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Konsta Jylhä
Person · male · Grand Duchy of Finland · Kaustinen · born 1910 · died 1984
Finnish musician and composer (1910–1984)
Also known as コンスタ・ユルハ
Timeline
4 events✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1910s
1970s
1980s
2010s
Biography
English biography165 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1365438513
Biography
Konsta Viljami Jylhä (14 August 1910 – 13 September 1984) was a folk-virtuoso who, in Finnish fiddling, made the traditional pelimanni-style folk music a Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider currency, bringing his natural genius and traditional style to a burgeoning nationwide television audience, thus laying the foundation for a rich and popular traditional music scene in Finland.
He was born in Kaustinen, a third generation Central Ostrobothnian master pelimanni (Mestaripelimanni). In the 1960s Jylhä's band Konsta Jylhä ja Purppuripelimannit became a mainstay of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, and iconic both in popular culture, and within the generation of master pelimanni to follow in his footsteps.
His best known pieces of original composition are Konstan Parempi Valssi ("Konsta's Major Waltz") and especially the hauntingly beautiful Vaiennut Viulu ("Mute Violin").
After being receiving a severe head injury in a logging accident in 1961 and several heart attacks after 1962, he became a born-again Christian. During his later years he composed spiritual songs. He died in Kokkola.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland | won | |
| 2018 | Finnish Music Hall of Fame | lifetime |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Konsta_Jylh%C3%A4_%281975%29_%28cropped%29.jpegcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13570092genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13570092seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konsta_Jylh%C3%A4biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konsta_Jylh%C3%A4
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Finnish musicians — rank #13
Konsta Jylhä | 1910 | 1984 | Fiddler | Folk
- List of folk musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Leo Torppa · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q13570092 · MusicBrainz: 60297e52-2bf5-41f7-8c21-9ac4f5ec98a3
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