”Plays like a village full of haunted fiddlers”, wrote the leading Finnish newspaper about Emilia Lajunen.
Emilia Lajunen is a well known professional Finnish folk musician, known for her personal, strong, and modern style of playing the violin. Her style of playing claims its origins in archaic heritage and fiddler music.
More about this from https://kaustinen.net/kaustisen-showcase-yhtyeet-2025-valittu/
Just right now end of April 2025 Emilia is working in artist residence in Sundsvall, Sweden with two great musician Bridget Marsden and Emma Ahlberg Ek.
Later there will be more news about this fine and great project. Until this these three are creating some new music with fiddle, 5-string fiddles, nyckelharpa and some extra instruments. Inspiring combination!
Emilia plays some different nyckelharpas: kontrabasharpa and chromatic nyckelharpa. In spring 2025, arrived a new instrument, the nyckjil pigja (also so called ähtäväharpa), built by Rauno Nieminen. More about Emilia´s nyckelharpas here. Lue lisää
