BAROKKI KUOPIO - Finland

BarokkiKuopio is a festival focused on early music in all its glory!  We are standing firmly on two feet with our approach to music. The left foot is rooted in the traditional early music performed with period instruments, but also with all kinds of inventive and imaginative instruments and ways. The right foot stands in using early music period instruments to perform a wide variety of different genres of music, be it traditional early music, classical music from other eras or greatest hits from the 1980’s! In all these cases we strive to find the essential spirit, style and message of the music at hand  and aim to bring the audience the best possible performance from both traditional and sometimes surprising and playful points of view.
Founded by gamba player Markus Kuikka in 2005, it has been held in Kuopio, Finland every year since. The festival is held annually in July and consists in five to six days of absolutely great concerts and outdoor events!