Ida Elina - Evolution of Kantele (Finnish Harp)

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IMU Inkoon Musiikki & Sinikka Kontio
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Video crew:
Directing, Lighting & Filming
V-P Kangas
Producing, Lighting, Filming, Editing & Colour editing
Eetu Linnankivi
Make-up & Hair: Else Tunturipuro
Recording & mixing & mastering
Tuomas Aukio / Creative Sound
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Trad. - Kalevalainen sävelmä / Karelian melody
Trad. - Pitkäpaaden polkka / Pitkäpaasi polka
Kreeta Haapasalo - Mun kanteleeni / My kantele
Oskar Merikanto - Kesäillan idylli / Summer Evening's Idyll
Trad. - Läksin minä kesäyönä käymään / One time on a Summer's Night
Trad. - Vanhan kartanon kehräävä rukki / Old Spinning Wheel
Martti Pokela - Pollati poro lullati
Trad. - Konevitsan kirkonkellot / Churchbells of Konevitsa
Matti Kontio - Botnia Blues
Trad. - Marilaulu
James Hetfield / Lars Ulrich - Nothing else matters
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Christopher Stewart / Terius Nash / Kuk Harrell / Shawn Carter - Umbrella
Pharrell Williams - Happy
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkings III / Mike Einziger / Tim Berling - Wake me up
Mark Ronson / Bruno Mars/ Philip Lawrence/ Jeff Bhasker/ Nicholas Williams/ Devon Gallaspy/ Charles Wilson/ Robert Wilson/ Ronnie Wilson/ Rudolph Taylor/ Lonnie Simmons - Uptown funk
Ed Sheeran / Steve Mac / Johnny McDaid /Kandi Burruss / Tameka Cottle / Kevin Briggs - Shape of you
Ida Elina - Work it

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Omg. This instrument in all its incarnations has a magic from the first notes onwards. So beautiful that folk musicians in Finland have kept its music traditions alive. A gift to the world.

[@phmagnabosc0]

I came here out of interest for comparing various zithers and ancient instruments. I am blown away.

[@Nozawana_onigiri]

Wow…How beautiful this is! Greeting from Japan.

[@Yews]

This video’s thumbnail is a literal work of art and it’s a shame there isn’t an entire 10-hour-long video of traditional Finnish music or something, in that exact setting

[@therealzilch]

Awesome. Informative, virtuostic, heartfelt. Subscribed. I play a similar instrument: it's the medieval psaltery harp, which is like a kantele with strings on both sides. There's something magical about plucked strings. cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott

[@drivernephi2212]

Kantele sais kyllä tehdä comebackin suomalaiseen nykymusiikkiin.

[@gabrielgabriel5177]

Suomalainen nykymusiikki sais ottaa harppausaskeleita pois länsimaisesta musiikista ja kehittyä omaan muinaiseen suomalaiseen suuntaan.

[@drivernephi2212]

@@gabrielgabriel5177 Ei nyt välttämättä muinaiseen, mutta jos ees suomalaiseen..

[@gabrielgabriel5177]

@@drivernephi2212 nojoo sanoin muinaiseen koska melkein kaikki moderni "suomalainen" musiikki ei oo lainkaa suomlaista vaan lähinnä jenkeistä otettua musiikkityyliä. Ainoostaan sanat on suomeks.

[@henriaho2271]

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[@VePsUkKiIi]

No jep

[@HDPersonal777]

Why is this not famous?! Amazing!

[@ishapeitsok]

pandemic... give her time... i was blown away twords the end but the blanket made me about die laughing!

[@Juos10kustu]

because all sheeps listens to rap

[@TAGMATAGMATON]

@@Juos10kustu ...because only destorted and menatlly ill people thing there is actually sth worth mentionig about everything finnish!

[@zoolkhan]

because only finns watch other finns do finnish things.

[@tickleman127]

​@@zoolkhansadly because finland has beautiful culture

[@rodilhector]

Wow , You´re an incredible musician !!! Congrats

[@thepoweroffluffyboys5263]

Recently picked up finnish as a language I am learning, and had some lessons that had me comment on how the kantele is a finnish instrument, and my curiousity led me here. Very neat!

[@essi6089]

Nyt oli hyvä kanteleen historian esittely,tuli ihan hyvä mieli ja hymy huulille.😊

[@idaelinamusic]

Mahtavaa!! 😘

[@neppu1406]

Totta

[@ServalShots]

I cried from how beautiful it is..mostly before modern times LOL. I smiled a lot though. What a beautiful instrument. Kaunis ilma soitin kantele on!

[@Mundproductionfunkhaus]

such talent and humour

[@CarolinePearsall]

This woman is amazing!!! I have never seen anything like it!

[@seacreacherdiet]

I've only ever heard old style kantele playing, so to hear the 1700's onward was really a shock to me! Until now I thought it was all smooth slow melodies, kept mainly to nice little strums, but this is /awesome/ -- incredible work, and extremely enlightening and eye-opening! Cheers from the USA! ^^

[@NeroTheBoop]

I love the old style melodies, they are so soothing and calming

[@OldCanadianguy953]

1800s has great appeal for me.

[@idaelinamusic]

I love it too 😍

[@breathe4778]

This is awesome, makes me really want to learn how to play the Kantele!

[@idaelinamusic]

Sounds awesome!! 🥳♥️

[@Twiddle_things]

I just found out that the kantele is considered unusual and my world has been shattered. My raised in Finland heart 😔

[@UnclePutte]

That went to places. Not the places I expected it to go to, but man, I enjoyed the ride.

[@pablojimenezschlegl9700]

So many registers you dominate so skillfully... and you have a wonderful voice too! And the best of all: you really enjoy it, and transmit this joy to your watchers/listeners. Once more it becomes evident that a good sense of humour is related to intelligence and talent. Thank you so much for sharing this gift with the world! Greetings and hugs from Catalunya!

[@idaelinamusic]

Wow, many thanks Pablo & greetings from Finland 🥳😘

[@GGY404]

creative and original idea shows not only evolution of kantele, we can see evolution of music too. year ago I had happiness listen she's amazing art in live. impression of she's talent will stand by me forever! thank a lot Ida! greeting from Georgia! 🙂

[@kupariusa4202]

I love you more than you than you will ever understand.

[@cristianzarate3053]

Eres increible. No me sorprenderia que fueras viral dentro de poco tiempo. Aprovecha los cortos!!

[@tjj355]

Amazing! 第一次听到。

Wowwww.... greetings from Brazil

[@jootsmusic9516]

Todella Kaunis ja hauska. I love it. True talent to be able to go through all of those songs, styles, rhythms, instrument changes, choreography, etc in under 4 minutes.

[@idaelinamusic]

How many songs & instruments can one play in just 4minutes 😄😄🥳

[@MedicalScienceReviews]

Can't stop listening to this. It is so beautiful and transcending! Congratulations!!

[@idaelinamusic]

Thanks so much! 😍

[@mr.drymartini5943]

Kiitos mielenkiintoisesta "Zeitreise". Musiikkisi piristää minua näinä "kummallisina" aikoina täällä täysin hiljentyneessä keski-euroopassa. Suomeen pääsee nyt vain Sinun musiikin kautta. Danke!😊

[@malcolmsharps2624]

I'm still asking, why is this not famous?

[@theoblomqvist4766]

Oh! My God! She´s really good!!

[@user-jv1gu1tn8c]

Супер !!!! очень богатый инструмент , целый оркестр.

[@markohaapala1061]

Ai että. Hienosti toteutettu

[@idaelinamusic]

Mahtavaa, kiitos! 😀🙌

[@sannaristovska6037]

I just love how she found her way despite the circustances 😃

[@zoolkhan]

i wonder how many takes and cuts were necessary :)

[@karitukoponen6994]

kanteleesta on todella moneksi 😊

[@JagoTFC]

I came here cause I actually searched kantele... what a trip

[@bjornskristensen]

Brilliant!

[@shidorikuroko]

Wow! Incredible instrument! I want to try!

[@artigianabotticelli5394]

😍 1960-1970е😘

[@SerenaTravis]

Very clever!! Love this!

[@idaelinamusic]

Thanks dear

[@bluetape1]

You are amazing 🤩

[@ulricus1]

The "old" instruments were best! But... nice to see what`s possibel.

[@bettyakkemaai5499]

Wow, amazing to see. And her voice is beautiful.

[@miikapaananen1363]

Upea

[@basho1967]

Love this instrument. Great video!!!

[@Ostsol]

LOL! Love it! I'd been wondering about those big kantele just prior to modern concert models. I wasn't sure if they were played with the high strings toward or away.

[@idaelinamusic]

Awesome!! 🙌🙌 You basically can play both ways & high strings towards you is the old way but most difficult in my opinion 😅😅

[@valovalmieni8929]

My favorite style is the ancient times 💙

[@djlunaticdreyfuss7562]

Beautiful

[@hemo1959]

¡¡¡¡EXCELENTE!!!!! Tienes la virtud de hacer Arte, cuando interpretas algo. AWSOME!!!! From the land of América (México), I send you many blessings for your beatiful & marvelous interpretation!!! Thumbs up for you for ever!!!

[@idaelinamusic]

Thank you dear 😘 all my love to you over there ♥️

[@wetterhoundoutsen]

💠🔘💠🔘GREAT 🔘💠🔘💠

[@kantabrille6529]

I've never heard anything about it before, and now I've found your channel with music on this amazing instrument. Thank you so much for this perfomance! Just happened, I found an incredibly beautiful performance of gusli. When was typed "slavic music" in the search I was shown an unique performance on slavic gusli (helmet-sharped psaltery) by one guslar Kirill Bogomilov. I was incredibly inspired by it's performance and I learned at his youtube that it turns out there is an gusli ancient slavic tradition but gusli was banned in Russia for more than 200 years and was burned at the stake in the middle ages as a magical devilish instrument! Unbelievably!!!

[@grialcaballero]

I love the sound of the gusli and kantele. Thank you, it has a sound that reverberates and blows through my mind like wind running through leaves.

[@anabelpalomo8724]

I also didn't know about this before. But as I listened to this I started to cry. It was so beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@annboreeff9471]

In Europe burned heretics but in Russia there are burned musical instruments, that's the case...!

[@eleazargarcia7128]

I found guslar Kirill Bogomilov's performance on the slavic gusli, thank you very much! It's really interesting and informative for me. My relatives were from Russia and that's probably why I really like this music instrument.

[@templusdominus2379]

Thank you very much for the hint! It's really interesting and informative for me. My relatives were from Russia and that's probably why I really like this music instrument.

[@karelsterckxiwg]

Awesome!

[@JuergenMotog]

Great, Ida!!

[@mikkipajula]

Olet mestari. Soittaisit joskus Elvis coverin.

[@davidhannula368]

Elegant performance, this concept would work well as a TV music series.

[@Andystonemusic]

UK TV is too busy playing repeats of the same old same old pop celebrities from the 80s :(

[@stephenfuller766]

Such a great performance and production, congratulations and thanks for sharing

[@wendel5868]

The older, the better.

[@zoolkhan]

never forget the roots.

[@magnusvanttinen7855]

This is Amazing! So great!

[@idaelinamusic]

Awesome, thanks!! 🥳🥳

[@kristiinatoivola2442]

WO UW/Wau Suomalainen huippu MUUSIKKO ....Paljon Onnea Urallesi, IDA-ELINA

[@idaelinamusic]

Kiitos 😍❤️

[@qsworld9082]

Yay, Ida Elina, you have a new subscriber! Love it!✨💞your so talented!

[@hennitikka6758]

Hienosti esitetty

[@SonjaZlatovic]

Beautiful, funny and amusing, very interesting... Many thanks!

[@tertrud]

I used to be able to play kantele really well, but it has been so long since I last time played it I have forgot. I still have the instrument

[@realmsunreal]

You should try it! You'd be surprised your hands might remember automatically

[@balalaikabeginner]

Your channel deserves way more subscribers! Great video!

[@Sweatybambi]

Tää oli kova!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tanssijatytto]

Mahtavaa! Tiedän noista kappaleista joitakin, mutta en ole itse opetellut mitään noista. Video oli mielenkiintoinen. Mulla on itellä nuottikirja, jossa on tuo Vanhan kartanon kehräävä rukki, mutta ei ole tullut vielä opeteltua sitä.

[@idaelinamusic]

Oo, jee!! Me soitettiin vanhan kartanon kehräävää rukkia aikanaan kantelejengin kans ja noista aika moni on oikein kunnon klassikkokamaa kanteleyhtyeille 🙌

[@heskeli]

Wake me up on suosikkini. Kiitos. Olet taitava!

[@emmawhycantmyuserjustbeemm8278]

That was literally AWESOME

[@idaelinamusic]

Yay, thanks Emma!!

[@kimmosaarikko5404]

Lämpimiä soundeja saat irti kanteleesta aikakaudesta riippumatta. Minua tuo 1920-luvun soundi erityisesti viehätti.!

[@SeSmokki]

Bravo!

[@user-mp8nj9rc8u]

2:36 smooth and perfect. Well done.

[@NarowAR07]

That sounded freaking magical untill the lower tones came in.

[@TimberWolf2025]

Todella hyvää!

[@md64]

the beginning is similar to Old Man (Väinämöinen) by Ensiferum

[@tanasza8161]

Genialne!

[@sallam.497]

Joko mä oon jumissa 1990-luvulla tai sä oot tulevaisuudesta... Sun musiikki on kyl mahtavaa, ite tyydyn pimputtelemaan Syrjälahtea :)

[@Ernthir]

Congratulations!

[@idaelinamusic]

Thanks dear 😘

[@joesellaspinas5101]

Mahtava suoritus!

[@donnyiriawan5436]

tama on todella hyva soitin

[@garycooper9207]

Loistavaa

[@OlgaBenitoArpa]

Hahahaa that was amazing!!! :D

[@idaelinamusic]

Awesome :D

[@tumekass6860]

Your playing sounds very beautiful.😊I think that the English translation for Kalevalainen sävelmä is a bit incorrect since that tune was played all across the country and not just in Karelia. Other than that I think you showing different styles of kantele playing is very unique.

[@kimmosaarikko5404]

Mielenkiintoinen on myös tuo 1990- lukujen kantele, missä on sellon kaikukopan kaikuaukko. Olisi mielenkiintoista kuulla sille perustelu .....

[@Djhapan_korppu]

NO HUHHUH! Wau kiitos tekijöille

[@bonsmael3351]

Kantele on todella hyvä soitin.

[@DROIDFARM]

Liked and subscribed!

[@helmi-marie]

i play the kantele or as i say the kannel(estonia honey) and ive always been jelous of my friends who can play newer song on their instruments and im stuck playing folk song ( which isnt bad but sometimes you get tired of them) i took me as a surprise you can play newer song them

[@An_Entire_Spinell]

I like how 1990s was Nothing Else Matters by Metallica.

[@alqtarai984]

Thank you, i'll been always wondering why as in orginal Finnish man who loves folk songs i've been loved so much modern day sample music, modern day sampleres, etc, chopped music. It sounds like speak to me when sound got hard cutting like human speak, now i realise its just modernised kantele. Mutta shhh, älä kantele siitä kenellekkään, antaa ihmisten uskoa että nyky soittimet on jotain uutta :D, kantele kuitenkin on kuin pallea ja kieli, keino katkoa korkeita ja matalia ääniä muodostaakseen ääntä joka kaikuu vuosisatojen yli.

[@user-jv1gu1tn8c]

2020... Джаз на кантеле !

[@annal5178]

🤩🤩

[@unbreakableVrRunner]

Huh, johan oli täys kymppi!

[@Leevi_Juntunen]

Mä oon kuunnellu tätä koulus

[@Nawm81kpo]

Voisitko tehdä coverieta noista nykybiiseistä? Ne kuulosti tosi hyvältä sun soittamana ja laulamana.

[@money_hobby]

👍

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Is every string a separate note, or can you press certain strings to shorten the length? I am familiar with kindred plank cithers like the Hummel/hommel in Western Europe, I am also very interested in this Finnish string instrument.

[@noiddion599]

Lvl 100 finger control

[@YTAliasJoeCool]

bend on 1.28 sounds good should be used more often. mabe connected to a foot pedal or something

[@halluminium]

1:47 konevitsan kirkonkellot!!!

[@kimmosaarikko5404]

Kuka on säveltänyt tuon lumoavan kauniin 1920-luvun kappaleen?

[@aleksirissanen9791]

you can realy see where it goes from being a "religious" instrument to when it started going to parties (1700s)

[@zoolkhan]

religious instrument. what hevospaska did you smoke? 🙂 It was a folk-instrument.

[@yanych]

Чем дальше, тем хуже.

[@ok_956]

Meil katottiin tää koulussa :)