Maria Kalaniemi

Beautiful. Elegant. Thoughtful. The Finnish accordionist Maria Kalaniemi produces exciting folk inspired music which stretches the bounds of traditional folk harmonies and melody shapes.
One of my favorite albums of hers is Iho (click here to hear a taste). An album of rollicking and equally peaceful portraits of accordion and a beefed up string ensemble called Aldargaz. The arrangements, by equally brilliant Timo Alakotila, are particularly interesting to me. Like track 9, Såde, a tune based all around singable melody which sits from the very beginning upon a bed of poly-rhythmic instrument parts.

Maria Kalaniemi is a constant source of joy and inspiration.

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Published:: March 22, 2009 / 12:02 pm

Category:: Accordionists, Music, My Blog

Tags:: accordeon, accordion, aldargaz, bucks county, dallas vietty, finland, finnish, iho, maria kalaniemi, timo alakotila

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Pianist and accordionist Dallas Vietty has been performing professionally since the age of 15. Originally from California, his formal education includes study of arranging, composition and piano performance at California State University Northridge in Los Angeles. His professional experience includes performances with groups large and small at legendary clubs such as The Jazz Bakery and Catalina’s Bar in Los Angeles. He has recorded at Capital Records in Hollywood, and toured Tokyo, Osaka and Fukaoka, Japan with the Blue Note Swing Orchestra. Dallas is the musical director for film and television actress (Airplane, The Love Boat) actress Jill Whelan and has worked with acclaimed musicians The Creek Dippers and Alex Acuna. Dallas has performed at the Zipper Theater, The Daryl Roth Theater, and most recently a three week engagement at the famed Metropolitan Room in New York City. He has contributed compositions to works which have been performed in Montreal, Canada and Edinburgh, Scotland as well as DVD and online works. Dallas keeps a private piano studio and teaches around the country.

Member of the American Accordionists’ Association

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