Netta Skog
Finnish accordionist
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Netta Skog (b. 1989–1990) is a Finnish accordionist and singer. She plays the button accordion, both acoustic and digital.
Netta Skog | |
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Skog performing with Ensiferum in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 35–36)[1] |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Accordion, vocals |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Formerly of | Turisas, Dark Sarah, Ensiferum |
| Website | www |
Skog won Finland's annual Kultainen Harmonikka (lit. 'Golden Accordion') contest in 2006, aged 16, making her its youngest winner.[2]
She also won the gold medal in the 2015 International Digital Accordion competition of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes.[3]
She was chosen as the 2024 accordionist of the year (Vuoden Harmonikkataiteilija) by the Finnish Accordion Association.[4]
Although she also plays traditional accordion music such as tango and schlager, and reached the 2013 final of the Tangomarkkinat festival competition,[5] Skog is especially known for performing music from genres not traditionally associated with the accordion, such as heavy metal, film scores, and classical music.[6][7] For example, in the Kultainen Harmonikka contest, she performed Nightwish's "Dead to the World" and the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest winner "Wild Dances".[2] She has said that her objective is to take the accordion to new audiences and encourage young musicians to take it up.[1][4]
She has been at various times a touring guest of the Finnish metal bands Turisas, Nightwish, Dark Sarah, and Ensiferum, as well as performing in a guest capacity with Children of Bodom, Mokoma, and the Swiss folk metal group Eluveitie.[8][6][5][7]
