Noora
Noora is a troubadour, who has been performing with different groups for over 20 years. Noora started to play the violin at the age of six. In her teens she used to sneak into her big brother's room and taught herself to play the electric guitar. Noora's professional career took off, when a Polish big band leader asked Noora to perform with Rantakylä's big band, and soon Noora was a part of different jazz-groups performing in Finland and abroad.
When Noora started to write her own songs it became clear that the music style was rock. Noora set up a band called Valve and after a few years of touring and writing songs the band ended up winning The Best Demo Band in Finland – contest aired on TV2. At the same time Noora performed with different cover-bands and as a troubadour. Noora studied international development work and her adventures have taken her and her guitar from Nairobi Kibera slum to the prisons of Palestine.
Currently Noora performs as a troubadour and is a part of Sairaan kauniit- duet with an amazing accordion player Heli Siekkinen. If you are in need of a little bit of rock-vibes you should check Noora's other duet Trolli, which plays rock-covers arranged for a guitar and a violin. Noora can also be seen in flamenco productions. Those vary from intimate performances with an experienced flamenco guitarist Janne Pesonen to bigger productions with professional flamenco dancers. Noora was the lead singer in Anna-Mari Laulumaa's Echos from the Cells of Patarei -production, which took place in Laukaa prison and Patarei prison in Tallin 2018 and 2019.
