CONGRATULATIONS TO JAAKKO MERILÄINEN! - NATIONAL CHAMPION: 2nd place electric kantele & 3rd place traditional
IN COOPERATION WITH:
CIMO - the Finnish center for international mobility
- main sponsor towards our own electric concert kantele
Haapaveden Puukaluste - donator of our beautiful new kanteletables
Ylitornion soitintuote - Pekka Lovikka is builder of many of our kanteles, also those that we sold like hotcakes on tour, he graciously loaned us his beautiful blue electric concert kantele till our own (shown above) was ready
- Kantele and violinbuilder in Haapavesi
- the fantastic duo
Sinikka and Matti Kontio teach, perform, run a mobile studio and sell technology for kanteleplayers
Leskelän kantele - kantelebuilders Leskelä and son, the Finnish Cultural Fund gave us their kanteles and Erkki donated his latest prototype concert kantele to Jane in June 2004!
Lasse and Kimmo Sarja - who invented of our built-in microphones
-- builder of some of our kanteles
and our jouhikko
kantele.com - for kanteles, recordings and wonderful media coverage in North America
Media helping kantele
