photo: Floris van der Meijs

photo: Erik Ask-Upmark

Yrjänä and Helka have been to all Nordic Harp Meetings so far, and have organised the NHM 2009 in Turku, Finland.
Helka plays the harps built by her father Yjränä. Yjränä is artist, instrument maker and musician specialised on various flutes and bagpipes. Among other instruments, he has made the beautifully carved harp now played by Patrik Weckman.
Together, they played and sang the Skeleton Dance at the NHM 2009 (See here for their version of the tune, and the Finnish lyrics with English translation.) Since both know many more songs and ballads from Finland, they will teach us some of them in their workshop at the NHM 2011.