Kristiina Ilmonen

Among the pioneers of the Finnish contemporary folk music movement, Kristiina Ilmonen is a musician, composer, teacher, researcher and folk music professional with three decades’ experience in improvisation, cross-artistic collaborations and unusual performance arenas. She specialises in archaic woodwind instruments, percussion and vocal improvisation. She has toured worldwide, plays on 30 CDs and performs solo and with various ensembles, of which currently active are Wind on Wind, Sysihai, Subsonic, Ural Pop and Suunta. She is a long-time teacher and current Professor at the Sibelius Academy Folk Music department of the University of the Arts Helsinki.