Texicalli Records

2010

Johannas solo CD Fantasiatango will be released 24th of February by Texicalli Records. Listen to samples on Myspace

http://www.myspace.com/johannajuhola

Juhola is, along with Kimmo Pohjonen and Maria Kalaniemi, one of the great innovators of accordion music.

Tero Salonen, Anna 15.6.2006 (Johanna Juhola: Miette album review)

Johanna Juhola is doing to accordion in the 21st century what Maria Kalaniemi did in the 1990’s – she combines time-tied musical phenomena into her own, forward-oriented style that reaches an audience outside the traditional folk music circles too.

Kare Eskola, Rondo 7/2006 (Johanna Juhola: Miette album review)

To get an ensemble like this to make the music is a real jackpot for any performance. Johanna Juhola is not only one of our leading accordion artists but a charismatic performer as well.

Tove Djupsjöbacka, Huvudstadsbladet 15.9.2009 (review of Tango Roto show with Johanna Juhola Reaktori)

Johanna Juhola follows her own path as a musician and composer and gives new features to accordion as an instrument.

Kimmo Mattila, Hanuri 2/2006 (Johanna Juhola: Miette album review)

Choosing her to perform in the first Eurovision Song Contest held in Finland was well justified. She is, along with Kimmo Pohjonen, a musician who has created new Finnish accordion art with a fresh touch, and has also become well known internationally.

Juhola’s solo album Miette was one of the most beautiful domestic recordings last year.

Tero Salonen, Aamuposti newspaper 29.6.2007

Accordionist Johanna Juhola’s first solo album is wonderful. There is skilful playing, imaginative compositions and arrangements, humour, surprises, sensitivity, originality…. Johanna’s music is golden-rimmed and sunny.

Arja Kangasniemi, Trad (music magazine) 4/2006 (Review of Johanna Juhola’s album Miette)

Spontaneous energy. The music tells stories, the melodies flow with joy and the compositions are well constructed. The solo debut from Johanna Juhola is fresh and fun.

Tove Djupsjöbacka, Huvudstadsbladet 24.5.2006 (Johanna Juhola: Miette review)

JOHANNA JUHOLA (born 1978) graduated as master of music on accordion from the Sibelius Academy, folk music department, 2008. Her other instruments are claviola, accordina and toy grand piano. Johanna loves tango nuevo and other passionate music genres and especially their fusions, as well as combining music with other kinds of performing arts. Juhola has composed music for several dance, theater and circus performances for the Swedish Theater in Helsinki, for Zodiak - the center for new dance, for the circus group Circo Aereo, for Theater of Keski-Uusimaa, Q Theater, for the circus group Med Andra Ord, for Dance Theater Hurjaruuth and for many project-based working groups. The latest composing request was "Fantasiatango" for the opening of Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki 2007. Juhola has been an influential member of bands such as Troka, Las Chicas del Tango, Spontaani Vire, Johanna Juhola Reaktori and Novjaro. She also have duos with pianist Timo Alakotila, pianist Milla Viljamaa, guitarist Roope Aarnio and the duo called Kraft with violinist Pekka Kuusisto. With Tuomas Norvio, a virtuoso of electronic music, Juhola has experimented with combining accordion with electronics, making music for contemporary dance, for fashion shows and television fiction. Johanna has visited the world of art music as a soloist for Timo Alakotila's concerto for free bass accordion and a chamber orchestra, and playing chamber music of Astor Piazzolla performed with different ensembles. Johanna Juhola won the International Astor Piazzolla Competition in 2000 with Novjaro Quintet and the International "Citta di Castelfidardo" award, Astor Piazzolla music section as Duo Milla Viljamaa & Johanna Juhola in 2002. The spring of 2006 saw the release of "Miette", Johanna..s debut solo album. All the music on the CD was written by her and performed in collaboration with a group of versatile musicians. Other releases with Johanna Juhola include her 2003 duo CD with Milla Viljamaa titled "Piazzolla Passage" and "Mi Retorno" 2007, the Keystone Cops album "Just the glow" from 2006, the 3rd Troka album "Raharinki" from that same year, Las Chicas del Tango: "La Voz Femenina" from 2007, the Timo Alakotila & Johanna Juhola album "Vapaassa Tilassa" from 2007 and the 3rd Spontaani Vire album "Korkea kofeiinipitoisuus" from 2008. The next CDs to be released are the first Kraft album "Max höjd" in january 2009 and Timo Alakotila..s "Concerto for free bass accordion and a chamber orchestra" with Vox Artis in spring 2009.