Martti Pokela
Martti Pokela | |
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Born | Martti Eliel Pokela 23 January 1924 |
Died | 23 August 2007 | (aged 83)
Occupation | Musician, educator |
Known for | Music for kantele |
Martti Eliel Pokela (23 January 1924 – 23 August 2007) was a Finnish folk musician and composer.[1] Pokela was an expert with the kantele, Finland's national musical instrument.[1][2][3][4]
Life and career[]
Pokela and his wife, , were widely credited with ushering in a revival in interest in Finnish folk music beginning in the 1950s.[1][5] Their daughter, , began performing with them in the 1960s.[1][2]
Pokela merged traditional Finnish folk music with contemporary sounds. The family's albums have also been released outside of Finland.[1]
Pokela taught kantele playing at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and Kuopio until 1987.[1] He was the founder of the academy's folk music department, where he was named a full professor in 1980.[1][2]
He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[6]
Performing with Marjatta at Seurasaari in 1959
Together with Marjatta and Eveliina performing in a television studio, on the show Nylands Hörna in 1966
Martti performing with his wife Martta for an audience at the courtyard of the National Museum of Finland in 1966
Their daughter Eveliina having joined them
Family grave at Hietaniemi Cemetery
Albums[]
- Keskiyön Auringon Lauluja (1969)
- Best of Kantele (1995)
- Sonata For Kantele (1996)
- Snow Kantele (1998)
- "Tuulikumpu" (2001)
- Improsette by Martti Pokela (2005)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Finland's Kantele Master Martti Pokela Dies". YLE. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Jalkanen, Pekka (27 August 2007). "Pokela, Martti (1924 - 2007)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Kansanmuusikko Martti Pokela on kuollut". Ilta-Sanomat. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ Lång, Markus; Väänänen, Timo. "Martti Pokelan konserttikantelesävellyksistä". Markus Lång. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ Juvonen, Päivi. "Marjatta Pokela". Pomus. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links[]
- YLE News: "Finland's Kantele Master Martti Pokela Dies"
- Finnish Music Centre: "Martti Pokela dies at 83"
- 1924 births
- 2007 deaths
- People from Haapavesi
- Finnish composers
- Finnish male composers
- Finnish musicologists
- Academics of the Sibelius Academy
- Kantele players
- Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery
- 20th-century Finnish musicians
- 20th-century musicologists
- 20th-century male musicians
- Finnish musician stubs
- Finnish composer stubs