Emma Salokoski

Emma Salokoski (born 28 October 1976 in Helsinki, Finland[1]) is a Finnish singer.

Her mother is anthropologist Märta Salokoski, who has studied the culture of the Ovambo people in Namibia based on Emil Liljeblad's collection.

When Salokoski was three years old her family moved to Moscow, Soviet Union (present-day Russia), where her father worked in a bank.

[6] Salokoski went to a Swedish-speaking school until the ninth grade, when she moved to a Finnish-speaking musical class.

[5] Salokoski started her music hobby at the age of 11 by playing the violin, but soon moved to the viola.

[14] The band was later joined by the keyboard player Tuomo Prättälä, who had appeared on the trio's EP as a guest artist, and by the percussionist and drummer Marko Timonen.

[12] In December 2005, the qunitet published the album Kaksi mannerta,[7] which had been named after its namesake song composed after Aulikki Oksanen's poem.

The album contains the band's own production as well as songs from J. Karjalainen, Dave Lindholm and Tuomari Nurmio.

[16] After publishing the record, the band went on a tour of ten concerts starting on 11 September in Järvenpää and finishing at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki on 1 October.

[21] Salokoski has had guest appearances on records of many other artists (Don Johnson Big Band, Husky Rescue, Tuomo,[22] Sami Saari[23]) and performed with many famous Finnish jazz musicians and bands (such as Jukka Perko, Severi Pyysalo and Sakari Kukko).