{"id":125,"date":"2017-12-09T19:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T17:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ainojuutilainen.com\/\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:28:10","slug":"ainon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ainojuutilainen.com\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"ENSEMBLES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">AINON<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-soft-grass-gradient-background has-background\"><em>\u201cAinon\u2019s compositions are filled with a rare sense of sophistication that combines the playful elements of jazz with the weightier approach of classical music seamlessly.&nbsp;\u201c<br>-All About Jazz \/ Friedrich Kunzmann-<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background\">AINON is a Helsinki based ensemble that was founded in 2017 by the cellist-composer Aino Juutilainen. The music is influenced by jazz, contemporary music and classical music. It&nbsp;is a mixture of composed and improvised music, all written for these specific players. AINON combines different styles associating freely and reaches the listener with its playfulness. &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ainonmusic.com\">AINON <\/a>has performed at&nbsp;WeJazz festival, Jazz-Espa, JazzAnti, Juttutupa and Validi Karkia club among many other Finnish scenes. &nbsp;The band released their <a href=\"https:\/\/wejazz.kudosrecords.co.uk\/release\/wjlp27\/ainon-drought\">debut album &#8216;Drought&#8217;<\/a> on We Jazz Records in September 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-6\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AINON \/ Living room session\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNM15SiUfqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-morning-salad-gradient-background has-background\">AINON<br>Aino Juutilainen (cello \/ composition)<br>Merimaija Aalto (violin \/ viola)<br>Milo Linnovaara (saxophone \/ clarinet \/ flute)<br>Joonas Lepp\u00e4nen (drums)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">QUARTET AJATON<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-wild-apple-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Mia Simanainen \u2013 voice<br>Henrik Sand\u00e5s \u2013 bandone\u00f3n<br>Kari Ikonen \u2013 moog synthesizer<br>Aino Juutilainen \u2013 cello<\/strong>&nbsp;I&nbsp;<strong>Markus Hohti \u2013 cello<\/strong>&nbsp;I&nbsp;<strong>Mikko Perkola \u2013 viola da gamba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-confident-cloud-gradient-background has-background\">What an exciting line-up! With backgrounds extending from jazz, baroque and tango nuevo to more experimental and improvised music, these artists have been performing together in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, England, Germany, Hungary and Russia since 2014. Ajaton, \u201dtimeless\u201d in Finnish, likes to travel across the borders and the ages. The second album\u00a0<em>Early Music in the Latest Way<\/em>\u00a0(Alba Records 2021) shows how \u2013 it focused on reneissance and baroque music, which is all rearranged but the delicate feel of the Early Music is preserved. That\u2019s magic! Coming up next: a dive into Finnish music \u2013 what will emerge from the worlds of cattle calls, tango &amp; Sibelius? Both original music and ambitiously crafted arrangements are interpreted in luscious detail with a bold and luxurious touch. Biting jazz harmonies, highly dedicated improvising and bubbling rhythms complete the elegant sound palette.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"guten-element guten-video guten-RhuYuy\"><div class=\"guten-video-wrapper\" data-property=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;<a rel=\\&quot;noreferrer noopener\\&quot; href=\\&quot;https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZdBjWjJ11Nc\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZdBjWjJ11Nc<\/a&gt;&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;guten-video-background&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;500px&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:true,&quot;playsinline&quot;:true,&quot;style&quot;:{},&quot;config&quot;:{&quot;youtube&quot;:{&quot;playerVars&quot;:{}}}}\"><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">VESPERA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AINON \u201cAinon\u2019s compositions are filled with a rare sense of sophistication that combines the playful elements of jazz with the weightier approach of classical music seamlessly.&nbsp;\u201c-All About Jazz \/ Friedrich Kunzmann- AINON is a Helsinki based ensemble that was founded in 2017 by the cellist-composer Aino Juutilainen. 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