Minna Weurlander

The accordionist Minna Weurlander is born in Finland and her solo education is from The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. As a solo accordionist she plays all kinds of music, from contemporary to Argentinean”Tango Nuevo”. Her first solo album” Usva” was released in 1999. Over the last couple of years Minna has performed as a soloist with chamber- and symphony orchestras. She has also been involved in a large number of dance, opera and theater performances, both as musician and as composer. Her new album "Señora del destino" will be released 8/11 2008 at Palladium,Malmö. This album has strong connections to South American and Russian music. It contains music by the two bandoneon masters Luis di Matteo (Uruguay) and Astor Piazzolla (Argentina). The album also features two accordion pearls, ”Kalina Krasnaja” and ”Don-Rhapsody” by the Russian bajan virtuoso Wjatscheslaw Semjonow. ”Milonga en cinco” by the Swedish composer Erik Uddunge was written especially for Trio Fatale, a trio that Minna started with Berit Hessing and Berit Johansen Tange almost ten years ago. ” Frida” was written by Minna for a theater performance about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. … It´s a little journey through memories and dreams…