Occupation musician, educator | Name Martti Pokela Role Musician | |
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Full Name Martti Eliel Pokela Albums The Art of the Finnish Kantele, Kantele Similar People Eveliina Pokela, Ulla Katajavuori, Timo Vaananen, Elina Salo, Susanna Haavisto | ||
Martti pokela seita stone finnish kantele music
Martti Eliel Pokela (23 January 1924 – 23 August 2007) was a Finnish folk musician and composer. Pokela was an expert with the kantele, Finland's national musical instrument.
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- Martti pokela seita stone finnish kantele music
- Martti pokela unna ulla nunnu finnish kantele music
- Life and career
- Albums
- References
Martti pokela unna ulla nunnu finnish kantele music
Life and career
Pokela and his wife, Marjatta Pokela, were widely credited with ushering in a revival in interest in Finnish folk music beginning in the 1950s. Their daughter, Eveliina Pokela, began performing with them in the 1960s.
Pokela merged traditional Finnish folk music with contemporary sounds. He and his family's albums have been released outside of Finland.
Pokela taught the kantele at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Kuopio until 1987. He was the founder of the academy's folk music department, where he was named a full professor in 1980.
He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.