture.

In recent years, Ánnámáret has been researching her family’s joik tradition by studying old archival records. As a result of this work, she and her multiartistic team created the work Nieguid duovdagat – Dreamscapes, which combines joik, bowed lyre and electronic music with video art. The Nieguid duovdagat album brought Ánnámáret to the attention of the world music scene, and Ánnámáret and her group were selected as official Womex 2023 showcase artists.

Ánnámáret draws inspiration for her music from the nature of Sápmi and the Sámi culture and way of life. She makes music and lives in the north with her reindeer husbandry family. Ánnámáret’s strength as an artist comes from growing up between two cultures and thus understanding these cultures and the clashes and similarities between them.

Ánnámáret, joik
Ilkka Heinonen, bowed lyre
Turkka Inkilä, live electronics, shakuhachi flute
Marja Viitahuhta, video art

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Áilu Valle is a rap artist from Inari who raps in North Sámi, Finnish and English. Valle’s style combines a polemical message, technology and emotion. He originates from a small reindeer village of about 20 people in Kaamasmukka, Utsjoki municipality.

Áilu Valle has released three solo albums in North Sámi, “Dušši dušše duššat” (2012), “7” (2015) and “Viidon sieiddit” (2019). Valle has been awarded, for example, the 2019 State Prize for Children’s Culture by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and the Best Songwriter/Composer of the Year granted by Sámi Music Awards and Norway’s TONO in 2020. At Savoy's gig Valle will throw a solo performance.

Duration approx. 2 h, including intermission

The stalls form a designated alcohol serving area for adults age 18 and older. The balcony is for people of all ages, no alcohol served.