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  Igor Arkhipoff.
Igor is a graduate of the Petrozavodsk Conservatory in Choral Conducting. He has been a featured presenter in the Petrozavodsk State University Folk Ensemble, "Toive" and is now their music director. He is also the music historian and is on the music stuff of the Petrozavodsk state university. Igor is "the father" of the church bell music reneissance in Karelia in late 80-s.He used to be the bell ringer for the island museum of Kizhi for years.Now he plays bells at the main orthodox cathedral of Petrozavodsk,which is named to St.Alexander Nevsky.Igor released an album of church bell music together with Igor Hutter. Igor Arkhipoff is the member of the Finnish choir "Inkeri" in Petrozavodsk and used to be its conductor. In addition to performing in Russia,he has toured the
USA,Canada,Finland,Sweden,Denmark,Poland.

Contact Igor: arkhipoff@onego.ru

www.toive.karelia.ru

 

 

  Alexander Bykadoroff.
Sasha is a graduate of the Petrozavodsk Conservatory in Choral Conducting. He has been a choir director and an orchestra conductor of the Karelian national folk ensemble "Kantele". As a child, he performed piano in competitions and since then has added many other instruments. He is a composer and music arranger and is currently the musical director of a folk group "Myllarit". With Myllarit, he has toured Russia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the USA, Canada, Scotland and Germany.

www.myllarit.onego.ru

 

 

Arto Rinne.
Arto is a graduate of Petrozavodsk State University and was also a member of the Folk Ensemble "Toive". He started his musical career as a singer in a boys' choir when he was six. He sings and plays many instruments.
Arto was original member of Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat, the first ethnic-rock group in Karelia in 1989-1996 and 2002-2006. In 1994-2002 he performed with the folk group "Myllarit" as the lead-singer and with them, has toured Russia, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Norway, the USA, Scotland and Germany.

Now Arto has several projects:
Family folk quartet Sattuma, country-rock group Arto Rinne & Coon Group.
Since 2003 Arto organizes Carelian Faces, multicultural and
international music festival in Petrozavodsk.
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Contact Arto in English, Russian or Finnish: rinne@onego.ru, rinne@sampo.ru

http://sattuma.heninen.net
www.rinne-coon.com

http://carelianfaces.onego.ru
http://manok.heninen.net
http://talvisovat.onego.ru

CONTACT IN THE USA: Lisa Comer     phone: (503) 970-3412     email: comer@europa.com
 

 


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