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Johanna Elina Sulkunen

vocalist / composer
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Johanna Sulkunen is a Finnish experimental jazz vocalist, composer, and improviser based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has released and produced three critically acclaimed albums and is a part of the award-winning vocal ensemble IKI.

In 2018 she launched the experimental solo project Sonority, and ever since the symbiosis of vocals and electronics has been at the center of her career. She has co-operated with iconic jazz & improv musicians such as Tomasz Stanko, Lotte Anker and Michiyo Yagi. She has worked on various interdisciplinary projects, collaborating with dancers, poets, filmmakers and electronic musicians like Mike Sheridan and Herbert.

Originally labeled as an exciting voice on the alternative jazz scene, Sulkunen has expanded her range of work to span everything from jazz to free improvisation, electronic music, neo-classical, and avant-garde. Her latest album TERRA (2022) was nominated as the Jazz Album of the Year in Danish Music Awards.