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Cellomania will display their rocking duo set consisting of pop and rock covers, game and film music, and Jaani Helander's original compositions. In addition, they'll premiere some brand new covers of well-known Finnish rock songs!
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Cellomania Biography
Top Finnish cellists Jaani Helander and Lukas Stasevskij formed Cellomania to expand the boundaries and limits of the cello so they could play the music they love. They met while studying at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in 2008, but it wasn't until 2019 that they came up with the idea of forming a duo and making genre-breaking arrangements for two cellos of pop, rock, and game and film music.
Their first gigs at small bars in Helsinki paved the way for their official debut on Helsinki's Allas Sea Pool stage in summer 2020. By this time, Helander had composed his first piece, Nocturne, and dedicated it to the duo. It was their first original composition, a soon-to-be "trademark" for the duo that would be followed by more original compositions by him in the near future.
In early 2021, the duo entered the studio for the first time to record its debut album Mania Unleashed. During the studio sessions they also recorded their first music videos. The album was released in October 2021, leading to an excited response from the press and audiences alike. Tuonela Magazine depicted the album as "epic" and "gorgeously executed".
In fall 2022, Cellomania opened the prize ceremony of the Nordic Council of Ministers at the Helsinki Music Centre with Helander's commissioned Festive Anthem, and the performance was aired live in all the Nordic countries.
In the same fall, they also entered the studio again to record Helander's new work Towards the New Horizon. For this, Cellomania joined forces with Ginette inventor Petteri Mäkiniemi and electronic musician Tuomas Ahva. The outcome was a display of rhythmic fireworks accompanied by a one-of-a-kind soundscape, and the single was released in spring 2023.
Later in the same year, Cellomania returned to its acoustic roots with the single Spectrum of Light.
2024 saw the band's biggest live show yet at the Tampere Hall in Finland. The two-hour set included Helander and Stasevskij performing as a duo, a solo by Ginette artist Petteri Mäkiniemi, an improvisation by Helander and Tuomas Ahva for electric cello and club beats, and a performance of Towards the New Horizon with the whole group. The show led to a standing ovation – a fairly rare phenomenon in Finland.
December 2024 found Cellomania back in the studio to record Helander's An Angel's Prayer for cello octet. Stasevskij and Helander recorded all eight cello parts themselves, and the single will be released in early 2025.
Read MoreTheir first gigs at small bars in Helsinki paved the way for their official debut on Helsinki's Allas Sea Pool stage in summer 2020. By this time, Helander had composed his first piece, Nocturne, and dedicated it to the duo. It was their first original composition, a soon-to-be "trademark" for the duo that would be followed by more original compositions by him in the near future.
In early 2021, the duo entered the studio for the first time to record its debut album Mania Unleashed. During the studio sessions they also recorded their first music videos. The album was released in October 2021, leading to an excited response from the press and audiences alike. Tuonela Magazine depicted the album as "epic" and "gorgeously executed".
In fall 2022, Cellomania opened the prize ceremony of the Nordic Council of Ministers at the Helsinki Music Centre with Helander's commissioned Festive Anthem, and the performance was aired live in all the Nordic countries.
In the same fall, they also entered the studio again to record Helander's new work Towards the New Horizon. For this, Cellomania joined forces with Ginette inventor Petteri Mäkiniemi and electronic musician Tuomas Ahva. The outcome was a display of rhythmic fireworks accompanied by a one-of-a-kind soundscape, and the single was released in spring 2023.
Later in the same year, Cellomania returned to its acoustic roots with the single Spectrum of Light.
2024 saw the band's biggest live show yet at the Tampere Hall in Finland. The two-hour set included Helander and Stasevskij performing as a duo, a solo by Ginette artist Petteri Mäkiniemi, an improvisation by Helander and Tuomas Ahva for electric cello and club beats, and a performance of Towards the New Horizon with the whole group. The show led to a standing ovation – a fairly rare phenomenon in Finland.
December 2024 found Cellomania back in the studio to record Helander's An Angel's Prayer for cello octet. Stasevskij and Helander recorded all eight cello parts themselves, and the single will be released in early 2025.
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