TANGON TAIKAA - Finnish Tango

Tangon Taikaa has been the pioneer of Finnish tango in Germany. The Taikaas performs nowadays mostly as duo or trio (instead of quartett).

On the instrumental forefront, there is Valentin Butt, accordeonist at the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. Singer Timo Valtonen sings and recites the lyrics, translating them partly into German or English, Swedish or French. Both are staying always in stand-up modus on the stage. Andrew Krell, Taikaas bassist since the second beginning 2003 died surprisingly 2022. Swiss-Italian Davide Debernardi completes now the ensemble.

Timo Valtonen began with the export of Finnish tango in the mid-nineties in the Seamen's Church in Hamburg and founded the FINtango Festival on behalf of the Finnish Ministry of Culture in 2013 - with the first edition also in Hamburg. In the meantime there have been almost 40 festivals in very different cities. Valtonen's latest interest with Finnish tango is the church organ; alone, combined with his voice or with other musicians.

"FINtango"

Tangon Taikaa: Muistelo (G. Malmstén, 1938)