{"id":10077,"date":"2012-07-14T17:20:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T17:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultureworks.at\/?p=10077"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:48:53","slug":"maria-kalaniemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultureworks.at\/en\/maria-kalaniemi\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Kalaniemi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-queen-of-finnish-accordion\">The queen of Finnish Accordion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\" 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Once a member of pioneering groups Niekku and Aldargaz, from the Sibelius Acdemy Folk Music Department, where she now teaches, her roots are in folk and classical music but her sights and abilities go far beyond existing styles. Technically brilliant as a player, and adept at improvisation, she is also a very powerful, intuitive and sensitive composer, with pieces that stylistically touch in numerous areas but feature her own personality as the driving force. Melody is the meaning and with Maria, listeners are sure to feel her message deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria has released many albums, the latest one, <em>Mielo<\/em>, reached the top 10 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmce.de\/Year_2018-323.html\">World Music Charts Europe<\/a> for the best albums of the year 2020. In 2018 Maria Kalaniemi was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Music and, as the first folk musican ever, became a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music. 2024, on the occasion of her 60th birthday, Maria Kalaniemi was selected for the Finnish <em>Music Hall of Fame<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a member of the international accordion collective Accordion Tribe, Swedish-Finnish music group Ramunder, UNTO Tango Orchestra as well as many other projects with whom she has toured throughout Europe, USA and Canada. Currently Kalaniemi performs in quartet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johannaiivanainen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johanna Iivanainen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikkoiivanainen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mikko Iivanainen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timoalakotila.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Timo Alakotila<\/a>, in duo with Eero Grundstr\u00f6m, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desireesaarela.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Desiree Saarela<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mariannemaans.com\/language\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marianne Maans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-discography-selection\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Discography (selection)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 Mielo (Aker\u00f6\/Galileo MC)<br>2017 Svalan (Aker\u00f6\/Galileo MC)<br>2014 Kaustinen Live 2003 (Aker\u00f6 CD014)<br>2011 Aker\u00f6 (Aker\u00f6CD011)<br>2010 Vilda Rosor (Aito Records)<br>2006 Bellow Poetry (Aito Records AICD 006)<br>2004 Niskavuoren Nuori Em\u00e4nt\u00e4 (Gudaa 41)<br>2003 Viimenen Maa (LUR 8902-2)<br>2001 Ambra (Amigo Sweden KMHCD 18)<br>1999 Ahma (Roccadillo Records ZENCD 2059)<br>1995 Iho (Olarin Musikki OMCD 57)<br>1992 Maria Kalaniemi (Olarin Musikki OMCD 40)<br>1984 Kultaisen Harmonikan Voittaja (Finnish Accordion Institute FAILP 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-press\">Press<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Splendid music that makes me dance inside. Recommended!&#8221;<br><em>Mattie Poels, Music Frame, NL<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If fellow Finn Kimmo Pohjonen is said to be the Hendrix of the instrument, then Maria can be credibly claimed to be its Erik Satie.<br><em>BBC, UK<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eMaria Kalaniemi\u2019s understanding of music seems like meditation, like the questioning of hidden fantasies. But always without creating illusions.\u201d<br><em>Jazzthing, DE<br><\/em><br>\u201eThis music is archaic, it seems to call us from far away and nonetheless will always be valid. 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