Jazz Finland Live

Tickets 24 €

touko is a five-piece pop/jazz band, known for their poetic, beautiful lyrics and a sensitive, yet playful atmosphere. The band's latest album uudestaan was released in 2024.

Helka Ruusumetsä - vocals
Laura Valldén - piano, vocals
Lisa Korkman - cello, vocals
Leo Ash - drums
Amos Bonsdorff - saxophone

The evening will be opened by the Helmi Antila Quartet! Helmi Antila (b. 2000) is an impressive singer-composer, violinist and pianist. Antila was awarded the Taimi Award as a young jazz talent by the Finnish Jazz Federation in November 2024.

The Helmi Antila Quartet is a four-piece jazz band consisting of young talents, who have already aroused enormous interest among listeners during their gigs. The band plays jazz and soul-influenced Finnish songs composed and written by Helmi.

Antila's debut album will be released by Kuohu Records in February 2025. The band's players have become known from the bands Saimaa, Stance Brothers, Peela and Honey B & T-Bones.

Helmi Antila (piano and vocals)
Mikko Antila (vibraphone and percussion)
Tuomo Purhonen (double bass)
Mooses Kuloniemi (drums).