When Pikku Papun Orkesteri gets together with the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, you get a biiiig children’s concerts for the whole family in May!
Pikku Papu’s immensely popular hits are now performed for the first time in arrangements for a big ensemble with over 20 members! The arrangements are made by Mikko Hassinen, familiar for instance from Värttinä. Hassinen also conducts the concert.
During the concert, even the little ones can join in the songs and fun. Screams of joy and dancing are allowed – even desirable!
Note! Especially with the smallest concertgoers, we recommend preparing for loud volumes with earmuffs or plugs.
Duration about 40 minutes.
Pikku Papun Orkesteri
Heli Kajo, vocals
Maiju Kopra, vocals, laulu, xylophone
Juho Puronaho, guitar, violin, mandola
Tarmo Anttila, contrabass
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
Mikko Hassinen, conductor and arrangements
Illustration: Liisa Kallio
The children’s music group Pikku Papun Orkesteri is known for its colourful concerts for the whole family. Pikku Papu’s songs are well known from Pikku Kakkonen on Yle TV2 and from the concert series Musarullaa. The songs are about friendship, joy, anger, nature, getting along with others – the whole spectrum of life! The orchestra’s energetic performances, diverse instruments, the singing in harmony and the playful arrangements in different musical styles have melted the hearts of the younger and older audiences alike. The orchestra has been awarded the “Album of the year”-prize by the preschool music teachers association as well as the Wihuri Foundation Award. Pikku Papun Orkesteri was nominated for Children’s Album of the Year at the Emma Gala and was chosen as the Band of the Year at the Gala for Children’s Music. www.pikkupapunorkesteri.fi