Tapani Kansa

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Tapani Kansa in 2014

Aarne Tapani Kansa (9 March 1949 – 25 March 2025)[1] was a Finnish singer.

Career

Born in

Delilah", translated into Finnish. Kansa had established a career in singing at a very young age. He had started studying singing in the Kotka music academy in the middle 1960s. His colourful performance style brought him much work on television. His early hit songs include "Kuljen taas kotiinpäin" ("I am walking home again"), "Eloise" and "Käymme yhdessä ain" ("We will always go together"). In 1976, Kansa achieved great success with his songs "R-A-K-A-S" ("D-E-A-R"), "Hafanana" and "Melina". The next year he released the album Mistä rakkaus alkoi ("Where did the love start"), which presented a more pop music style Kansa: The album contains a Finnish version of Elton John's song "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- in Finnish "Anteeksi on vaikea pyytää" ("It is hard to apologise").

The 1970s brought rock and roll and show music to Kansa's concerts. Hits of the time included "Rokkivaari Hotanen" ("Hotanen, the rocking grandpa", translated from "Daddy Cool" by Darts) and "Kalajoen hiekat" ("The sands of Kalajoki", translated from "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas). "Veikko Nieminen" brought a more sociological aspect to the lyrics in connection with the new age.

Kansa also studied singing at the Sibelius Academy from 1974 to 1978, and in the late 1970s, he enlarged his repertoire: The album Moment Musical (1978) was made in co-operation with Heikki Sarmanto, who arranged a musical version of Eino Leino's lyrics into the album. Another artist on the album was Maija Hapuoja [fi]. In 1987, Kansa recorded the classic "Hopeinen Kuu" ("Silver Moon") and the album Betonimylläri, containing poetry by Lauri Viita. 1988 brought Oskari Merikannon kauneimmat laulut. The album Kultaniityt (1994 introduced, among some translated songs, also Kansa as a songwriter. On the album Päivä jolloin rakastat ("The day you love", 1999), Kansa interpreted Argentinian tangos, while Valaistu ikkuna ("The lit window") included Finnish film songs. The album Salaisuudessain ("In my secret", 2002) was a return to the pop music style, and a new direction came in autumn 2004, when Kansa interpreted Tapio Rautavaara's songs on the album Tapsa ja Rautavaara.

In 2002, Kansa appeared in the Pojat group formed by

Danny and Markku Aro
, performing hit songs by the artists from the 1960s.

In 2006, Kansa released the album Kulkumies ("The traveller"), which he wrote the lyrics to and co-arranged the melodies with Kassu Halonen [fi]. In the same year, Kansa was nominated for the Iskelmä-Finlandia prize.

Kansa wrote and arranged his own works. He also appeared in theatre and operettas and acted on TV. In 1987, Kansa was awarded the Erikois-Emma prize.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions
FIN
[2]
1995 Joulun rakkaimmat laulut 22
1996 Unessani nainen tanssii 23
1997 Juhlalevy 9
1999 Päivä jolloin rakastat 18
2000 Valaistu ikkuna 27
2002 Salaisuudessain 20
2004 Tapsa ja Rautavaara - lauluja elämän poluilta 5
2007 40-v. juhlalevy 24
2009 Rakkautta on, rauhaa ei 34
2013 Särkyneen toiveen katu 11
2018 Sielunlaulu 49
[3]

Personal life

Kansa was of partial Russian descent.[4] He died of complications after surgery at Kymenlaakso Central Hospital in Kotka on 25 March 2025.[5][6]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Kerttula, Suvi (25 March 2025). "Puoliso kertoo Tapani Kansan dramaattisesta sairastumisesta – kuoli leikkauspöydälle". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Tapani Kansa discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Suomen Virallinen Lista".
  4. ^ Pogreboff, Sergei (15 September 2011). "Suomenvenäläisyys ja sen merkitys". LiteraruS (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Tapani Kansa on kuollut". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ Koivistoinen, Viivi (25 March 2025). "Tapani Kansan puoliso kertoo artistin viimeisistä hetkistä: "Hän oli väsynyt"". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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