Jazz Finland Live

Tickets 25/20€

Doors 18:00
Concert 19:00

Eeppi Ursin's My Finnish Soul brings beloved Finnish classics to life in stirring and tender renditions. Songs like Myrskyn jälkeen, Säkkijärven polkka, Moottoritie on kuuma, and Pohjois-Karjala receive entirely new interpretations in Eeppi's hands. Ursin's touching vocals, rich piano playing, and spirited performances take the listener on a journey through the Finnish soulscape.

Based in New York, the award-winning singer and composer released his latest album My Finnish Soul in 2023 as a tribute to his homeland. Over the past two years, he has actively toured and performed across the United States.

Eeppi Ursin, originally from Helsinki, is a versatile music creator. In addition to his solo career, he has worked in numerous theater productions as a composer, arranger, and performer. He has taken on various solo roles, performed at the Presidential Palace Independence Day Gala, and recorded and toured the world with various ensembles, including the vocal group Club For Five, where he sang from 2011 to 2019. In 2020, Eeppi moved to New York and continues his career as an artist and music creator with an increasingly international scope.

Eeppi Ursin - vocals & piano

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Tickets 10 €

Audri is a Belgian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Audri's compositions feature chord experiments, poetic lyrics, and captivating soundscapes. Influenced by surrealism and magical surrealism, her ethereal songs are born from personal experiences and dream-like, curious perspectives. The combination of intimate storytelling wrapped in polyrhythmic grooves has piqued the interest of Spotify listeners, who have streamed Audri's "Paper Planes" EP (2020) hundreds of thousands of times. Inspired by artists like Paul Simon, Kate Bush, and Natalia Lafourcade, Audri's music invites listeners on an introspective journey through emotional landscapes.

On her upcoming album, Audri leans even more towards modern European beat-jazz, with production assistance from Petter Eldh himself. On this tour, Audri will be seen and heard in the following lineup:

Marijke Maes (BE) - Vocals, compositions, string instruments
PJ Fossum (CAN) - Piano, keyboards
Antti Lähdesmäki (FIN) - Bass, backing vocals
Rasmus Elhøj Jensen (DK) - Drums and percussion

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Tickets €15/€10

Saxophonist Petri "Pope" Puolitaival and Jazz Jkl Collective transport the audience to different decades with good-natured grooving soul jazz and jazz funk.

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Captivating audiences with her debut album A Vision of a Garden, singer and composer Riikka Keränen and her quartet embarks on a tour across Finland from September 6th to 16th. Initiating the Jazz Federation’s autumn season, this tour spans nine performances, reaching from Oulu to Espoo.

The King's Crown concert is organized as a separate production by Kuopio Jazz & Blues Association.

Presenting her modern vocal jazz with a refreshing pop sensibility, Riikka Keränen and her quartet traverse Finland from September 6th to 16th. The tour commences on Wednesday, September 6th in Oulu and includes stops in Raahe, Oulainen, Joensuu, Savonlinna, Kotka, Kuopio and Espoo. The tour concludes with a final concert in Turku on Saturday, September 16th.

In Riikka Keränen’s music, elements of post-bop jazz intertwine with tones and delicacy influenced by a more pop-oriented approach. With her quartet established in 2019, Keränen delivers atmospheric, modern jazz from her acclaimed debut album A Vision of a Garden released by Flame Jazz Records in February 2022. The English-language narratives traverse from emotional introspection to the rainforests of Cameroon, and even back in time to the era of pharaohs and Queen Nefertiti.

In addition to the album’s tracks, the concerts will feature unreleased compositions from the upcoming release. Through these new pieces, listeners will dive deeper into Keränen’s musical world and catch a glimpse of her unique creative process. Complementing Riikka Keränen’s ensemble are accomplished jazz musicians: pianist Juho Valjakka, bassist Jori Huhtala, and drummer Anssi Tirkkonen. Over the years, the band has evolved into a tightly-knit unit, breathing new life into the material from the A Vision of a Garden album.

Hailing from Oulu, Keränen is known not only for her solo career but also from jazz ensemble Signe and the groovy children’s music group Megasakki, which earned an Emma Award for their debut album in 2022. A graduate of the Sibelius Academy with a master’s degree in jazz music, Keränen has also studied jazz vocals at the Guildhall School of Music in London and the Malmö Academy of Music.

Riikka Keränen
Riikka Keränen – vocals
Juho Valjakka – piano
Jori Huhtala – bass
Anssi Tirkkonen – drums

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Tickets 20 € / 11 € / 8 €

Héctor Lepe is a Mexican jazz guitarist based in Helsinki. His first release Pedro's Dream for Flame Jazz Records is his debut as a band leader and a composer. Most of the compositions are inspired by Mexican folklore and literature. Héctor Lepe Quartet manages to subtly blend in Latin-American musical elements and modern jazz compositions. The result being fresh music in which the band members own musical identity comes forward bringing the music to a new level.

The album’s title track Pedro's Dream is inspired by the book Pedro Páramo by a Mexican writer Juan Rulfo. The main character, Pedro, travels through south of Mexico in search for his father, and finds himself in a literal ghost town. The characters that he runs into change constantly, making it difficult to tell reality from the afterlife. The album submerges the listener in a deep journey within Mexican mystic tales and landscapes.

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