Markku Lepistö | id

Playing Ostrobothnian folk music on accordion since age five, Markku Lepistö later entered and graduated at the Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department before finally joining Värttinä in 1998 just after the Vihma recordings. When he isn't gigging with Värttinä he finds time for his solo career, duo concerts with Pekka Lehti and concerts with the klezmer group Doina Klezmer. Lepistö has released a duo album with Petri Hakala in 2001, his first solo album Silta in 2002 and second solo album Polku in 2006. In 2008 he released his duo album with Pekka Lehti. Doina Klezmer has released two albums....

Markku Aro, born as Markku Tuomas Puputti (3 February 1950 in Mouhijärvi, Finland), is a Finnish singer who performed on Eurovision contest in 1971 in Ireland with the pop-duo Koivistolaiset. They appeared with the song "Tie uuteen päivään" ("Road to a New Day"). He has released many albums in his country. Markku Aro on viihdyttänyt, ilahduttanut ja tanssittanut suomalaisia vuodesta 1968 saakka. Silloin ilmestyi nuoren nokialaispojan ensimmäinen levy ja Markku Puputista tuli Markku Aro. KÄYN UUDELLEEN EILISEEN oli suuri myyntimenestys. Maailman myyntilistojen kärkisijoilla komeilivat silloin korkealta ja kovaa laulavat Tom Jones ja Engelbert Humperdinck. Heidän esimerkkinsä vaikutti myös suomalaisiin iskelmälaulajiin....

Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (b. 1957) studied cello with Arto Noras at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he received his diploma in 1983. An interest in baroque music led him to summer courses with Laurence Dreyfus and later to Holland, where he studied with Wieland Kuijken and Jaap ter Linden at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and received postgraduate diplomas in viola da gamba and baroque cello in 1992. Markku Luolajan-Mikkola has earned distinction as a recital soloist and chamber musician. He is a founder member of the celebrated Phantasm viol quartet. His engagements include appearances in Europe, America and...