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Programme 2011

IKAALINENFinland

28.6.–3.7.2011

TICKETS tel. +358 3 440 0224www.satahamesoi.fi

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Sata-Häme Soi FestivalValtakatu 7, PO Box 33, 39501 Ikaalinentel. +358 3 440 0224www.satahamesoi.fi tickets@satahamesoi.fi

Background communities:• Finnish Accordion Association• Finnish Accordion Institute

Organizer

Web store www.satahamesoi.fiTickets are also available- by telephone +358 3 440 0224- by e-mail juhlat@satahamesoi.fi- at the Festival office in advance and during the festival- from the Oma Tupa building during the festival- one hour before each concert at the doorPre-booked tickets will be mailed. Mailing charge €4.00e-orders, mailing charge €2.00Children’s tickets for ages 5–12, children under 5 years free of charge.Family ticket for the Park includes 1–2 adults and 1–4 children under 13 years of age.The Ikaalinen Hall has numbered seats.Tickets are also available from Lipputoimisto ticket offices and www.lipputoimisto.fi

Festival Pass to all concertsAccess to all Sata-Häme Soi Festival concerts and events, €120.The Access pass is valid for one person only.

Welcome to Ikaalinen Sata-Häme Soi Accordion Festival!

Tickets

The Sata-Häme Soi office is open during the festival as follows:Tue 09–21.00Wed-Sat 09–22.00Sun 09–13.00

Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA)

Opetus-ministeriö

Card payments in the office and at the concert hall doors: Finnish bank cards, Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Electron, V PAY, Business Eurocard, MasterCard, Debit MasterCard and Maestro cards.

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Tuesday, 28.6.14.00 Finlanders: Sinun vuokses (”Because of you”)

The popular band’s afternoon concert.Special price for groups. See the brochure on page 17, Oma TupaTickets: €20 (adults) / €15 (seniors and students) / €10 (children)

18.00 ”To the Memory of my Mother”Music session at Lasse Pihlajamaa’s Mother’s Memorial in Jämijärvi.Address: Jämijärventie 650

Free admission

19.30 Folk Accordionists at the ArenaA fast-paced folk music parade at the Jämi Arena. Finnish musicians and international visitors perform.Jämi Areena, Lasse Pihlajamaa Hall, Jämintie 659, JämijärviTickets: €18 / €14 / €9

21.00 The Moon Whisperers Johanna Virtanen, Susan Aho and the band. Oma Tupa

Tickets: €20 / €15 / €10

Tuesday, 28.6.

The Moon Whisperers

Finlanders

Folk Accordionists at the Arena

At Mothers Memorial

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Wednesday, 29.6.11.00 The Finnish Accordion Folk Musician Championship For Diatonic Accordions

Categories for 12-, 15-, 18-year-olds, Adults and Veterans, as well as a category for Ethnic Music. Traditional Finnish Folk Music. Oma TupaTickets: €10 (adult) / €8 (seniors and ) / €5 (children)

12.30 Official opening of the new ”Flag Park”Flag Park Free admission

13.00 Sata-Häme Soi Festival OpeningThe 39th Sata-Häme Soi Festival Opening ceremony. The 2010 winners of Golden and Silver accordion competitions, Viivi MariaSaarenkylä and Janina Suihkola, perform. Festival Park Free admission

14.00 Music on the Festival Park Stage– 18.00 Accordion groups and soloists take the stage. Festival Park Free admission

Wednesday, 29.6.

Sata-Häme Soi Festival Opening 2010.

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Wednesday, 29.6.

14.00 Pub Tent– 01.00 Accordion groups and soloists on the musicians´ bench. 20.00–22.00 Ikaalisten Viulupelimannit Yellow School Free admission

15.00 The Opening of the Accordion Fair Opening hours 15–18. Hundreds of accordions, a lot of sheet music, audio CDs, backpacks, straps and other accessories. The Cafeteria is open. Ikaalinen Business College Free admission

17.00 The Golden and Silver Accordion Rehearsal 2011 Comes with six Golden Accordion and seven Silver Accordion competitors. Rehearsal for the evening’s television finale. Ikaalinen Hall Tickets: €22 / €16 / €11

20.00 The Golden and Silver Accordion Final 2011 This national competition will be between the selected finalists from the March Accordion Cruise. The Golden Accordion:

Timo Hautamäki, Pori, Elina Joensuu, Seinäjoki, Juuso-Aarne Kontiai-nen, Lappeenranta, Marko Kotilainen, Joensuu, Ella Laiho, Turku and Emilia Mäkelä, Jyväskylä.The Silver Accordion: Pilvi Huhta, Vihti, Jonna Hytönen, Äänekoski, Sonja Lampinen, Saarijärvi, Sara Niittyviita, Hollola, Viola Ojanen, Karkkila, Isla Rekola, Lohja and Linda Ullgrén, Kontio-lahti. The Competitors will be accompanied by Jari Puhakka and his orchestra.

TV viewers can participate in the voting. Presenters: Silja Sillanpää and Kimmo Mattila. Live broadcast on TV2 from 20.00 to 21.50.

Ikaalinen HallTickets: €34 / €28 / €17

Janina Suihkola

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Thursday 30.6.10.00 The Accordion Fair– 18.00 Ikaalinen Business College Free admission

11.00 The Finnish Accordion Folk Musician Championship for Chromatic Accordions

Categories for 12-, 15-, 18-year-olds, Adults and Veterans.Vigorous Finnish folk music at its best. Oma Tupa Tickets: €10 (adults) / €8 (seniors and students) / €5 (children)

12.00 Music on Festival Park Stage–18.00 Domestic groups and international guests.

Festival ParkFree admission

13.00 Pub Tent – 17.00 Music, dance and fun!

Yellow School Free admission

20.00 Dance Music in the Festival Park– 01.00 Dance Orchestra Kunnon Miehet. Festival Park

Free admission

22.00 Tango pour ClaudeThe French world-class duo of Julien Gonzales, accordion, and Cyril Carbonne, clarinet. Oma TupaTickets: €20 / €15 € / €10 €

Wednesday, 29.6.

Thursday, 30.6.

Viivi Maria SaarenkyläPietro Adragna

Cyril Carbonne & Julien GonzalesKunnon Miehet

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Thursday, 30.6.

17.00 VII Primus Ikaalinen Rehearsal 2011The prior rehearsal for the finale. Eight young international soloists.Ikaalinen-saliLiput: €22 / €16 / €11

18.00 The National Youth Accordion Orchestra Kujala – Sallinen – Brahms – Piazzolla – Kilar. Ikaalinen Church Program fee: €10

20.00 Primus Ikaalinen VII Final 2011Eight young accordion virtuosos from different countries compete for the VII Primus Ikaalinen victory on live TV.Representatives from Russia, USA, France, Portugal, Lithuania, Finland, Austria and Italy. Finland is represented by the Golden Accordion 2011 winner. Presenters Silja Sillanpää and Kimmo Mattila. Direct live TV broadcasting from 20.00 to 21.50.Ikaalinen HallTickets: €34 / €28 / €17

22.00 Terem Quartet Russian super band´s 25th anniversary tour. Jonna Pirttijoki, soloist. Oma Tupa Tickets: €25 / €20 / €15

Ikaalinen SavingsBank Foundation

Terem Quartet

Primus Ikaalinen 2010

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Friday, 1.7.10.00 Accordion Fair– 18.00 Ikaalinen Business College Free admission

11.00 Music in the Park–18.00 Festival Park Free admission

13.00 Seminar: –15.00 Accordion Culture in the republic of Karelia Petrozavodsk State Conservatory lecturer Vyacheslav Kalaberda talks about the Republic of Karelia and its accordion music culture. The talk will be translated into Finnish. The Seminar is organised in cooperation with the Arts Council of Pirkanmaa. Oma Tupa Free admission

Klo 17.00 Concert: Vjatseslav Kalaberda, accordion

Festival Park Programme20.00 Summer Dance in the Festival Park– 01.00 Mikael Konttinen & Nelinpeli Festival Park

21.00 Pub Tent– 01.00 21-23 Lappeenranta Accordion Club 23–01 WerSoiYellow School

Tickets: Festival Area €6, Family ticket €20, Park Pass Thu-Sat €25

Thursday, 30.6.

Friday, 1.7.

Mikael KonttinenWerSoi

Pentti HietanenHanna Pakarinen

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12.00 Pub Tent– 18.00 Accordion clubs, bands and folk musicians. Yellow School Free admission

17.00 The White Rose Concert First presentationRiku Niemi Orchestra with Pentti Hietanen, Hanna Pakarinen and Jorma Kääriäinen. Ikaalinen HallTickets: €34 (adults) / €28 (seniors and students) / €17 (children)

20.00 The White Rose Concert Second presentationRiku Niemi Orchestra with Pentti Hietanen, Hanna Pakarinen and Jorma Kääriäinen. Ikaalinen Hall TV2 records the concert.Tickets: €34 / €28 / €17

20.00 Petar Maric, SerbiaCoupe Mondiale 2010 winner Petar Maric, Serbia. Ikaalinen ChurchProgramme fee €10

22.00 Fabio Rossato & Ivan Tibolla, Italy

Italian jazz on piano and accordion. The Duo has been award-ed the Italian record companies´ Orpheus Jazz Music Prize. Oma TupaTickets: €20 / €15 / €10

Friday, 1.7.

Petar Maric

Riku Niemi & Jorma Kääriäinen

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Festival park Programme20.00 Evening at the Pub Tent– 02.00 20-22 Kajaani Accordion Club 23-24 Foxtrot and accordion jazz music by the Black Eyes Orchestra 24-02 Hollola Accordion ClubYellow School 20.00 ”Tulipelit” Fire Games – 02.00 20.30 Dance and music group Lions of Africa 22.00 Paradise Boys J. Karjalainen and Veli-Matti Järvenpää 23.00 Johanna Kurkela 24.00 Tommi Kalenius Festival ParkTickets: Festival Area €12, Family ticket €30, Park Pass Fri-Sat €25

Friday, 1.7.

Tommi Kalenius

Johanna Kurkela Lions of Africa

Paradise Boys©Timo Kirves Black Eyes

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Saturday 2.7.10.00 Accordion Fair –18.00 Ikaalinen Commercial College Free admission

11.45 Music in the park –18.00 Festival Park Free admission

12.00 Pub Tent – Afternoon of Dance–18.00 Yellow School Free entrance

12.00 Children´s Festival–17.00 Pippi Longstocking, Doll Maddalena and Lord Nissiläinen play and entertain children, and childlike. Fun things to do for the whole family. Performances at 13.00 and 16.00. Music, crafts and activities. 14.00–15.00 Mr. Nissiläinen’s accordion workshop where you can try playing an accordion. The old Rectory Garden Free admission

12.00 African music workshop–14.00 The Lions of Africa dance and estrade group members lead the public to the exciting world of African music. Red School Free admission

Saturday, 2.7.

Lions of Africa

Pippi Longstocking, Lord Nissiläinen and Doll Maddalena.

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15.00 Kravatista kaksiriviseen A deep bow in honour of the best gems of traditional accordion music. Lasse Pihlajamaa, Veikko Ahvenainen, Taito Vainio, Paul Norr-back, Erkki Friman, and Toivo Manninen’s favourite compositions.The performers include Jyväskylä Accordions, Matti Ekman, Timo Hautamäki, Duo Kaisa Kujanpää & Elisa Järvelä, Erkki Friman, Kata-riina Ahjoniemi as well as Kimmo Mattila and Aino Ojakoski. Oma TupaTickets: €20 (adults) / €15 (seniors and students) / €10 (children)

19.00 Dallapé OrchestraThe Legendary Dallapé continues in the traditional style of the 1930’s. Soloists Juha Hostikka and Sami Saari. Ikaalinen-saliTickets: €30 / €25 / €15

20.00 Tenorissimo Pekka Itkonen, Reijo Ikonen and instrumental group. Church Music gems and well-known classics for the tenor. Ikaalinen Church Programme fee €10

22.00 Budapest Klezmer BandOne of Europe’s top groups, the Budapest Klezmer Band from Hungary. Director Ferenc Jávori.Oma TupaTickets: €30 / €25 / €15 (No free tickets)

Saturday, 2.7.

©Juha Mustonen Dallapé

Budapest Klezmer Band

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Sunday, 3.7.9.30 Ikaalinen Day

09.30 Ikaalinen Day Programme in the Festival Park(Arranged by the Kovelahti-Koveranta Village Society in collaboration with the Ikaalinen Association)11.00 Religious folk songs at the Ikaalinen Churc12.30 Coffee at Rahkola (organized by the Ikaalinen town)Free admission

13.00 Sata-Häme Soi Closing CeremonyMoods from the festival week. The performers include Finnish and foreign artists and the various competition winners. Festival Park Free admission

Festival Park Programme19.00 Evening at the Pup Tent– 02.00 20-22 The Kello Accordion Orchestra 22-24 The Mäntsälä Accordions 24-02 The Hyvinkää Railwaymen Accordion ClubYellow School

20.00 An Evening of Music and Dance in the Park–02.00 An accordion music filled summer evening hosted by Seppo Soittila. Music Groups: The Jämijärvi Fiddlers and the Ikaalinen Men’s Accordion Group. The great ensemble starts at 21.30. Ensemble pieces: Valkea Ruusu (Gm), Kultainen nuoruus (C), Kulkurin valssi (D), Tulipunaruusut (Cm), Heili Karjalasta (Cm), Tavallinen tyttö (Em), Väliaikainen (Dm), Karjalan polkka (G). The sheet music can be downloaded from www.satahamesoi.fiTickets: Festival area €12, Family ticket €30, Free entry if you bring your accordion to play with the others at 2130 hours!

Saturday, 2.7.

Sunday, 3.7.

Festival Park

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Tuesday, 28.6.19.00 Seleentakuset: Summer Theatre premiere Pilot Lieutenant Linkreen´s hot week A picareque story written by Sulo Aittoniemi. Performances also Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Karpanperäntie 1, Röyhiö

Wednesday, 29.6. Ikaalinen Summer market

Thursday, 30.6.16.00 Sata-Häme Soi market street Arranged by Sata-Häme Soi and Ikaalisten Urheilijat Sports Club

Friday, 1.7. Sata-Häme Soi market street Arranged by Sata-Häme Soi and Ikaalisten Urheilijat Sports Club

19.00 International evening in Riitiala village Kohtla Lake Music School Orchestra, Estonia. At Heittola beach (Heittolantie 176) organized by Riitiala Village Association

19.30 Sata-Häme Soi Kankaanpää Accordion Orchestra Concertino from Moldova Rehab centre, Kankaanpää (Kelankaari 4) Tickets: €10

Saturday, 2.7. Sata-Häme Soi market street Arranged by Sata-Häme Soi and Ikaalisten Urheilijat Sports Club

9.00 Huopio market– 13.00 Luhalahti Organized by Luhalahti Village Society

SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAMME

Handicraft shopTuesday–Saturday from 10.00 to 16.00Rahkola Festival House, Rahkolankuja 10

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Accordion and InstrumentBuilding Museum

Museum and exhibitions open all through the Sata-Häme Soi Festival weekTue–Sat from 12.00 to 16.00Soitinkeskus AkordiaMail address: Eino Salmelaisenkatu street 20Street Address: Etelärinne 15 Free Entrance

ACCORDION FAIR 2011Opening times Wed 29.6. klo 15-18Thu 30.6. klo 10-18Fri 1.7. klo 10-18Sat 2.7. klo 10-18

The Accordion Fair will be held at the Ikaalinen Business College hall.At the fair you will find the following companies:Accordion HelinConvertor LtdEtelän HarmonikkaFinnish Accordion works Aaro LuukinenAccordion Maintenance and Restoration tmi Viljo MannerjokiAccordion Maintenance Aimo KuhmonenAccordion Maintenance Kristian HyyppäAccordion Maintenance Tero LahtiHarmonikka Voitto NieminenIKATA´s Accordion Building DepartmentLasse Pihlajamaa LtdLeather Products Sirok TmiRoland Scandinavia asSavon harmonikka LtdTampereen Musiikki / Musiikki Aartio LtdTraditune LtdYlöjärvi Accordion Ltd

Fair organized by the Dimi Student Association

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TICKET AND ACCOMMODATION PACKAGES

Golden Accordion Package Wed 29.6.From 96,50 € per person / dayIncludes:• Accommodation at the Ikaalinen Spa Hotel, double room, Wed–

Thu• Water Tropic ticket (on the day of arrival and the day of departure

for 2.5 hours)• Free use of the gym from 09–21 • Dance Ticket for Restaurant Violetta• Ticket for the Gold and Silver Accordion TV-finals on Wednesday• 29.6. from 20:00 at Ikaalinen Hall• Accommodation price in single room, €130

Primus Ikaalinen Package Thu 30.6.Alkaen 96,50 €/ hlö/ vrkIncludes:• Accommodation at the Ikaalinen Spa Hotel, double room, Thu–

Fri• Water Tropic ticket (on the day of arrival and the day of departure

for 2.5 hours)• Free use of the gym from 09–21• Dance Ticket for Restaurant Violetta• Ticket for Primus Ikaalinen TV-finals Thu 30.6. at 20.00 at Ikaa-

linen Hall• Accommodation price in single room, € 130

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White Rose Packages 1 adn 2, Fri 1.7.From €96,50 / person / dayIncludes:• Accommodation at the Ikaalinen Spa Hotel, double room, Fri–Sat• Water Tropic ticket (on the day of arrival and the day of departure

for 2.5 hours)• Free use of the gym from 09-21• Dance Ticket for Restaurant Violetta• Ticket to the White Rose Entertainment Concert Fri 1.7. at 17.00• (White Rose Package 1) OR• ticket to the White Rose Entertainment Concert Fri 1.7. at 20.00• (White Rose Package 2)• Accommodation price in single room, € 130

Information and reservations:Sata-Häme SoiTel. +358 3 440 0224tickets@satahamesoi.fiwww.satahamesoi.fi

• Concert Package for groups of at least 30 people, € 34 per person,

• Pensioners, € 28. Tour director and driver free of charge. • Includes a festive buffet lunch at the Jyllin Kodit Restaurant, • Concert ticket and interval coffee.

CONCERT PACKAGES FOR GROUPSFinlanders Concert Package Tue 28.6.The popular band’s concert in the afternoon at Oma Tupa.

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Budapest Klezmer BandThe Budapest Klezmer Band was founded in 1990 in the heart of Central Europe where the Jewish folk music Klezmer was born long ago. The orchestra plays phenomenal arrangements, which are the handwriting of the orchestra leader and pianist Ferenc Jávori. Jávori is one of Europe’s finest klezmer music connoisseurs, who learned this fascinating style of music as he grew up in Munkács, which cur-rently belongs to the Ukraine, together with some old musicians of the Jewish community. Most of the band’s musicians are graduates from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music of Budapest, and are the most skilled Hungarian masters of their own instruments.The Budapest Klezmer Band has played at more than a hundred Europeanmusic festivals. Wherever the band plays, it attracts attention and the listeners’ astonished admiration with their skill and the exciting sounds of Klezmer music. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences awarded the band in 2000 the prestigious Zoltán Kodály Cultural Prize for its work in conservation and development of the Jewish musical tradition.

• Oma Tupa, Sat 2.7. at 22:00

www.budapestklezmer.hu

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Tango pour Claude– Duo Syrius

Julien Gonzales is one of the most charismatic repre-sentatives of the French young generation accordion. He won the Primus Ikaalinen in 2007, and a couple of years earlier he had already formed the duo together with the phenomenal clarinettist Cyril Carbonne at the Dijon music conservatory. Aged only a little over 20 years, the young musicians have created a great career in France in just a few years, and have performed on the in-ternational arena as well. In addition to Europe, they have played in e.g. Tunisia, Canada and Madagascar. Last year Duo Syrius won the group competition at the Coupe Mondiale with their incomparable performance.

The band’s home country is readily recognizable from the duo’s var-ied repertoire: the French charm is present all the time, the accor-dion and clarinet sounds merge together as one, and their virtuoso skills amaze time and time again. Their repertoire includes Mozart, Satien and Bartok’s music, for example, but at this concert they will play music from Richard Galliano and Django Reinhardt.

• Oma Tupa, Wed 29.6. at 22:00

Petar Maric, SerbiaSata-Häme Soi has, for years al-ready, invited young world-class accordion soloists to perform in Finland, and offered at the same time an opportunity for them to become known to the Finnish audiences. Petar Maric, from Serbia, is a phenomenal talent

and an accordion virtuoso, who in recent years has come to interna-tional attention in many competitions and festivals throughout Eu-rope and also the U.S. and China. In 2010, Petar Maric won both the classic and the virtuoso trophy at the Coupe Mondiale International Accordion Championship held in Croatia. Petar has studied at the Music Academy of Belgrade under prof. Alexander Nikolic. Only 21 years old, Maric plays in Ikaalinen a classical repertoire with music from J.S. Bach, D. Scarlatti, Frank Angelis and S. Prokofiev.

• Ikaalinen Church, Fri 1.7. at 20.00

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The International Primus Ikaalinen Accordion Competition is already known around the world, in its seventh year, through live TV broad-casts. It is a uniquely composed accordion show / competition, where young world class performers will become known to Finnish television viewers, and through YLE Areena and satellite channels, to the international audience. The First Primus in 2005 was won by the Spanish Idoia Laburu from the Basque Country. In the following years the winners’ list has been made by Dmitri Saussard, France, Julien Gonzales, France, Mario D’Amario, Italy, Grayson Masefield, New Zealand, and last summer, Pietro Adragna, Italy. Finnish musicians have also been quite successful, the most success-ful being Sami Hopponen, who came second with his memorable “duel” with the French Julien Gonzales in the summer of 2007. The Primus Ikaalinen contest has eight musicians from eight countries. The competitors are selected during the previous winter, from a number of other competitions and festivals, as well as an open enrolment basis. The players will bring to the Primus from their own country a dash of colour from their own national music, which makes the event even more interesting. Primus Ikaalinen is definitely one of the Sata-Häme Soi Festival highlights, with its warm and happy international atmosphere. At the Primus one can feel how the music connects all people and language barriers are non-existent.

• Ikaalinen Hall, 30.6. 17:00 (Rehearsal), 20:00 (TV broadcast)

Primus Ikaalinen

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Dallapé Orchestra

The renewed Dallapé, first founded 86 years ago, has returned to the dance halls and continues the tradition in the 1930´s style. The new director of Dallapé, Juha Hostikka, follows in the footsteps of Martin Jäppilä, Georg Malmsten and Bruno Laakko. Dallapé plays good old Finnish jazz, gorgeous old evergreens, which have new strength when played by a 12 musician group. The present day Dal-lape has the best musicians – just like in the golden years before the wars. The orchestra has received access to the old original Dallapé arrangements and the new material has also been made with re-spect to the legacy and the unique sound of the band. Sincere good mood grabs the listener forcibly.

Dallapé is an unparalleled phenomenon in the Finnish music scene. The name stems from an Italian accordion make, and has been etched in the Finnish mindscape, and it has almost become national property. The soloists for the new Dallapé are Sami Saari and Juha Hostikka.

• Ikaalinen hall, Sat 2.7. 19:00

©Juha Mustonen

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Terem QuartetOne of Russia’s most famous bands is the Terem Quartet which celebrates its 25th anniversary, and makes a visit to Ikaalinen to mark the anniversary. The Domra accordion and the base balalaika are traditional Russian folk music instruments and Terem has been a pioneer in a new way to play these interpreters of Slavic moods. Breathtaking virtuosity, astounding arrangements and a phenom-enal ensemble have made this quartetone of the most sought after bands around the world. The Terem Quartet has performed in over 60 countries and played in almost 3000 concerts. The Quartet’s repertoire includes more than 500 breathtaking arrangements of their own, of classical pieces from different countries and well-known composers.

The Terem Quartet’s Ikaalinen concert has a guest soloist, ac-cordion player and singer Jonna Pirttijoki. This concert is one of the main events of the 2011 festival.

Terem Quartet players are: Andrei Konstantinov (soprano domra)Alexei Barshchev (alto domra), Andrei Smirnov (accordion)and Mikhail Dzyudze (base balalaika).

Presentation Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nBEOZAPQ90

• Oma Tupa, Thu 30.6. at 22:00

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Lions of AfricaThe most exotic performer group will be the African dancers, per-cussionists and musicians of the “Lions of Africa” from Senegal. This amazing spectacle is based on an ancient African tradition in which dance, music and acrobat-ics have been used for controlling and taming even the forces of nature. The group’s show is full of momentum and energy, virtuosity and wild pageantry of colour, the kind of which the Ikaalinen Old Town Park has never seen before. African dance and the magic of exotic percussions open a whole new world to the Finnish audience used to more melancholy music.

The members of the Lions of the Africa are West African cultural ambassadors from Senegal. The Government of Senegal is support-ing the group’s visit to Ikaalinen.

• Central Park Stage, Fri at 20:30

Fabio Rossato & Ivan TibollaThe Italian duo, Fabio Rossato & Ivan Tibolla serves listeners tasty jazz moods at the Oma Tupa on Friday evening. When younger, Fabio Rossato won international accordion Competitions across Southern Europe, studied after his school years at the Pesaro Conservatory majoring in piano and composition, and graduated as a professional musician. Ros-sato is a talented and respected jazz accordionist, who works as a musician and a teacher at the Conservatory of Trento.

Ivan Tibolla studied classical organ and also jazz improvisation under the pianist Bruno Cesselli. Tibolla has played with dozens of prominent Italian musicians and has appeared in almost all the major jazz festivals in Italy.

The Duo was awarded the Italian record companies’ Orpheus Music Prize for their record released in 2009. At the concert in Ikaalinen, it will be easy to understand why the duo was awarded the prestig-ious distinctions.

www.ivantibolla.it

Oma Tupa, Fri 1.7. at 22:00

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Musicians at the Festival Park and the Pub Tent:Airin KaksirivisetConcertina Accordion Orchestra of MoldovaDuo Kalevi Kantola and Jussi HenttonenEspoo Accordion ClubHollola AccordionsHuittinen Region AccordionsHyvinkää Railwaymen’s Accordion ClubHärmälä FiddlersEastern Häme AccordionsJyväskylä AccordionsKajaani Accordion ClubKalajoki Area Accordion ClubKello Accordion OrchestraKohtla Lake School of Music Orchestra, EstoniaKokkola Accordion ClubLappeenranta Accordion Club OrchestraMäntsälä AccordionsNakkila Area AccordionsNokia Accordion ClubRaisio Accordion ClubRuosniemi AccordionsSvenska Dragspelsförbundet i FinlandSäkylä Area AccordionsTammer-Accordions / Tahiti GroupTampere Accordion OrchestraTurku Accordion ClubVaasa Accordion ClubVeivarit & A. Ylinen

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Sirpa SippolaFestival director +358 3 440 0225

Kimmo MattilaMusical director+358 3 440 0221

Sari RytköläOffice manager+358 3 440 0224

Minna PlihtariPress manager+358 40 5538708

Personal email addresses are firstname.lastname@satahamesoi.fi

Sata-Häme Soi Festival staff

Transport to and from IkaalinenIkaalinen is situated in the Pirkanmaa district. It is along Number 3 Main Road, 55 km from Tampere in the direction of Vaasa. Ikaali-nen is located 230 km from Helsinki. The nearest airport is Pirkkala Airport (Tampere).

FESTIVAL BUS TAMPERE – IKAALINEN AND BACKThursday 30.6., Friday 1.7. and Saturday 2.7.Advance booking opportunity:tickets@satahamesoi.fi or tel. +358 3 4400 224

Festival bus Timetable Tampere to Ikaalinen:18.10 Tampere bus station18.15 Tampere railway station19.15 Ikaalinen Hall19.30 Festival ParkAfter the concert, transport from Ikaalinen Hall to the Festival Park:22.15 Ikaalinen Hall22.30 Festival ParkReturn by the festival bus from Ikaalinen to Tampere:01.00 Festival Park02.00 Tampere railway station 02.15 Tampere bus stationPrice €15 / one way. Transportation from Ikaalinen hall after the concert to Festival Park (1.5 km) is included.Single ticket, Ikaalinen Hall - Festival Park €5.

Pendolino 16.30 Helsinki17.56 Tampere

Ikaalinen Parkano Telephone Company IPP provides a free cordless wlan-network around the main areas of the Festival activities.

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Ikaalinen HallThe main concert venue for the festival is the Ikaalinen Hall, which seats an audience of up to 1000 people. The main floor, the ascending, and the highest area, all have numbered seats. The televised concerts, as well as the thrilling competitions broadcast live, are performed there. Nr 4 on the map. Koulunpolku Street 4

Oma TupaThe idyllic Oma Tupa building is where you can indulge in jazz clubs’ dusky mood, and comple-ment the concert experience with a glass of wine. The seating is unnumbered.No. 12 on the map. Teinintie Street 4-6.

Festival AreaThe heart of the celebrations is at the outdoor festival area where music plays and people dance from morning until late at night. Next to the park, there is a covered area, the “Hoviteltta” restaurant, where you can enjoy refreshing drinks and quality food. The Pub Tent offers dance music and coffee and snacks, it also has a licensed Pub. Map Nos. 6 and 3. Vanha Tampereentie Street 1

Ikaalinen ChurchFredrika Sophia’s Church offers an excellent setting and magnificent acoustics, which bring out splendidly the nuances and shades of different instruments. The Church has over a thousand seats. Vanha Tampereentie Street 10.

Other VenuesMother memorial, Jämijärventie 650Lasse Pihlajamaa Hall, Jämi-Arena, Jämintie 659Red School, Ikaalinen. Poppelikatu 10Heittola beach, Heittolantie 176Kankaanpää Rehab and Wellness Centre, Kelankaari 4Seleentakusten summer theater, Karpanperäntie 1

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Hovitetta´sdeliciousroastlunch WedtoSat12.00-20.00 (lateronrequest) Turkey/Pork/Beef Gravy Additionalwarmfoods

FreshsaladsCoffee,tea,sweetandsavourysnacksPrice€15,children4-14yrs€10TableReservatins+358408513498Hoviteltta´sSundayLuchSun14.00to17.00Generoussalads,tastyfishandmeatdishes,newpotatoesSparklingwineCelebrationscake,coffee,teaPrice€25,children4-14yrs€10TableReservations+358408513498

Restaurants

Culture Café, Oma TupaOpenTues 13.00-24.00Wed-Sat 10.00-01.00Salty and sweet pasteries, refreshments, alcoholic beverages.

Culture Café, Oma Tupa

CONCERT TENTIn front of the Ikaalinen HallOpenWed, Thu, Fri 16.00 to 22.30Sat 18.00 to 21.00- We offer wine and mild alcoholic drinks, soft drinks and savoury snacks.

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Carta Nevada Semi Seco-kuohuviini

Hoviteltta“CourtTent”OpenWed-Sat12.00to01.30Sun14.00to17.00

PUB TENTOpen Wed-Thu 12.00–01.00 Fri-Sat 12.00-02.00 - Alcoholic beverages, soft dinks- Coffee, tea, sweet and savoury snacks- dance music

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