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An image from the documentary. in reaching the most intimate spaces.
tango in Argentina and recently it has
several companies. We all contribute
How was your experience in the Maa-
We are not interested in neither big nor
had electronic sounds added to it, but
with work and resources. It’s an in-
ilmantango Festival two years ago?
commercial events but those venues
milongas preserve the essence of classi-
dependent production of all the com-
My experience at the festival was ext-
where the original spirit of tango is ali-
cal tango.
panies that take part in CREAAR, an
remely useful. It was the meeting point
audiovisual exporter group. We don’t
with different generations of musicians
In which way did Finnish tango
have any private nor governmental
and tango composers. We got to inter-
surprise you?
funds but we have the support of the
view M. A. Numminen, Tuomari Nur-
Do you think both tangos have in-
I was really surprised to learn that Tango
Minister Pedro von Eyken, the Argen-
mio and film some concerts. We had a
fluenced each other?
is considered national music in Finland.
tinian Embassy in Finland, the Finnish
wonderful welcome and we would like
The most interesting thing in Finnish
I was astonished to see young and old
Embassy in Argentina, Simón Riestra
to shoot more there in order to show
tango is that it has gone its own perso-
people singing Satumaa like an anthem.
Aedo, Telle Virtanen, Pertti Musto-
how important Maailmantango Festival
nal way, at least from the beginning until
This is not very common in Argentina.
nen, Pirjo Kukkonen, Nea Granlund,
is to Finnish tango.
Piazzolla. Classical Finnish and Argen-
I was also surprised by Finnish tango
amongst others. I want to make a noti-
tinian tango don’t share the dance, the
lyrics, so romantic and melancholic…
on of the support of Elina Lajunen,
In which projects are you working at
lyrics, the milongas or the rhythm. But
There are many unexpected aspects
this brilliant Finnish performer who is
the moment?
lately, in coincidence with tango glo-
from Finnish tango that captivate me,
a key member of the team that leads
At the moment I’m involved in different
balization, a new tango has appeared in
that’s why I can’t let it go!
the ongoing project with persistence.
cinematographic projects, and one of
We would also like to get Finnish pro-
them is a fiction film inspired by Tango
ve. That’s why we filmed some images in Maailmantango in 2010.
Finland; a tango that is a result of a mix with other musical genres, one closer to
How was Tango Suomi funded?
ducers involved so that the approach
Suomi; a story about love and Finnish
a younger crowd. Piazzolla modernized
It is a collaborative project created by
would be complete.
and Argentinian tango.
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