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VILMA JÄÄ

PROJECTS & ENSEMBLES

Vilma Jää Sunset, by Mikko Malmivaara

SOLO MUSIC

Vilma Jää

Vilma Jää’s solo 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. Vilma Jää has released five singles: Saatanan saalistaja (2021), Syntymistään sureva (2022), Jäinen neiti (2022), Humalahullu (2023) and Miina (2023). Vilma Jää creates her solo music together with producer-composer Mikko Renfors.

 

live band:

Mimi Kantola, live electronics & backing vocals 

Hanna Ryynänen, Saarijärvi kantele

Vilma Jää Sunset, by Mikko Malmivaara

OPERA

Innocence by Kaija Saariaho

as Student 1 (Markéta)

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (2021)

Finnish National Opera (2022)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (2023)

Dutch National Opera (2023)

San Francisco Opera (2024)

Rehearsals for Innocence 2020, by Aleksi Barrière
Jäine, by Terri Lilja

ENSEMBLES

Jäine

(2019–)

Fresh runolaulu vocal ensemble

 

Members: Vilma Jää, Erika Hammarberg, Anne-Mari Pitkänen and Laura Maria Rinta

Jäine, by Terri Lilja

FORMER ENSEMBLES

mammantytöt!

(2015–2019)

Glitter & trad.!

 

Vilma Jää: voice, whistling, harmonium, fiddle, piano

Laura Maria Rinta (née Petäjä): voice, whistling, double bass, cello

mammantytöt! in Stairs, by Henri Rinta-Koivula
SibA Folk Big Band, by Jimmy Träskelin

SibA Folk Big Band

(aboard 2015–2020)

More is More!

SibA Folk Big Band, by Jimmy Träskelin

Musta lammas

(aboard 2016–2018)

Irresistible grooves and delicious soundscapes, made by 23 voices

Musta lammas 2017, by Tuomas Salo