MeNaiset Viinarattihin rakastuin

In the music of the MeNaiset ensemble there is down-to-earth strength and heavenly clarity. This strong ensemble singing takes the audience rapidly from one emotion to another, from heights of glory to valleys of sorrow. The MeNaiset sound makes the inside of a listener tremble, wakes up long sought-for emotions and takes the listener into a magical world of musical trance. The MeNaiset ensemble started at the Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department, the highest institute of musical education in Finland. The young musicians who were eager to experiment on the Finno-Ugric song culture started to expand their knowledge and abilities by singing. The MeNaiset members have been studying and singing songs of Finnish, Ingrian, Seto and Mordvin origin in particular, although not forgetting the other Finno-Ugric people either. They have become acquainted with music of different cultures, the diffrent ways to use voice and different performance practises with the help of archiv