NOVEMBER SUN - This piece was recorded with the Jazz group, Mood Indigo. Written one November in the late nineties, it has been one of the most popular of Ari's compositions on the internet.

 CLUB MED- This tune was recorded at Mid-Ocean Recording studios in the mid-eighties. The track was originally released on the project entitled, "In The Free Zone". The Players on this track are: Ari Lahdekorpi - Guitar; Larry Campbell - Bass; Gary Brenner - Keyboards; Frank Meagher - Drums; Eli Herscovitch - Saxophone.

 Letters Theme - This track was written by Ari for the National Film Board feature film entitled, "Letters from Karelia". Recorded at Channels Sound in Winnipeg in August of 2004, the track features Richard Moody on violin, Gilles Fournier on Bass, Shayla Fink on accordian, Christian Dugas on Percussion, and Ari Lahdekorpi on Guitar.

Welcome

Ari Lahdekorpi is a Finnish born guitarist who has been performing as a solo artist, session musician, and a sideman for over 35 years. He has released ten cds of original material over the last 25 years, and continues to write and record in Canada.

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Ari Jams with fusion guitar legend Jukka Tolonen...CLICK HERE
Solo instrumental at Redwood...  CLICK Here ...
Clip from "The Hoito Project"featuring Ari Lahdekorpi...CLICK HERE
For information on Ari's background BIO is right here.

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Ari's music is also on-line at CDbaby.com , puretracks.com , CNET.  Also available on garageband.com for streaming in Real Audio.
Search CBC3 site click here 

an interview with Ari Lahdekorpi can be accessed here.

Ari plays custom 7 strings and fretless guitar by Lehtela GuitarCraft . Ari also uses a hand-made custom archtop from John Grant. You can visit Grant Guitars by clicking here.

 For information on Finnish culture in North America click here.

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 For information on ordering the Letters from Karelia CD, click here.
Letters From Karelia features music from the acclaimed feature length film and includes 2 minutes from the film and other special features in an enhanced CD format.