Trained singer specialized in Jewish Music (Ladino, Klezmer and Mizrahi). With her band Sheine Ite she has played a combination of Finnish and Jewish Folk all over Finland and abroad.
There are only a few artists in the World who keep Ladino music alive. She teaches and acts in Finnish Theatres regularly. She holds a BA in Music Pedagogy, Studied Flamenco and Musical Theatre and has more than a decade of experience in teaching.
Youtube: www.youtube.com/sheineite
The most charismatic voice of Galicia! A self-taught artist, travelled extensively through Galician villages giving him a way of singing and understanding of the culture that goes far beyond the music. Performed in Calgary Folk Music Festival (Canada), the Helsinki Festival (Finland), Etnosur (Jaén, Spain) etc.
Albuns: Árnica Pura (produced by Eliseo Parra), Rústica (with Cristina Pato) and Lobos. Collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma’s Sing mehome and Kepa Junkera’s Galiza.
Vocalist, composer, improviser, tireless explorer and experimenter in the use of the human voice. Her work ranges from jazz to total improvisation and contemporary classics.
“The most magical thing about Paradisi is being able to believe completely in what she’s singing; you get the feeling she was there, that this was how it was, and that she has both scars and sweet memories to prove it…”
(Jazz Times December 2002).
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/Marilena-Paradisi-153608284667331
Sibelius trained musician, the lead singer of the band “Shava”.
