Harmonicas
Overtone flutes
Human voice
Janne Ojajärvi is a musician, music teacher, composer and sound engineer living in Finland. Janne has specialized in harmonicas, overtone flutes and human voice. Janne performs as a soloist and with ensembles.
JANNE OJAJÄRVI SOLO
In his concert Janne jumps smoothly from the world of blues to soundscapes of natural overtones and ancient timbres. With him he carries a mass produced instrument – harmonica. The sound of this steel sandwich is companied with the voices of overtone flute, throat singing and beatboxing. In this concert industrial and pre-industrial soundscapes will meet and get all mixed up.
TRIO BEOIR
Trio Beoir has retained their roots of joyful busking in their performances. Trio Beoir plays traditional, new and their own tunes based on Finnish and Irish folk music. They have been performing lately in Helsinki’s and Tartto’s streets, clubs and wine houses. The trio also had couple of tours in Germany during year 2018. Trio Beoir’s strength lies in tight ensemble play and energetic presence. They give you a warm introduction to Irish and Nordic folk music performed by violin, harmonica, guitar and percussions. In addition to the fiddle Trio Beoir’s sound scapes are coloured also by more rare instruments like musical saw, jaw harp and throat singin. Trio Beoir published their first EP in year 2018.
OJAJÄRVI BLOM OJAJÄRVI
Ojajärvi Blom Ojajärvi is a trio of Janne Ojajärvi, Venla Ilona Blom and Joonas Ojajärvi. The trio’s players have playing with a variety of ensembles like Paja, Tuuletar, 5/5, Trio Beoir, Folkswagen, Hurja Halla, Yhden Penkin Pojat, Jari Rättyä & Käärmekeitto and Piirainen Blom Company. The sound of the trio comes from a modern combination of overtone futes, beatboxing and cittern.
Ojajärvi Blom Ojajärvi is:
Janne Ojajärvi – overtone flutes, bass overtone flutes, didgeridoo, jawharp, harmonica, throat singing, backing vocals
Venla Ilona Blom – beatboxing, vocals
Joonas Ojajärvi – cittern, backing vocals, bass
HURJA HALLA
Hurja Halla is a Finnish folk music band. Its music is composed by multi-instrumentalist Janne Ojajärvi, cellist Liisa Haapanen and percussionist Eve Pietarinen.
Hurja Halla’s music could be described as Nordic folk music with a twist of experimental touch. As instruments trio uses cello, harmonica, human voice, jaw harps, overtone flutes and percussions.
Liisa Haapanen: cello, human voice, percussions, mouth harp
Janne Ojajärvi: harmonicas, mouth harps (jew’s harps), willow flutes (overtone flutes), human voice, percussions
Eve Pietarinen: percussions, human voice
RITVA NERO
Ritva Nero is a Finnish headbanging folk group formed in 2017. The music of the band could be described as Party Metal Folk. Lead instruments played in the band are Soprano Saxophone, Finnish Bagpipes and Nyckelharpa, complimented by a rock style Bass and metal music style Drums. Folk dance tunes are cleverly combined with the metal tradition of our time in a contemporary manner.
Santte Salonen – Soprano Saxophone
Erika Hammarberg – Vocals, hurdy-gurdy
Laura Rinta – Vocals
Emilia Lajunen – Nyckelharpa
Janne Ojajärvi – Harmonica, Overtone Flute, Jew’s Harp, Wooden horn
Jani Snellman – Bass
Patrik Fält – Drums
TEACHER (Harmonica, overtone flutes & jaw harp)
JANNE OJAJÄRVI 