Singer Ira Kaspi and pianist Eliina Taal They form a stylish and skilled duo. If necessary, it is easy to add more instruments to this lineup if the occasion requires a larger ensemble.
The band's performance crowns various occasions and events. The music is equally suitable for listening to a concert or as background music for a small Christmas party. In addition to the seamless playing experience, the pleasant, warm atmosphere is enhanced by the immediate communication between the band and the listeners.
The band also specializes in re-arranging songs we all know. songs from Finnish hits and pop songs. Ira and Eliina are also part of a story-based musical performance called Women of the Home Front.
Gentle Jazz Evening with Ira Kaspi and Eliina Taal
The program consists of well-known and beloved jazz and bossa nova classics. Examples include: Fly Me To the Moon, The Look of Love and Night and Day. The depth of the program is added by both musicians' ability to throw themselves into improvisation as a natural part of the flow of the music.
Finnish titles – Ira Kaspi and Eliina Taal
The program consists of well-known Finnish songs, or rearranged songs perceived as Finnish. The songs have been given a new look and new stories around them in this stylish atmosphere, where the message of the music and text is at the center. Examples of the gems of the program include:: Stars Above the Sea, Heart Loves and Yellow May.
Feedback from the gig: “The arrangements were incredibly multidimensional and surprising - in a positive sense”
Women of the Home Front
In honor of the generation that lived through the war Reetta Ristimäki, who also appears as the second singer in the program, has written a script for a dramatized singing evening wartime radio hitsThis musical play is touching, but also humorous, and touches on the lives of women and children in wartime Finland.
The program consists of, among others, the following Finnish chart hits from 1944: Kodin kynttilät, Hymyillen and Sulle Salaisuuden kerta mä voisin, as well as international chart hits: As Time Goes By, We'll meet again ja You are beautiful to me.
Feedback from the gig: “The skillfully composed musical and narrative performance carried me away – this kind of concert is absolutely fantastic in its structure!”
Read more: Ira and Eliina Swedish language program.
