Nina Åström is a singer/songwriter from Finland, married to Benni, mother of two
grown-up daughters. MA (English philol.), worked in around 20 countries during
some 20 years.
Numerous TV and radio appearances, represented Finland in the Eurovision Song
Contest in 2000. In the more recent years concerts in prisons, especially in Russia.
Her new album “The way we are” was released earlier this year.

Mikko Nikula, musician, Mikko Goes to Heaven, director SRO music school

Outi Teye, dancer, SwingLoJumpHi

Kati Korosuo, dancer, Xaris Finland

Annina Koski, dancer, dance teacher, Xaris Finland

Johanna Halén, tanssija, tanssinopettaja, Xaris Finland

Tuire Colliander, dancer, dance teacher, Xaris Finland

Since beginning her cello studies at age 6 in the Nurmijärvi Music School in Klaukkala, Finland, Pauliina Pölönen has since been featured as soloist with the Nurmijärvi Camerata and the Helsinki Concordia Chamber Orchestra in Helsinki and Berlin. A member of Timo Hanhinen’s studio at the Sibelius Academy, Ms. Pölönen has participated in master classes throughout Scandinavia, USA and Central Europe with many acclaimed artists including Frans Helmerson and Niels Ullner. She is a founding member of the international Halo Ensemble and an experienced orchestral musician, having worked with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Okko Kamu. Ms. Pölönen performs on a Copenhagen Hjorth cello of 1898.

The Halo Ensemble is an international artists’ collaborative and conductorless chamber orchestra founded by leading young artists whose vision is to reflect the abundance of life through performing art. With repertoire ranging from masterpieces of the classical music tradition to newly commissioned works and improvisation, Halo aspires to bring the full potential of chamber music to audiences through the rich tradition of conductorless orchestra, an international chamber music series, and cross-genre collaboration.

Visit their website www.haloensemble.org

special anniversairy concert

Antti Vuori, musician, music education, FELM

Mikko Helenius, musician, cantor, Töölö Church, Helsinki Dome Church

Antti Sevanto, theater director, FLM Arts College director

Sarianna Laukkanen, dancer, SwingLoJumpHi

Tiina Saloheimo, dancer, SwingLoJumpHi

Laura Poutanen, tanssija, SwingLoJumpHi