Pohjolan Pelimannit
Paakkola Local Heritage Museum, Tervola
KaisaRistiluoma
Folk musician Accordion artist Composer Educator
Gigs
Pohjolan Pelimannit
Kemijärvi Cultural Centre
Songan ikäihmisten virkistyspäivät
Harri Kuusijärvi & Kaisa Ristiluoma
Juhannuskallio nature concert, Rovaniemi
Kaisa Ristiluoma
Private event, Rovaniemi
Bio
Kaisa Ristiluoma is a musician, composer and educator from Lapland. Her work is guided by the values of northern culture, nature and community. She moves naturally between folk music, theatre and multidisciplinary projects as a performer, composer and arranger. In her music, sensitive and lyrical expression meets the rhythmic force of folk music and tradition. For Kaisa, music is above all a way to create meaningful experiences and bring people together. In spring 2026, she received the City of Rovaniemi’s Cultural Achievement of the Year Award.
Folk music community and orchestra
Pohjolan Pelimannit
Founded and directed by Kaisa Ristiluoma, Pohjolan Pelimannit is a Lapland-based folk music community of more than 30 musicians and singers. The orchestra grew out of jam workshops and keeps the folk music traditions of Lapland and the Nordic countries alive through the joy of making music together.
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Folk dance theatre work
Luutarha
Pähiät, the 2026 Folk Dance Ensemble of the Year, premieres a work by dance artist Elena Vuoksiola and composer Kaisa Ristiluoma in which love, death and northern mythology intertwine.
More than twenty singing dancers and a live band of professional musicians bring the enchantment of new Finnish folk dance theatre to the stage.
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