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Young summer artists perform across Vaasa
Published: 2.6.2026
In June, four young local musicians will be appearing across Vaasa, delighting audiences with their performances in care homes, daycare centres, museums, the main library and at various events.
The young musicians employed by the City of Vaasa’s Culture and Library Services this year are Ingrid Finne, Inkeri Poranen, Tilda Håkans and Rimma Bahdasarian. The summer artists perform in various locations across Vaasa in June. The performances focus mainly on care homes, but the young musicians will also visit daycare centres.
You can hear the young musicians at various events, including the Palosaari Carnival on 10–11 June and the Vähäkyrö laulaa ja soi music event on the stage at Café Kanttorila in the Kirkonmäki cultural landscape on 17 June.
The young summer artists will also perform in museums as part of a children’s summer programme on Thursdays 4 June, 11 June, 18 June, and 25 June at the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art at 13 and at the Ostrobothnian Museum at 15. In addition, they will take part in the children’s story time sessions on 3 June and 10 June at 10 at Vaasa Main Library.
In June, you can also see the young musicians performing at the new performance area along the pedestrian street – the Open Stage on Market Square.
Four young musicians
Ingrid studies music in the musical theatre programme at Lärkkulla Folk Academy and has a particular passion for musicals. In addition to singing, she dances and acts. Alongside her summer performances, she will also appear this summer in Korsholms Teater’s production of Adalminas pärla.
Inkeri studies at the Kaustinen College of Music. At her summer gigs she sings and plays the piano and ukulele, performing her own songs as well as music by Ultra Bra and Katri Helena.
Rimma, who is originally from Ukraine, sings and plays the guitar. Over the summer she will perform a varied repertoire that includes Ukrainian songs.
Tilda’s main instrument is the electric bass, but in the summer she plays the guitar and sings. She studies in the music programme at Vasa Övningsskola upper-secondary school.
If you would like to book the summer artists to perform at your summer event, please contact Cultural Producer ilkka.nyqvist@vaasa.fi.