“I often feel it’s the harp who’s dragging me to all these places, and not the other way around.

She dares me to do all the challenging, crazy, inspiring stuff and in the end she grins at me and says: “See? I told you it would be worth it!”

The Harp

 
 

Electric harp solo at the Apulanta gig, Jäähalli, Helsinki, 2017,
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Apulanta gig in Helsinki Jäähalli 20.-21.1.2017, Salla Hakkola's improvised solo on Lyon& Healy Silhouette electric harp with effect pedals

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with Pekka Kuusisto and Linda Liukas @ Meidän Festivaali 2015, photo Maarit Kytöharju

Baba Yaga - solo at The Air We Share 2.0 happening, Universum Theatre 2022

Apulanta concert hall tour “Älä usko lauluihin”, 2018, photo by Toni Koskipuro

Apulanta concert hall tour “Älä usko lauluihin”, 2018, photo by Toni Koskipuro

Löytölapset - band, 2013, photo by Tiina Palm

Makramee (with Milla Viljamaa) on a gig in Kapsäkki, 2014, photo by Jorma Airola

Yona & Orkesteri liikkuvat pilvet on stage in 2015, photo by Katja Tamminen

Solo concert in theatre Takomo, Helsinki, 2008

Concert poster from 2009, photo by Ilmari Hakkola

From the promotional material archives 2009

Helsinki Harp Festival 2023, photo Ville Hautakangas

Proud member of the Yona & Orkesteri liikkuvat pilvet since 2011. Korjaamo Vaunusali September 2019, photo Saku Kaukiainen

Harppuralli - Harp Ralley (2013) @ Viitasaari Time of Music, the local teenagers drove me around in their souped-up car from bar to bar. Photo Jarkko Hartikainen

7-hour performance at Kulturwerkstatt Kircheib Sommerfest, Germany 2021, photo Martin Zepter

Angel (2016), Zodiak, Pannuhalli, in Elina Pirinen’s choreography with Lumen Valo - choir. Photo by Timo Wright

In Dayjob’s performance Persephone Variations (in a Shopping Mall), Tampere Biennale 2018, Tullintori Mall

In Celadonian Compositions - solo performance in Merihaka parking garage, Lapsody Performance Art Festival 2017

Getting ready for the Harp Ralley 2013. Santtu, local car owner at the Viitasaari ABC parking lot

Chispas- duo with percussionist Tuomo Huhdanpää, 2009, photo by Tim Page

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