Finest jazz with a Finnish touch

Modern vocal jazz meets the melancholy and joie de vivre of the Finnish soul: just as her anthem "Land of The Midnight Sun" represents her homeland Finland, Tuija Komi's program Meet me under the Polar Lights in the Silbersaal illustrates the exceptional position of the German-based singer. Komi enriches classical jazz singing with themes, lyrics and sounds of her Nordic origins like no other.

Diverse repertoire

She dares to tackle great pop anthems such as "You Make Me Feel Brandnew" by Simply Red or "Thank You For The Music" by Abba, does not shy away from comparisons with Carole King on "It's Too Late" or Nina Simone on "Feeling Good", and also cuts a dazzling figure on ballads such as "Gabriella's Song" from the Swedish film hit "Like in Heaven". But their biggest success, their unique selling point, remains the addition of Finnish to the jazz idiom. The bundle of energy Tuija Komi overcomes all hurdles thanks to her enormously variable vocal expressiveness. Her confident presentation, interspersed with many stories and Nordic humor, takes the audience on a musical journey to the far north.

Entertainment with depth

The audience learns about her love for the Moomins - the internationally renowned children's book characters by Finnish author Tove Jansson - and for good children's songs. That "Kuusi" means "spruce" in Finnish and that the song of the same name touches her like no other by Sibelius. Or in "Veri's Tale" that freedom can also become a prison. Entertainment with depth, that also defines Komi's vocal artistry. Not only does she have an enormous range from the lowest to the highest registers. She has soul, can scat like the devil, loves to improvise and makes the most of the whole vocal spectrum - right up to joiking, the special singing of the Sami people from Lapland.

Cast

Tuija Komi - vocals
Peter Cudek - bass
Martin Kolb - drums
Stephan Weiser - piano