Diane Jarvi

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Occupation
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Guitarist
  • Kantele Player

Diane Jarvi is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and kantele player based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1][2][3] Although she performs in a variety of styles, she is especially well-known for her music that relates to her Finnish-American roots - her parents were children of Finnish immigrants.[4][5][6] Her mother Aili Jarvenpa, wrote and edited several books including Tuohela and other poems (1982).[7]

Diane Jarvi has performed many places in Finland, in France with the Occitan musician Patric, in concert for Hawaii Public Radio, and at numerous colleges and Universities in both the United States and Canada.[8][9] She has also helped provide Finnish translations for several projects.[10]

Since 1992, Diane Jarvi has run her own independent record label, Lupine Records.[11]

Diane Jarvi writes poetry under the pen name Diane Jarvenpa. [12][13]

Recordings

Album title Year
Foreign Winds 1995
Revontuli 1996
Flying Into Blue 1999
Paper Heart 2004
Wild Gardens 2007
Bittersweet 2014
This Ordinary Day 2021

Books

Title Year
Divining the Landscape 1996
Ancient Wonders: The Modern World 2005
The Tender, Wild Things 2007
swift, bright, drift 2016
The Way She Told Her Story 2018
Shy Lands 2023

Awards and recognition

She was awarded an international grant in music from Suomi Seura –Finland Society of Helsinki. She has received multiple Finlandia Foundation grants in music and video and was a Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year. Diane Jarvi was a Bush Fellowship finalist.

References

  1. Minnesota Folk Artists Directory. Minnesota State Arts Board. 2001. p. 17.
  2. Saari, Jon L. (2003). Black Ties and Miners' Boots: Inventing Finnish-American Philanthropy: a History of Finlandia Foundation National, 1953-2003. Finlandia Foundation National. p. 129. ISBN 9780615445496.
  3. Rantanen, Matti (1991). Karttunen, Antero (ed.). "Discovering the accordion". Finnish Music Quarterly. No. 4. Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK). p. 36.
  4. Alanen, Arnold R. (2012). Finns in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87351-854-3.
  5. Leary, James P. (2002). "Finnish Music in Superiorland". In Titon, Jeff Todd; Carlin, Bob (eds.). American musical traditions. Schirmer Reference. pp. 117–121. ISBN 9780028646244.
  6. "Forssan lehti" [Forssa's newspaper] (in Finnish). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. "A Minnesota Original". 11 April 2022.
  8. Howley, Kevin (2005). Community Media: People, Places, and Communication Technologies. Cambridge University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9781139443395.
  9. https://finnfaca.org/newsletters/Sept2017.pdf
  10. Reddy, Francis (2011). Celestial Delights: The Best Astronomical Events Through 2020. Cambridge University Press. p. x. ISBN 9781461406105.
  11. "Diane Jarvi CV · Diane Jarvi".
  12. "Journal of Finnish Studies" (PDF). 2 (1). 1998: 69–70. Retrieved 12 July 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. Gemin, Pamela; Paula Sergi, eds. (1999). Boomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation. University of Iowa Press. p. 221. ISBN 9780877456988.

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