KriHeAnEE, FI

KriHeAn is an Estonian-Finnish improvisation trio: Anne-Liis Poll (voice, small instruments), Heliá Mailiis Viirakivi (voice, flute), and Kristjan Kannukene (viola, voice). In this album release concert of Live at HETKfEST, the trio presents a spontaneous dialogue where voice, flute, and viola explore the boundaries of sound, silence, and live improvisation. Anne-Liis Poll is a leading Estonian vocalist, improviser, conductor, and pedagogue teaching contemporary improvisation at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Heliá Mailiis Viirakivi is a versatile Finnish vocalist-flutist, performer, improviser, and composer active in new, experimental, and interdisciplinary music. Kristjan Kannukene is an Estonian violist-vocalist, electric guitarist, improviser-composer, and intermedia artist researching the symbiosis of viola and voice and leading the festival of improvised arts, HETKfEST.