Songs
from CD Jarruta
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- country:Finland
- style(s):Instrumental, Scandinavian
- label:Galileo MC
- type:Band, Composer/Songwriter, Small Ensemble
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental
- artist contact:Triart
Line up
- Eero Grundström (chromatic, diatonic harmonicas)
- Eero Turkka (diatonic, chromatic harmonicas)
- Jouko Kyhälä (Harmonetta; diatonic, chromatic harmonicas)
- Tapani Varis (base harmonica)
Links
20 in 20204!!!
Artist of the year 2019 at Finnish Etno Gaala
nominée to the Nordic Council Music Prize 2019 (www.norden.org)
Showcase @ Showcase Scotland 2020
Showcase @ Kulturbörse Freiburg 2017
showcase @ Babel Med Marseille 2014
showcase @ womex Sevilla 2007
The quartet with the exclusive instrumentation has created its own unique sound and delighted world music, folk, jazz and classical music fans alike with repertoire that is as demanding as it is entertaining. In Sväng's hands, the possibilities of the small harmonicas are unlimited.
Multi-award winning and ennobled by the UK's songlines magazine as the "harmonica equivalent of the Kronos Quartet", Sväng has toured Europe, Japan and China and visited some of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls.
"The playing and arrangements are works of brilliance. - So much more than just a smart idea in ironic big suits, this is a unique combo, not just among harmonica band but anywhere.“ (f-roots magazine)
„This brilliant foursome – the harmonica equivalent of the Kronos Quartet – has everything a band needs: awesome playing, a vivid musical imagination, a great gift for entertainment and a deep passion for music. (…) Sväng will take you to musical places you never dreamt existed.“ (songlines)
“A Finnish harmonica quartet! They might sound like a novelty act, but Sväng are writing and playing music that's surprisingly strong on melancholy and pathos. Of course, there's also a great sense of humour and enjoyment in the extraordinary sounds that they bring out of an undervalued instrument - although the word harmonica rather undersells the large bass instrument and chromatic models they've developed. They also write some pretty catchy tunes. Like most of the musicians on the inventive Finnish folk scene, the four members of Svang have come out of Helsinki's Sibelius Academy. It's probably safe to say they're the world's leading mouth-organ ensemble.” (London Evening Standard)
Latest CD: Svängo Nuevo (April 2024)
Sväng meets orchestra - SVÄNGFONIA
The unique harmonica quartet SVÄNG has already presented programs & recordings with music by F. Chopin and J. Sibelius - now the vast musical world of Sväng meets the sound cosmos of the orchestra. Premiered in September 2022 with the Tapiola Sinfonietta Espoo conducted by Janne Nisonen.
