Apart from traditional folk music Anna-Kaisa has been absorbed in expressing one´s inner feelings by vocal improvisation. Different vocal compositions, born out of these experiments, Anna-Kaisa has realized together with Heikki Laitinen and Maria Kalaniemi and as a duo with the percussionist Petri Korpela, to name just a few; Anna-Kaisa´s vocal compositions have also been performed together with Voice Theatre Iki-Turso and the Makale ensemble. Anna-Kaisa´s more traditional compositions as well as folk music arrangements have been performed by her Anna-Kaisa Liedes & UTUA ensemble. Anna-Kaisa has performed both alone and with her bands all over the world; her latest involvement was in the Nordic project Siemen - Moa (2001). Anna-Kaisa works as lecturer at the Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department, and she has also made music in theatres and dance theatres; she was also the artistic manager of the Ääniä! (Voices!) happening which brought up various ways of experimenting in vocal art (1999, 2000). Liedes has made also film music to Markku Lehmuskallios ja Anastasia Lapsuins film Jumalan Morsian (2003).
Records:
Niekku: Niekku. OMLP 11, 1987. Niekku: Niekku 2. KILP 18, 1989. Niekku: Niekku 3. OMLP 27, 1989.
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: Kuuttaren korut. OMCD 44, 1994. Anna-Kaisa Liedes: Oi miksi. Riverboat Records. TUGCD1009, 1994. Kalaniemi - Laitinen - Liedes: Pidot! Hrcd-11, 1997. Anna-Kaisa Liedes & Petri Korpela: / Sound-Signal, HRCD113, 2002. Anna-Kaisa Liedes & UTUA (Texicalli 2004) DVD Emotions in man (2004) dance Jyrki Karttunen, music Anna-Kaisa Liedes, director Kati Åberg
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