About

A highly versatile freelance violinist and musician, MMus and music pedagogue Kaisa Ruotsalainen specialises in baroque violin and early music performance practice, fields she has studied at both the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Kaisa is an active performer, regularly appearing with groups including Ensemble Nylandia, Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Espoon Barokki, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Helmi Concort. She is Artistic Director of TalviBarokki Festival in Savonlinna and an artist and a production staff member of BarokkiKuopio Early Music Festival. Kaisa is also equally at home teaching and in the recording studio, be it working with her own compositions or playing everything from viola and wine glasses to the saw. In recent years she has collaborated closely with cult group The Gentleman Losers.