Katri Tikka
Harp · Finland
Biography
Katri Tikka is a Finnish harpist whose versatile musical career embraces classical and contemporary music, early music, folk, jazz and improvisation.
She earned her degrees from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and the Norwegian Academy of Music. Active as both a soloist and chamber musician, she is a member of the Estonian contemporary music ensemble Una Corda.
In 2023, Katri Tikka gave the premiere of Timo Alakotila’s Harp Concerto as soloist with the Joensuu City Orchestra. She has also premiered chamber works by composers including Teemu Halmkrona, Pasi Lyytikäinen and Nils Burgman.
Her performances have taken her to international festivals such as Jazzkaar, Tallinn Music Week, Pori Jazz and Turku Jazz. Early music also plays an important role in her artistic life: she has performed Handel’s Harp Concerto with the Oulu Baroque Orchestra and collaborates with soprano and recorder player Linnéa Sundfær Casserly on programmes of early music performed on period instruments.
At the festival
Where to hear
A meditative musical evening combining harp music, improvisation and early music traditions
An Evening of Harp Meditation
What if, for one evening, we allowed the world to slow down? Two harpists, two distinctive musical worlds, and sounds in which ancient melodies, nature-inspired motifs and the freedom of improvisation come together. Katri Tikka and Ieva Baublytė invite you on a meditative musical journey, where the resonance of harp strings, the melodies of the recorder and moments of silence create space to pause, listen and simply be.
- Studio OM, Vilnius
- Paid event
Performers
Katri Tikka 
Ieva Baublytė
