Duo Marianne Maans & Lauri Antila

Finland

The duo was “born” in January 2005 in the Faroe Islands, where the two musician accidentally met each other. Marianne and Lauri are both experienced musicians in their own ranges. Together the two musicians work with folk music. The repertoire consists basically of Finnish folk tunes but also of folk music from the other Nordic countries. The music also combines traditional folk music with musical elements from other genres, for example jazz and classical music. The program contains swinging fiddle tunes, medieval ballads, lyrical love songs etc.

Marianne’s musical roots lie in the fiddle tradition of Ostrobothnia. After studies at the Sibelius Academy Folk Music department, Marianne is engaged in different kinds of musical projects. Marianne’s speciality is the traditional music of the Swedish speaking minority in Finland, but the folk music of the Finnish speaking tradition belongs naturally to her skill as well. Ín Marianne’s own compositions and arrangements tradition is brought to present.

Lauri was born in Finland, but he lives in Sweden. He has studied classical music at Helsinki Conservatory in Finland. Lauri Antila works as a musician as well as an arranger and composer. A freelance musician, Lauri is involved in various musical projects. He plays in different ensembles and switches easily between different musical genres like classical, jazz and folk music.

Marianne Maans - fiddle, bowed harp, Esse keyed fiddle, vocal
Lauri Antila - double bass.

• Maans: +358 405 258 819 marianne.maans@netikka.fi
• Antila: +46 707 708 649, +46 864 590 91 lauri.antila@bredband.net