Artists and programme

The sound of the Jouhiorkesteri The Horse Hair Orchestra has been described as "A quartet of horsehair strung Finnish bowed lyres, sounding like a swarm of huskily raspy fiddles [...], but with a slithering, edgy pitching." Some have been puzzled by how the sound of the group ranges from a big string orchestra to an intimate chamber group, from a sweaty corner dance joint all the way to the otherworldly, unpredictable and timeless proto-sounds of the universe. Jouhiorkesteri was founded in the beginning of the third millenium and their first concert abroad was at Viljandi Folk in 2005. Jouhiorkesteri is devoted to the drone music traditions of Northern Europe. It's members are all well established Finnish folk musicians and pioneers of modern jouhikko. Jouhiorkesteri's debut album "Nikodemus" was released in 2008.

Rauno Nieminen - jouhikko, vocals
Pekko Käppi - jouhikko, vocals
Ilkka Heinonen - jouhikko, bass jouhikko, vocals

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