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Meriheini Luoto

composer performer

New album
Talven uneen vaipuen
out 24.10.2025

Emma Award & Indie Awards nominee!

Buy the album here

★★★★

"Luoto is a composer of depth, breadth and impressive spirit"

-Chris Wheatley, Songlines 2026

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”Levy on moniaistinen kokemus, musiikin voi kokea visuaalisesti ja jopa hajujen tai värien kautta. Keskeiseksi nousee myös ajan ja tilan kokemus: aika tuntuu hidastuvan ja tihentyvän niin kuin luonnossa voi käydä." -Heikki Romppainen, Oma Numero"

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"Meriheini Luoto performs the violin drone of “ILO OLI ILO OLI ILO” to a seated audience and it feels like you’re in different era in time, as Luoto plays to a visual backdrop reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s The Exploding Plastic Inevitable."

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Ed Nash / The Line of Best Fit, 2023

Flow Festival review

"Most thrillingly, Finland's own Meriheini Luoto brought a spine-tingling intensity to frantic, frazzled, looped violin concoctions."

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Rob Garratt / All About Jazz, 2023

Flow Festival review

"This is a violinist who not only has great technique but a clear idea what she wants to do with it. Her album progresses confidently from beautiful to scary and back again."

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Clive Bell / The Wire, 2017

"Luoto’s innovative approach to tradition has resulted in a bold, and sometimes even intimidating, album that bows down to no one. The work of a composer with a strong voice of her own."

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Teosto Prize jury, 2018

contact:

meriheini.luoto((at))gmail.com    

+358 50 411 6306                     

© Meriheini Luoto 2025

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