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Ethno pop artist Vilma Jää combines centuries-old stories with electronic music. Vilma Jää’s music shifts between acoustic and electronic sounds, combining instruments typical of folk music such as kantele, harmonium and fiddle with synthetic beats as Finno-Ugric tradition flirts with pop aesthetics. In her editorialized feminist music Vilma Jää approaches current topics through history revealing how miserably little the world has changed especially with issues regarding women’s rights. Vilma Jää released her debut album Kosto (Revenge) in October 2023. 

Vilma Jää is a singer, composer, fiddler and researcher who works in the fields of folk music, pop music and opera and holds a Master of Music. Jää’s folk singing role in Kaija Saariaho’s opera received international acclaim after its premiere in July 2021. Vilma Jää has introduced Finno-Ugric traditional folk music to hundreds of thousands of Finns with her ethno pop fusion. Kosto album won the Ethno of the Year award at the Emma Gala and the Folk Music Album of the Year award at Eläköön FOLK! -gala in 2024. The album is currently nominated for the Teosto award. Three songs from the album, Saatanan saalistaja, Jäinen neiti and Humalahullu, have been added to major radio playlists. Saatanan saalistaja was chosen on a list of 100 best songs in the world in Finland's leading newspaper Helsingin sanomat in January 2022. Vilma Jää was chosen on music media YleX's list of artists they predict will make their break-through in 2023.

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Vilma Jää is a singer, composer and fiddler who sings on gloomy topics such as anger, grief and revenge. Jää combines Finno-Ugric folk tradition, electronic music and pop in her music. Traditional acoustic instruments from kantele to hurdy-gurdy blend into synthetically produced beats, with the Finno-Ugric singing tradition flirting with pop aesthetics. Vilma Jää rose to international fame after the award-winning composer Kaija Saariaho chose her for a prominent role in the opera Innocence. With her own debut single released November 2021, Saatanan saalistaja, Jää quickly became one of the most exciting new artists in Finland. Vilma Jää's album Kosto (Revenge), released in October 2023, won the Ethno of the Year award at the Emma Gala and the Folk Music Album of the Year award at Eläköön FOLK! -gala.

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Vilma Jää’s music shifts between acoustic and electronic sounds, combining instruments typical of folk music with synthetic beats as Finno-Ugric singing tradition flirts with pop aesthetics. Vilma creates her solo music together with producer-composer Mikko Renfors and performs with Pilvi Kekkonen (live electronics) and Hanna Ryynänen (Saarijärvi kantele). Vilma Jää's album Kosto (Revenge), released in October 2023, won the Ethno of the Year award at the Emma Gala and the Folk Music Album of the Year award at Eläköön FOLK! -gala.