Susan Aho
Susan Aho (born March 5, 1974 in Espoo ) is a Finnish musician who has been a member of the successful Finnish-Karelian music group Värttinä since 1997 . She comes from Espoo in southern Finland , near the capital Helsinki .
After devoting herself to the accordion since she was 14 , Susan Aho was the accordionist and singer for Värttina's album "Vihma" in 1998, but turned to singing for the follow-up album "Ilmatar" (2001) and got through on the accordion Markku Lepistö replaced. She studies at the folk music department of the renowned Sibelius Academy Helsinki and is involved in various other projects alongside Värttinä.
For example, she worked as a singer and accordionist in the Greek group "Odysseia", was a member of the folk band Metsänväki and played Finnish gypsy songs in the group Rotunaiset together with the Finnish accordionist Minna Luoma. Since 1998 she has been part of the Balkan-Finnish formation "Vaeltajat", in which she also sings and plays the accordion.
She also works with the "Sampo Puppet Theater" (Nukketeatteri Sampo) in Helsinki , which was founded in 1977 and in which the interaction of traditional puppet theater with music and poetry plays a major role.
In 2008 she founded the duo Kuunkuiskaajat with Johanna Virtanen . In 2010 they won the Finnish qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song Työlki ellää , but could not qualify for the final. In 2011, Aho read the Finnish point allocation for the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf .
Publications (with Värttinä)
- 1998: Vihma
- 2000: Ilmatar (various re-releases 2001)
- 2001: December 6th (live album)
- 2002: Live in Helsinki (= 6 December ); Double Life (2 CD compilation)
- 2003: Iki
- 2005: Snow Angel (compilation, released only in the Czech Republic); with Värttinä on: Simon Ho: Simon Ho
- 2006: Miero ; with Värttinä on: Ho Orchestra: A normal Sunday (live Cd); Archive Live (DVD)
- 2012: Utu
more publishments
- 2008: Kuunkuiskaajat - Kuunkuiskaajat
- 2014: Tipsy Gipsy - CD of the duo project by Susan Aho and Karoliina Kantelinen
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ahoy, Susan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5th 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Espoo |