Maria Kalaniemi News Vilda Rosor showcases Folkelarm and WOMEX Aug 27, 2010 Maria Kalaniemi will showcase music from her next album Vilda Rosor "Wild Roses", at Folelarm, Oslo and WOMEX, Copenhagen. Performing the music will be Kalaniemi with guitarist Olli Varis and harmonium player Eero Grundström) Sept  10: Oslo, Norway - Folkelarm Sept  11: Oslo, Norway - Folkelarm Oct 29: Copenhagen, Denmark - WOMEX Nordic Club Maria Kalaniemi Facebook fan page Aug 25, 2010 Maria Kalaniemi presents her Facebook fan page. Please visit here. You can also visit Maria at her MySpace page. New album Vilda Rosor for autumn release July 12, 2010 Maria Kalaniemi will release her next album Vilda Rosor "Wild Roses", a collection of Finnish-Swedish songs, in late October, 2010 on Aito Records, Finland.  Appearing on the album are guest musicians Olli Varis,  Eero Grundström, Pekka Lehti, Arto Järvelä and more. Tokyo dates moved to September April 22, 2010 Due to the Icelandic volcano and the resulting chaos of canceled flights in Europe, the Maria Kalaniemi and Olli Varis concerts in Tokyo on April 24th and 25th have had to be canceled and are now moved to September. The new dates are: Sept 22 - Star Pines Cafe Sept 23 - Musashino Concert Hall   Maria Kalaniemi sheet music book published May 2009 Maria Kalaniemi's first book of sheet music is published this month as she completes her doctorate work at Sibelius Academy Folk Music department.  The 80 page hardback book entitled "Kevään kurjet / Cranes of Spring", includes scores for fourteen pieces from several of her albums plus a new piece "Jusslin" recorded in early 2009. The book also includes a CD of the pieces as well as descriptive / historical notes in Finnish and English and fotos.  The book can be ordered from: toimisto (at) suomenkansanmusiikkiliitto.fi and Digelius Music: www.digelius.com   info (at) digelius.com Luftstråk new album April 5, 2008 Maria Kalaniemi, Sven Ahlbäck and Johan Hedin released the second Luftstråk album, Siska, in Sweden on the KMH label.  All music composed by Sven Ahlbäck. Accordion by Maria Kalaniemi, nyckelharpa by Johan Hedin, fiddle by Sven Ahlbäck. Accordion Tribe tour 2008 February 26, 2008 Accordion Tribe announces their 2008 European tour in July. July 24: Karlsruhe, Germany - Zeltival July 25: Kassel, Germany - Kulturzelt July 26: Wurzburg, Germany -  Hafensommer July 27: Bochoet, Belgium - Sfinks Czech Republic interview by Petr Doruzka Nov 2007 Well known Czech journalist Petr Doruzka interviewed Maria Kalaniemi for an article on his World Music website and the resulting article can be accessed here. Bellow Poetry released in Taiwan April 9, 2007 Maria Kalaniemi's album, Bellow Poetry, will be released in Taiwan by Trees Music and Arts. In support of the release, Maria Kalaniemi and Oli Varis will peform in Taiwan on  May 12th and 15th. Bellow Poetry released in America August 15, 2006 Maria Kalaniemi's album, Bellow Poetry, is released in North America by Alula Records. In support of the release, Maria Kalaniemi Trio will peform in San Francisco on Sept 27 (Freight and Salvage), Los Angeles on Sept 28th (Skirball) and Minneapolis on Sept 30 (Cedar Cultural enter, Nordic Roots) Bellow Poetry released in Europe January 2006 Bellow Poetry was released in several European territories by Intuition Music of Germany. Aito Records and Intuition share distribution for all Europe. Bellow Poetry released November 2, 2005 Maria Kalaniemi's solo album, Bellow Poetry, was released this day in Finland on Aito Records. The album features seven new Kalaniemi compositions, one traditional piece and one song by Swedish composer Evert Taube. Olli Varis accompanies with guitar on two pieces while Maria sings on two others. The Finnish release was celebrated with a concert at Sibelius Academy Chamber Music Hall. Bellow Poetry will be released throughout Europe during the coming months including the German release on Intuition January 23. European solo concerts are planned for 2006. Maria Kalaniemi appointed Artist Professor September 1, 2005 Recently this year, The Arts Council of Finland appointed Maria Kalaniemi one of four new Artist Professors for a five year term alongside composer Kaija Saariaho, writer Olli Jalonen and artist Juho Karjalainen. This is the second time the Professorship has been awarded to a composer/musician from the folk music field, the first being Heikki Laitinen in the mid 90s. Meanwhile, in Helsinki, the Finnish National Theatre production of “Niskavuoren Nuori Emäntä” featuring new and old Kalaniemi compositions, continues to run. It premiered in December 2004 and continues through November 2005 with a massively successful run of showings. The Accordion Tribe film Music Travels is now released on DVD and can be obtained directly from the producerMaximage    On November 2, 2005, Kalaniemi will release her new solo album Bellow Poetry with a launch concert at Sibelius Academy Chamber Music Hall. Visit the  Finnish language Maria Kalaniemi website Kalaniemi music for National Theatre October 6, 2004 On Dec 17, 2004, Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki presents the premiere of production of “Niskavuoren Nuori Emäntä” featuring music composed by Maria Kalaniemi. The prerecorded music features new Kalaniemi compositions, featuring guitarist Olli Varis, and previously released works. Finnish speaking visitors may also want to refer to www.mariakalaniemi.com for other timely information on Maria's activities.