Maria Kalaniemi (born 27 May 1964 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish accordionist. She was classically trained, gaining her MMus from the Sibelius Academy in 1992, but has become mostly known as a folk musician having played this music from childhood, besides her classical music studies, and also at the folk music department of the Sibelius Academy. Groups. Ensembles she is or has been involved with are: Niekku, formed during the years at the Sibelius Academy: before they disbanded, they recorded three albums.
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Maria Kalaniemi (born 27 May 1964 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish accordionist. She was classically trained, gaining her MMus from the Sibelius Academy in 1992, but has become mostly known as a folk musician having played this music from childhood, besides her classical music studies, and also at the folk music department of the Sibelius Academy. Groups. Ensembles she is or has been involved with are: Niekku, formed during the years at the Sibelius Academy: before they disbanded, they recorded three albums.
