Áillohaš Music Award
The Áillohaš Music Award is an annual Sámi music award created to commemorate Nils-Aslak ''Áillohaš'' Valkeapää's 50th birthday in 1993. The winner of the award is announced on Holy Saturday in conjunction with the Sámi Grand Prix during the Sámi Easter Festival. It is conferred by the municipality of Kautokeino and the Kautokeino Sámi Association. The winner receives a monetary prize of 20,000 Norwegian crowns, a diploma, a piece of artwork, and a two-week stay at Lásságámmi. History The Áillohaš Music Award was created in 1993 by the Norwegian Sámi Association, the municipality of Kautokeino, and the Kautokeino Sámi Association. It has been awarded every year since 1993, including 2020 even though the Sámi Easter Festival had been cancelled. The recipient can be a Sámi musician or musicians, or a band. The prize is awarded to honor the significant contributions the recipient or recipients has made to the diverse world of Sámi music. The first recipie ...
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Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman
Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman is a Sami joik singer from the village of Angeli (Sami: Aŋŋel), Finland. She began her career with the music group Angelin Tytöt, but left soon after to pursue a solo career. She performs traditional joik music with Western arrangements of contemporary instruments.http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ulla+Pirttij%C3%A4rvi Short Biography Biography Ulla Pirttijärvi was raised with joik music and chanting. As a young child, she listened to her mother and uncle sing stories to her, and she chanted along; by age ten she was singing on her own. She then started performing in public with a group of young girls who called themselves Angelin Tytöt. Pirttijärvi is very involved promoting Sami culture and Sami self-rule. In 1996, she wrote a music book called Hoŋkoŋ dohkká, which won the cultural prize given by the Saami Council, and composed and produced an accompanying album full of songs aimed at children to teach them the Sami language and the Sami wor ...
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Johan Sara Jr
Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits See also * John (name) John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized J ...

Inga Juuso
Inga Juuso (5 October 1945 – 23 August 2014) was a Sami yoiker, singer and actress in the film ''The Kautokeino Rebellion''. She was known from her own band performances, and recordings and collaborations with musicians like Steinar Raknes, Håkon Mjåset Johansen, and Jørn Øien. Career Juuso was the first Sami named "Traditional Folk Musician of the year" in Norway 2012, and had a long career performing with various musicians in Scandinavia. She also appeared in the film ''The Kautokeino Rebellion'' (2008) by Nils Gaup, and was recognized as a major carrier and promoter of the Sami cultural tradition. In 2008, she released the album ''Patterns of the heart'' (DAT) by the ''Inga Juuso Group'', followed by "Bálggis" ("Vuelie"), with the musical group ''Bárut''. Awards and honours In 1998, she was awarded the Áillohaš Music Award for her significant contributions to Saami music. She was also awarded the title of Spellemannprisen in 2011. Death Juuso died on 23 August 201 ...
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Roger Ludvigsen
Roger Ludvigsen (born 28 July 1965 in Alta, Norway, Alta) is a Samis, Sami guitarist, percussionist and composer from Kautokeino. Biography In the 1970s, he was part of Ivnniiguin, the country's first Sami-language rock band."Brev fra melankolonien"
– programme for NRK P2 In 1981, he worked on the music production for the play ''Min duoddarat – Våre vidder'', which was the first work to be performed at the Beaivváš Sámi Theatre. Together with Leif Isak Eide Nilut and Bjørn Ole Rasch, he launched in 1991 the Sami group Orbina, who released the albums ''Orbina'' (1993) and ''Orbina II'' (2001). He has played and recorded with a range of famous artists, both on record and in concert, including Mari Boine (''Gula Gula'' from 19 ...
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Wimme Saari
Wimme Saari (also known as just Wimme, b. 1959, Kelottijärvi, Enontekiö) is a Finnish Sami yoiker. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio. Wimme has also appeared on the albums of other bands or musicians, for instance Hedningarna, Nits or Hector Zazou. Awards In 1996, Wimme was awarded the Áillohaš Music Award, a Sámi music award conferred by the municipality of Kautokeino and the Kautokeino Sámi Association Kautokeino ( no, Kautokeino; se, Guovdageaidnu ; fkv, Koutokeino; fi, Koutokeino) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other village ... to honor the significant contributions the recipient or recipients has made to the diverse world of Sámi music. Partial discography Related Wimme Recordings *RinneRadio – ''Joik Aani'' ...
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Johan Anders Bær
Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits See also * John (name) John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized J ...

Domna Khomyuk
Domna Maksimovna Khomyuk (née Zakharova, sjd, Туомн Хомюк, russian: Домна Максимовна Хомюк, née Захарова; born September 10, 1954 in Koarrdõgk, Murmansk, Soviet Union) is a Kildin Sámi zootechnician, author, translator, and musician. She is also active in the revitalization of the Kildin Sámi language and culture. Early life Domna Maksimovna Khomyuk was born on September 10, 1954 in Koarrdõgk ( sjd, Коа̄ррдэгк and russian: Воронье). Her parents were reindeer herders and decorated war veterans. Her father was Maksim Antonovich Zakharov (1919–1984) and her mother Mariya Ivanovna Zakharova (1922–2008). Together they went on to have a total of 9 children In 1962, the Soviet Union decided to build the Serebryanskaya hydroelectric power station near where they lived. To do this, they had to dam the Koarrdõgk River. A few years later, when the entire village of Koarrdõgk was going to be flooded and submerged under t ...
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