Johanna Juhola

Johanna Juhola is a Finnish accordion player and composer who is busily blowing off the last of the dust of past generations from her instrument. If young audiences have managed to miss the experimentation and revolution of Kimmo Pohjonen and Maria Kalaniemi, their attention may yet be grabbed by this highly talented young woman who sports dreadlocks and makes unabashed forays into pop music. Juhola first gained recognition in the early 2000s with two first prizes in Astor Piazzolla competitions: with the Novjaro Quintet at the International Astor Piazzolla Competition in 2000, and in a duo with Milla Viljamaa in the Astor Piazzolla category of the international accordion competition at Castelfidardo. At the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki in 2007, she performed her Fantasiatango, commissioned for the occasion, for a TV audience of millions. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.