Musiksommer: Uusikuu

"Vintage Sounds of Finland"

Beautiful and mysterious. Like a live soundtrack for an Aki Kaurismäki film. Finnish tango fire with passion and humor.

World Music

Laura Ryhänen: Vocals
Mikko Kuisma: Violin, Vocals
Norbert Bremes: Accordion
James Geier: Guitar

Admission: € 26.00
Tickets available at the Vitalwelt Tourist Info office in Bad Schallerbach 07249/420710, tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at  or through Ö-Ticket.
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Uusikuu
A Nordic August evening, everyone brings treats and in a joyful gathering we enjoy the warm summer night. With a wild mix of musical bites under the Northern Lights, Uusikuu invites us along with Finnish singer-songwriter Laura Ryhänen to celebrate her sixth album “Piknik” (release February 2025, Nordic Notes). It's about overflowing joy of life, infectious rhythms, intense emotions, passion, delight, romance, and drama. Finland has been crowned the happiest country in the world for the seventh time. What is Finnish happiness,  Onni?  Cheerfulness, subtle humor, quirky anecdotes. But silence and calm moments count too.

Uusikuu (New Moon) was founded in 2006 with the ambitious goal of revitalizing traditional Finnish tango. With their typically melancholic tango vibes, the lively world music quintet has nothing to do with that (or with the knitted cap). The small orchestra, which describes its style as “Vintage Sounds of Finland,” admirably bows to the traditional Finnish entertainment music of the 1930s to 1960s. They are not content to tread in place but even venture briefly into the famous 70s and 80s. And since Uusikuu are huge fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, references to the legendary music competition are a must.

On a Uusikuu picnic evening, dancing in a mystical nightclub frees a girl from the red-light district, making her strong, brave, and independent. We meet Lempi, the shy young criminal with passion, who serves her killer sparkling wine in an infectious jenkka rhythm. And the remorseful bank robber tries to ease his guilty conscience by sailing on a soothing bossa nova wave.

Some of the songs in the program come from Uusikuu, while the remaining tracks entertain with a skilled mix of funny old humppas, emotional finntangos, and cult swing.

Laura Ryhänen reveals that she is a big admirer of the legendary Spanish Eurovision disco duo Baccara and their 70s mega-hit “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.” “My cousin and I have been ardent Baccara fans since childhood. My mother sewed us the stage costumes. Now we even have identical Baccara tattoos,” Laura confesses with a wink.

In Uusikuu's picnic basket, there’s also a portion of Nordic Noir, for example, their version of the classic “Summer Wine” by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra, called “Kotiviini.” In Germany, one also knows the version by HIM frontman Ville Valo and Natalia Avelon.

With their skillful mix of fiery tangos, dreamy waltzes, cheeky jenkas, funny humppas, and light-footed swing sounds, Uusikuu has been inviting their audience to dance for ages. The critics are impressed as well: the band was nominated for the world music award “Eiserner Eversteiner” in 2022. In December 2023, Uusikuu was awarded at the Deutschen Rock & Pop Preis 2023 in the category “Best World Music Album” for their previous album “Karuselli.”

Welcome to Uusikuu's musical picnic, where happiness is served in bites, and everyone is warmly invited to sing along with full hearts!

“The passionate world of old Finnish dance music” — BBC Radio

“Like a live gramophone on a beautiful midsummer evening” — WDR Radio

General Info
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* Entry begins about 45 minutes before the performance.
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Opening Hours
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Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Discounts
Half-Price Pass
Especially for regular audiences from the region, valid year-round. For only € 35.00, you can purchase your personal half-price pass for 2025, which is valid for many events! Excluded are events with agency participation and concerts that would otherwise not be economically feasible.

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10% discount

Others
50% discount for children, teenagers, students, and people with disabilities.

For students of the Oö. Land Music Schools under 18 years, a flat price of € 5.00 applies when mentioning the music school and teacher.