OLLI HIRVONEN TRIO

Hailing from the city of Lappeenranta in Finland, Olli Hirvonen has called New York home for more than a decade now. After earning his master’s in 2013 from Manhattan School of Music, he worked hard and smart on the New York scene and beyond. The music that Olli Hirvonen makes these days is indebted to sounds that he absorbed from his youth in Finland.

From the roots twang to the distorted overdrive, the guitar is the perfect vehicle for the delivery of the strikingly eclectic music of Olli Hirvonen. His new recording, Kielo, finds Hirvonen and his longstanding trio of Marty Kenney and Nathan Ellman-Bell focusing on the myriad possibilities inherent in the six strings, especially as the Nordic ethereality of the leader’s music becomes more and more enmeshed in the root sounds of his adopted home in the United States.

On the tour in Finland 2023, Hirvonen will play with an Irish bassist Simon Jermyn, who is known for his band work with, for example, Jim Black and John Zorn, and with Nathan Ellman-Bell, who can also be heard on the album, and who has recently gained publicity in the band Brass Against, among others.

Olli Hirvonen | guitar
Simon Jermyn | double bass
Nathan Ellman-Bell | drums

Duration approx. 2 h (incl. intermission)

TICKETS
Prices: 20 € normal / 11 € pensioner / 8 € student, unemployed, children (3–17 v)

Ticketmaster Finland across the country. A service fee is included in the ticket price. A separate Ticketmaster order fee of 1,50–2,00 € per order is added. Tickets without a service fee from Culture Centre Valve. A limited amount of Kaikukortti-tickets are available.

A series ticket is available for the Oulu Music Festival's Spring 2023 Jazz & Etno series. The series ticket is on sale until March 1, 2023, in limited amount. The series ticket includes all spring season 2023 OMJ Jazz & Etno concert series’ concerts. 

Cloakroom fee: 3 €