{"id":22,"date":"2025-09-28T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:52:57","slug":"kuka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/kuka\/","title":{"rendered":"Joonas\/Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"bde-header-builder-22-135 bde-header-builder bde-header-builder--sticky-scroll-fade\">\n\n<div class=\"bde-header-builder__container\"><div class=\"bde-text-22-136 bde-text\">\nJoonas Ojaj\u00e4rvi\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-wp-menu-22-137 bde-wp-menu\">\n\n\n      \n        \n    <nav class=\"breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse  breakdance-menu--active-styles breakdance-menu--active-background  \">\n    <button class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"menu-137\">\n                  <span class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle-icon\">\n            <span class=\"breakdance-menu-toggle-lines\"><\/span>\n          <\/span>\n            <\/button>\n    \n  <ul class=\"breakdance-menu-list\" id=\"menu-137\">\n              \n  \n    <li id=\"menu-item-54\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-54 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-35\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-35 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/kuka\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Joonas\/Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-38\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-38 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/bands-projects\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Bands &amp; Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-102\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-102 breakdance-menu-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/gigs-concerts\/\" class=\"breakdance-menu-link\">Gigs &amp; Concerts<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <\/ul>\n  <\/nav>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bde-header-builder__header-builder-border-bottom\"><\/div>\n\n<\/header><section class=\"bde-section-22-126 bde-section\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h1 class=\"bde-heading-22-127 bde-heading\">\nBio\n<\/h1><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-22-128 bde-fancy-divider\">\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__separator   \">\n  \t  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-22-100 bde-section\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-columns-22-101 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-22-102 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-22-105 bde-text\">\nI was only a couple of months old when I was taken to the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat back then) for the first time. Naturally I don't recall anything from that but the rough beauty of the Nordic folk music likely left its indelible mark in my soul. Studying music was an integral part of my life through my childhood and the hunger for learning more and growing as a musician have not faded to this day.<br><br>Music studies carried me from my childhoods hometown Puhos (or Kitee as some folk like to call it) to Savonlinna, Joensuu, Kuopio, Stockholm, Esbjerg, Voss and finally to Helsinki where, at least for the time being, is my home, castle and headquarters situated.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-22-103 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-22-114 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-22-116 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-5-joonas_orig.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-5-joonas_orig.jpeg 1100w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-5-joonas_orig-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-5-joonas_orig-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-5-joonas_orig-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\"><div class=\"bde-text-22-115 bde-text\">\nPhoto: Jimmy Tr\u00e4skelin\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-22-119 bde-fancy-divider\">\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__separator   \">\n  \t  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-22-106 bde-section\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-columns-22-107 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-22-110 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-22-111 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoonasCittern2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoonasCittern2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoonasCittern2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoonasCittern2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoonasCittern2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoonasCittern2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JoonasCittern2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><div class=\"bde-text-22-118 bde-text\">\nPhoto: Jorma Airola\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-22-129 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-22-109 bde-text\">\nWhile touring around Europe as a musician I have observed that working with and sharing culture and art over national borders and social class boundaries is the most important thing we as artist and supporters of artistic work can do these days.<br><br>Therefore my mission during the short period I'm bound to spend on this beautiful planet is to implement that important task. I explore the traditional music from the territories that nowadays are Finland and its neighboring countries and compose new music from those roots.<br><br>I believe that art can make everything better to the extent that it can save our species' whole existence. Nevertheless, if my work as an artist affects even one person (be it me or someone else) and makes their everyday life less gray and monotonous, I find it worth doing.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joonas Ojaj\u00e4rvi Home Joonas\/Bio Bands &amp; Projects Gigs &amp; Concerts Bio I was only a couple of months old when I was taken to the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat back then) for the first time. Naturally I don&#8217;t recall anything from that but the rough beauty of the Nordic folk music likely left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jojarvi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}