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CANCELLED: “Kanteletupa” Workshop March 21, 2020

March 16, 2020

The Kanteletupa workhop planned for March 21 is cancelled due to the corona virus. The workshops will continue when the situation is safer. Until then!

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Forest of a Thousand Songs – the new album from Peter Phippen & Arja Kastinen coming out this spring

February 24, 2020

The second duo album, Forest of a Thousand Songs (TEMPS07), from Peter Phippen and Arja Kastinen will be released this spring. On this album Peter is playing the shakuhachi flute and an ocarina, and Arja is playing different kinds of kanteles – and also the mystic ringing stone in the Nötö island. The music is […]

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Next “Kanteletupa” Workshop March 21, 2020

February 23, 2020

During the spring season 2020 there will be an open kantele workshop called the Kanteletupa once a month at the Helsinki Central Library Oodi. No previous experience is needed. We will experiment with different playing techniques and make easy improvisations. Come and see different small kanteles and have fun playing along with others! The workshop is […]

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Open Kantele Workshop Once a Month at the Helsinki Central Library Oodi

January 10, 2020

During the spring season 2020 there will be an open kantele workshop once a month at the Helsinki Central Library Oodi. No previous experience is needed. We will try out different playing techniques and make easy improvisations. Come and see different small kanteles and have fun playing along with others! The workshop is organized by […]

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New information of three 19th century Karelian hollow kanteles in the National Museum of Finland

January 06, 2020

The new research of three Karelian 19th century hollow kanteles is now published as a PDF, but unfortunately only in Finnish. There are lots of detailed photos, though, for those who are interested in seeing them. These instruments are stored at the National Museum of Finland. Two of the instruments are hollowed out from the […]

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