Ánnámáret - or Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman - is an Arctic Indigenous artist, who belongs to the arctic indigenous people Sámi. Her work grows out of her research into the her family tradition of yoiking - an indigenous vocal form that passes down from generation to generation. From archival recordings, the sounds of the tundra and the pulsating life of the modern world create deeply moving, multi-layered soundscapes. Ánnámáret is happy to be part of the community festival Norpas in Kemiönsaari, Finland with their Bálvvosbáiki entity.

Ánnámáret, Ilkka Heinonen, Marja Viitahuhta, Turkka Inkilä. Photo credits Maija Astikainen.

During the concert, Ánnámáret will invite the audience into the world of Bálvvosbáiki - her latest musical concept created together with her working group: Turkka Inkilä, electronics, Ilkka Heinonen, Carelian/Estonia bower lyre jouhikko and Marja Viitahuhta, video art. Their music is a question about the sacred: where are the sacred places today? In the tundra, in sound, in memory, or perhaps in the voice that carries the yoik?

Ánnámáret is the voice of the North - gentle yet firm, rooted in the harsh nature and culture of the reindeer herders. Their concert is a mystical journey through the spaces of dream, memory and the present.

More information: https://www.norpas.fi