Riikka Keränen

Vocalist-composer Riikka Keränen is one of the noteworthy and distinctive jazz artists of the vibrant Finnish music scene. On her debut 'A Vision of a Garden' she fuses jazz aesthetic and improvisation with evocative stories. At heart, ’A Vision of a Garden' is an expressive quartet album focusing on intuition and observations about love and its many faces. Riikka says: ”With this album, a garden for me is a metaphor for love - an enclosure, a private space which at times can be shared with people. The beautiful things in the garden must be nurtured or otherwise they might perish. On the songs I’m envisioning the immaterial thing which is love: there’s the delicate and tender sides as well as longing and fear of rejection.” In addition to Keränen the quartet consists of pianist Juho Valjakka, bassist Jori Huhtala and drummer Anssi Tirkkonen. Riikka Keränen is a Finnish jazz singer based in Helsinki. She is previously known from the Finnish Emma Award nominated vocal ensemble Signe. riikkakeranen.bandcamp.com www.riikkakeranenmusic.com riikkakeranenmusic@gmail.com