Suhina Klubi serves as a platform for improvised and experimental music and sound art within Helsinki. During the year 2024, improvised music ensembles will be heard in concerts held at the Myymälä2 gallery. In the fourth edition of Suhina Klubi for the year 2024 Marie Takahashi is arriving to perform as a duo with guitarist Jukka Kääriäinen.

Marie Takahashi viola, baroque viola, composition, improvisation.

After her studies and career as a classical musician in Japan, France and in Germany (Musikhochschule Mannheim and Frankfurt/Main) she moved to Berlin where she started more original and creative activities such as improvisations, compositions and collaborations with artists from various disciplines. She has worked with many international musicians including Tristan Honsinger, Axel Dörner, Cedrik Fermont, Michel Doneda, Sylvia Hinz, Burkhard Beins, Toshimaru Nakamura. Her experimental compositions using calligraphy techniques, shapes and numbers have been presented in Europe and in Japan.

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Jukka Kääriäinen is a musician focused on experimental music. Depending on the situation, Jukka’s instruments of choice include an acoustic guitar with preparations or an electric guitar with a bag full of effects. Kääriäinen has performed in many European countries and at international festivals in the United Kingdom, Spain, and France. In addition to solo concerts, he regularly performs in bands and has collaborated with many leading European improvisers such as Teppo Hauta-Aho, Kalle Kalima, Harri Sjöström, Axel Dörner, Kriton Beyer, Rieko Okuda, Anil Eraslan, Mikko Innanen, and Joel Grip, premiering works by composers such as Riikka Talvitie, Sebastian Hilli, Sami Klemola, Clara de Asis, and Tytti Arola.

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