photo: Floris van der Meijs
At both the NHM 2008 in Lund and the NHM 2009 in Turku, she was teaching kantele tunes and Finnish folk tunes,
and gave a marvellous concert (see
pictures in our gallery), including Karelian improvisation,
traditional Finnish dances (polska, sottiisi etc) and even heavy metal.
One person from the audience described Anna's music with the following words:
"Anna’s kantele playing seemed like a miracle to me. Her fingers were running
around the instrument so lightly, it almost seemed like she was cuddling a kitten. Though the cat
purred some really great tunes!"
She might lead the allspel when it comes to Finnish tunes.
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