electric kantele group 3RK

Welcome to

3RK's (3 Rivers Kanteles/Jokilaaksojen Kanteleet)

new website!

Click here to watch us in action

traditional kantele group Three Rivers Kanteles                    Kantele-Finland

We perform, teach and preserve the diverse traditions of kantele-Finland both at home and abroad.  This site is under continual expansion to include music and videos,etc.   

Click on list on the left. 

We thank:

-the EU-project Maa Ponteva for assisting and encouraging the building of these pages

-Outi Huurre, for her assistance while photographing the museum instruments

-CIMO, Allianssi, the Finnish ministries of education and culture, the National Cultural Fund's branch of Northern Ostrobothnia, Haapaveden Puukaluste, the peatpowered energy plant Kanteleen Voima, Ylitornion Soitintuote, Amf-soitinrakentajat, Jousisoitin Suihkonen, Aito Onni, Lauri & Kimmo Sarja, and everyone else have made our touring and performances possible.

-Jaakko Meriläinen, Risto Ilmola & Teemu Kokko, for their technical assistance to the website.

-Paula Kantola, for proofreading the Finnish pages.

-the world's kantele community, our audiences, families and teachers

These pages were first published on April 13th, 2006 and have since changed ownership from 3 Rivers Kantele Association to the supporting organisation for the performing group, Finland's official Young Culture ambassador - 3 Rivers Kanteles/Jokilaaksojen kanteleet.  We are still in cooperation with 3 Rivers Kantele Association and the Kanteleliitto.  They just can't all keep up with us!  The former pages at the previous website had over 1200 visitors.

last updated February 1st, 2008