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Peter: Shakuhachi. Arja: 10-string kantele with bronze strings & the Klockarsten of the Nötö island.
"The kantele shines in the tune Risen from Stone, with just a bit of echo from the flute. It has the wind chime feel with more organization, but the story is still offered in a freeform manner. A tapping of percussion permeates the music as the unseen sonic sculptor chips away at everything that is not her or his dream. What remains is a miraculous thing." – R J Lannan, Artisan Music Reviews

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from Forest of a Thousand Songs, released May 19, 2020

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Arja Kastinen Finland

The kantele player and researcher Arja Kastinen specializes in the 19th century Karelian kantele improvisation. By exploring the philosophy, instruments, tuning, and playing technique of the early music tradition, and bringing this knowledge into musical improvisations, she combines history and the modern times. She holds a doctorate in music from the Sibelius Academy in 2000. ... more

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