JEANS-KANTELE Ensemble of Ethnic Music and Improvisation

The motto of the ensemble is “All those years of basking in fame in jeans and with a kantele in hands”.

The Ensemble’s mission is to revive the traditions of Karelian folk instrument kantele. The Ensemble plays folk-jazz music. All the songs and arrangements are based on folk melodies performed on kantele, completed with flute, noisemakers, strings and bow instruments.

• Music education is not required for joining the ensemble! Eagerness and hard work will be enough!
• We will teach you to improvise and play kantele, fipple flute, noisemakers, and percussions, as well as to sing.
• We can teach you to play such unique instruments as “bellowing of a Karelian elk” and “murmur of the Onega Lake”.
• We play contemporary folk music.

Projects

• Open Russia Event;
• The revival of the traditions of playing Karelian folk instruments;
• New Forms of Educational Leisure Activities;
• Rhythms+ Festival;

Achievements

• For many years the Ensemble has been working with children with learning disabilities using the unique methods of music therapy that give excellent results;
• The prize-winner of The Future of the Planet International Festival;
• The participant of the Sadko International Festival of Old Plucked Strings Instruments;
• The participant of the Kantele International Festival;
• The participant of International Art Camp of Kantele players.