31.7.
Friday
13.30
Siina Suutarinen Super Sonic
Siina Suutarinen is a distinctive singer, composer and pianist who is currently building an international career with her English-language music. Suutarinen is especially known for her soft vocal sound, which has been compared to artists like Diana Krall. Her debut album, Who You Are, was released in 2025 via Flame Jazz Records, and she is currently working on a second album with her new band, Super Sonic. Inspired by human relationships, honesty and a connection to nature, their music draws influences from jazz and Brazilian music, combining strong bass lines, melodies and bold harmonic ideas.
Siina Suutarinen – vocals, piano, synthesizer
Ilari Mäkelä – piano, synthesizer
Antti Ahoniemi – bass
Kasper Halttunen – drums
Photo: Anna-Maria Viksten
16.00
New3
New3 is a trio formed by three rising young jazz musicians, combining two vocals and woodwinds in a fresh way. The members' original compositions and arrangements of poignant songs create a musical environment full of space, experimentation, improvisation, honest interpretation, and presence. The band members are known from groups such as the Helmi Antila Quartet, Mattsson/Herrala/Kallio and Siina Suutarinen. The musicians met at the Sibelius Academy’s jazz department, and their friendship is strongly audible in their music.
Helmi Antila – vocals, piano, keyboards
Siina Suutarinen – vocals, piano, keyboards
Oona Mattsson – saxophones and flute
Photo: Pyry Ahonen
17.15
Elifantree
Elifantree is the brainchild of vocalist Anni Elif, saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen, and drummer Olavi Louhivuori. Energetic and unpredictable, their music moves freely between precision and rawness, often hinting at surreal and abstract imagery. Their sound is playful yet highly articulate, guided by a fearless spirit of improvisation.
Their forthcoming seventh album, due in May 2026, is a mystical journey where vocals, tenor saxophone, drums, mellotron, live electronics, and synthesizers merge into an organic, ever-shifting whole—echoing jazz, free improvisation, prog, and pop, yet fully belonging to none.
Anni Elif – vocals, synthesizers
Pauli Lyytinen – saxophone, ewi, effects, drum machine, mellotron
Olavi Louhivuori – drums
Photo: Tero Ahonen