# Susan Aho

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**Susan Aho** (born 5 March 1974) is a [Finnish](/source/Finnish_people) [folk music](/source/Folk_music) singer-songwriter and a member of the band [Värttinä](/source/V%C3%A4rttin%C3%A4). In 2010, she represented [Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010](/source/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010) as part of the duo [Kuunkuiskaajat](/source/Kuunkuiskaajat).[1]

## Biography

Susan Aho was born in [Espoo](/source/Espoo), in [Southern Finland](/source/Southern_Finland), near the capital [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki).

Having played the [accordion](/source/Accordion) since she was 13, Aho joined Värttinä in 1998, replacing [Riitta Kossi](/source/Riitta_Kossi), and was the accordionist and a vocalist on their album *[Vihma](/source/Vihma)*. By the next album, *[Ilmatar](/source/Ilmatar_(album))* (2001), she confined herself to singing, having been replaced as accordionist by [Markku Lepistö](/source/Markku_Lepist%C3%B6).

Aho studies at the [Sibelius Academy](/source/Sibelius_Academy) in Helsinki and is involved in a variety of other projects besides Värttinä. For example, she was vocalist and accordionist in the Greek group Odysseia, was a member of the folk band Metsänväki, and with the Finnish accordionist Minna Luoma played [Finnish gypsy songs](/source/Finnish_gypsy_songs) in the group Rotunaiset. Since 1998 she has been a member of the Balkan-Finnish group Vaeltajat, with whom she also sings and plays accordion.

Aho also works with the Nukketeatteri Sampo (Sampo Puppet Theatre, founded in 1977) in Helsinki; the interplay of traditional puppet theatre with music and poetry plays a big role in its work.

She founded the duo Kuunkuiskaajat with [Johanna Virtanen](/source/Johanna_Virtanen) in 2008. In 2010 they won the Finnish trials for [that year's Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010) with the song "Työlki ellää", but did not qualify for the final. In 2011 Aho read the Finnish scoring for the [56th Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011) in Düsseldorf.

## Discography (with Värttinä)

- 1998 *[Vihma](/source/Vihma)*
- 2000 *[Ilmatar](/source/Ilmatar_(album))* (various re-releases 2001)
- 2001: *[6.12.](/source/6.12.)* (live album)
- 2002: *Live in Helsinki* (= *6.12.* ), *Double Life* (2-CD compilation)
- 2003: *[Iki](/source/Iki_(V%C3%A4rttin%C3%A4_album))*
- 2005: *[Snow Angel](/source/Snow_Angel_(V%C3%A4rttin%C3%A4_album))* (compilation, released only in the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic)); with Värttinä on Simon Ho: *Simon Ho*
- 2006: *[Miero](/source/Miero_(album))*; with Värttinä on: Ho Orchestra: *A normal Sunday* (live CD); *Archive Live* (DVD)
- 2007: *[25](/source/25_(V%C3%A4rttin%C3%A4_album))* (compilation including songs from every Värttinä album)
- 2008: Kuunkuiskaajat – *Kuunkuiskaajat*
- 2012: *Utu*

## References

1. ["About Kuunkuiskaajat"](http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=24943). [Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest). May 25, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2014.

## External links

- [Official homepage of Värttinä](http://www.varttina.com)
- [Official homepage of Kuunkuiskaajat](http://www.kuunkuiskaajat.fi) (in Finnish)

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