Peaceday 2024

Renowned Finnish violinist, composer and ethnomusicologist TUOMAS ROUNAKARI’s participation in Peaceday 2024 on Youth Island, Denmark, was a significant moment in the event’s celebration of global unity and peace. Once a military base equipped with Hawk missiles, the island has now become a symbol of transformation, hosting youth-led initiatives from across the world. At Peaceday, the International Youth Assembly presented an updated declaration to the UN, which was live-streamed from the island to the Summit for the Future in New York, where global leaders gathered.

Rounakari, along with Anganjoq from Greenland, led spiritual ceremonies and worked with other musicians to compose a peace song, deeply rooted in Greenlandic tradition. This powerful performance, with the audience singing in unison for over 20 minutes, resonated deeply with everyone present. The event culminated in the lighting of a peace fire on a former missile base, symbolically blessed with ashes from indigenous ceremonies worldwide.

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On January 26th 2024, at the Sibeliustalo in Finland, TUOMAS ROUNAKARI and the illustrious YASUHARU TAKANASHI came together for a groundbreaking concert, ‘Epic East Meets Northern Beasts’. This sold-out event captivated audiences with its breathtaking performances, and the footage is now available for your viewing pleasure.

In case you missed it, dive into this mesmerizing musical journey, with video courtesy of Yasuharu Takanashi: https://www.facebook.com/100005974353144/videos/1142301077141918

The concert featured the lineup of skilled artists:

Yasuharu Takanashi – Keyboards and others
Tuomas Rounakari (Korpiklaani) – Violin
Toni Porthén (ex-Värttinä) – Drums
Jesper Anastasiadis (Turisas) – Bass
Ossi Maristo (Battle Beast tour member) – Guitar
Iivo Kaipainen (Arion) – Guitar

TUOMAS ROUNAKARI released his acclaimed solo album “Bear Awakener” on April 14th 2022!

Buy “Bear Awakener” album at

TUOMAS ROUNAKARI is an internationally acclaimed violinist, composer and ethnomusicologist from Finland. He is a one-man-band blending violin, vocals and stomping with ankle-bells. In his performance he enters various trance-states. In this album he will also be playing a traditional Khanty instrument called Ning-juh.

Tuomas is inspired by different forms of dialogue; man and nature, the seen and the unseen world, ancient and future. His first solo album Shamanviolin was a result of ethnomusicological studies of the earliest 20th century wax-cylinder recordings from Siberia. These studies have also led to many collaborations with indigenous artists. He is one of the few artists who have actually returned their art to native communities for evaluation and development.

Tuomas Rounakari solo performance has been selected to: World Cultures Festival in Hong Kong (2019), Arctic Arts Summit (2019), Nordiskt Ljus Festival in Sweden (2022), Festspillene Helgeland in Norway (2021), Nuuk Nordik Festival in Greenland, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in Finland (2018, 2013, 2012), Helsingin Juhlaviikot and many others. He has also played the solo performance in several theaters such as Finnish National Theater in Helsinki, Merlin Szinhas Teater in Budapest, AlfredVeDvore in Prague, Ashurst Hall in Flagstaff USA among others.

Also watch
-Tuomas’ performance video, a throwback to Tokyo 2017, from the materials of ‘Live in Japan’ documentary by Kimmo Kuusniemi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g718diJlW1s
-‘Farewell of Kamas People’ – https://youtu.be/oV16Qipd0MQ
-‘Langetus’ – https://youtu.be/HVsU7PTqqHY

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