Master of Music, jazz singer Elena Mîndru-Turunen has been the CEO of the Oulu Music Festival Foundation since January 2021.
”Oulu has had a special place in my heart since I was performing here for the first time. As CEO, I want to continue to preserve the position of our festival on the Finnish music field as one of the highlights of the year”
+358 41 318 2407
elena.mindru-turunen(at)omj.fi
elenamindru.com
"I am really happy about the upcoming position as the artistic director of the Oulu Music Festival and I look forward to planning the program together with another artistic director, Jukka Perko. Oulu's cultural offer has always been of a high standard and Oulu is very inspiring as a city. Like my predecessors, I want to continue to offer high-quality concerts to Oulu residents, and I hope that we can reach more and more new listeners as well. What better way to nourish the soul than to come and enjoy music!"
+358 50 525 4621
maripalo75(at)gmail.com
Wikipedia: Mari Palo
I joined the team shortly before the 2022 festival. I have a bachelor's degree in economics. Having been visiting the concerts of the music festival for several years, it has been interesting to get to see what the festival really has to offer.
It has been great to get involved in assisting with diverse productions and working with professionals in the industry! I am a barefoot from Oulu and it is great to be involved in creating concert experiences for Oulu residents, and of course for others.
A digital nomad couple who travels to Oulu each year to work in the festival, and also assists the organization year-round as freelancers from abroad. Tasks during the festival focus on logistics, acting as a concert secretary, designing brochures and general festival staffing. Outside the festival, the duo takes care of e.g. content creation, website maintenance and marketing tasks.
"We have been involved in the organization of the Oulu Music Festival for almost ten years now, and are always really happy to come to Oulu to work in an effective team and with great artists."
