Jazz Finland Live

Free entry

The Napfonat women's vocal group will perform at St. Mary's Catholic Church (Mäntytie 2, Helsinki) on Wednesday, December 14, from 7:00 p.m. The concert features traditional Hungarian and European Christmas carols and folk songs arranged for five female voices and rhythm instruments. The event is free.

Founded in 2018, the a cappella group Napfonat (Henrietta Szalay, Anita Szarka, Eszter Tóth, Orsolya Tóth and Krisztina Volkova) is a creative community of 5 female songwriter-singers. The long-term goal of the Napfonat group is to convey the ideals of togetherness and understanding and to emphasize the role of music in uniting cultures and nations. Their compositions, combining the genres of jazz, folk music and light music, redefine the world of folk songs of Hungarian and other people’s in a unique way, dressing them in a polyphonic tone, emphasizing the power and beauty of the music and its liberating, healing effect.