I länstolen: Marianne Maans & Marjaana Puurtinen
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In 2026, it will be 100 years since Otto Andersson was appointed Professor of musicology and folk poetry at Åbo Akademi University. This appointment marked the starting point for what we today know as the university disciplines of musicology and folkloristics, as well as Finland’s foremost music museum, the Sibelius Museum. Throughout the year, various events will be organized to highlight Otto Andersson’s legacy. Among other things, researchers and Swedish-speaking Finnish cultural figures will engage in informal discussions in the Sibelius Museum’s lounge chairs, focusing on music, folk traditions, cultural heritage, and humor. These discussions will be accompanied by concerts and performances. The event will be bilingual, in Swedish and Finnish.
4 February 2026 – In the Lounge Chair: Marianne Maans and Marjaana Puurtinen. Conversation and folk music in the footsteps of Otto Andersson
On the first evening, two prominent folk musicians, Marianne Maans and Marjaana Puurtinen, will take part in a discussion together with Professor of Musicology Johannes Brusila. The discussion will be based on Otto Andersson’s contributions to the field of folk music, while also addressing the broader development of folk music and different ways of performing and understanding folk music today. After a short intermission, the evening will continue with a concert in which Marianne Maans and Marjaana Puurtinen perform music connected to the theme of the evening. The event will be bilingual, in Swedish and Finnish.
Marianne Maans and Marjaana Puurtinen have a long history of performing together, particularly with folk music from the Archipelago of Turku and Southwest Finland. They have performed widely with the bilingual concert series Soi torpat ja salongit – Spel i stuga och salong (. The collaboration between Maans and Puurtinen is often based on the mapping of melodies and research into written archival sources in Finland and Sweden.
Marianne Maans is a professional and versatile folk musician who performs both solo and with various ensembles. Her specialty is Finnish-Swedish folk music and her musical interest range from contemporary music styles to Argentinian tango, not to forget improvisation.
Marianne works actively as a musician in numerous music projects, courses, workshops and care facilities. She holds a Master of Music degree the Folk Music Department of Sibelius Academy and is also a trained community musician, specializing in soothing music. In 2017, Maans was awarded the Swedish Cultural Foundation’s prize.
Marjaana Puurtinen has worked for 15 years as a musician, arranger, composer, and educator. In addition to performing in ensembles, she has been responsible for the music for several large-scale dance productions (including Europeade Turku 2017 and Pispalan sottiisi 2022). She has also founded the folk music community Turku Folks! / Åbo Folks!, which has 300 members and organizes orchestra activities and folk music jam sessions in the Turku region. Alongside her work as a folk musician, Puurtinen is an academic researcher at the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Turku, with special areas of interest including history and music, as well as the development of music reading skills.