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 world experience. Pirttijärvi lives with her daughter Hilda and her son Nilla-Ande in Utsjoki. In 2014, Ulla and her daughter Hildá Länsman created the band Solju and in 2015 they participated in Finland's ''Awards
In 2007, Pirttijärvi-Länsman received the Áillohaš Music Award, a Sámi music award conferred byDiscography
*''Hoŋkoŋ dohkká'' (1996) *''Ruošša eanan'' (1998) *''Máttaráhku askái'' (2002) *''Áibbašeabmi'' (2008) *''Ulda'' (2012) *''Roijk'' (2016) *''Ođđa áigodat'' (2018) *''Vulleš Heaika'' (2019) (single) *''Áššu'' (2019)References
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