Ilkka Heinonen is a Helsinki based musician and a composer playing jouhikko (finnish bowed lyre), double bass and G-violone. He’s known as a remarkably versatile musician specialized in traditional music, but also working with early music, contemporary music and dance projects. Heinonen has been expanding the limits of jouhikko and he has been as a soloist with many orchestras and ensembles. After successful showcase in WOMEX 2014 Ilkka Heinonen Trio has been collecting praising reviews with their bounder braking debut album “Savu”. He’s a member of jouhikko trio Jouhiorkesteri (Showcase in WOMEX 2008) and playing in duos with Karoliina Kantelinen (Värttinä), Pekko Käppi and flamenco guitarist Joonas Widenius.
As a double bass player Heinonen has been a member of Scandinavian music influenced ensembles Ruuti, Ánnámáret Ensemble and Kirjava lintu, Eastern European folk music influenced bands Freilach mit Kneidlach and Teija Niku & Grupa Balkan to name a few. On recent years Heinonen has also been discovering the possibilities of G-violone (double bass viol) in world music and started his post graduation studies at Sibelius Academy MuTri Doctoral School in 2015.
As a double bass player Heinonen has been a member of Scandinavian music influenced ensembles Ruuti, Ánnámáret Ensemble and Kirjava lintu, Eastern European folk music influenced bands Freilach mit Kneidlach and Teija Niku & Grupa Balkan to name a few. On recent years Heinonen has also been discovering the possibilities of G-violone (double bass viol) in world music and started his post graduation studies at Sibelius Academy MuTri Doctoral School in 2015.