Inspiring children to play music

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Mauno Järvelä's violin pedagogy is nicknamed "sisuki," a pun alluding to the famous Suzuki method and to the Finnish word "sisu," denoting a combination of courage and endurance.

Kaustinen, a village 450 kilometres north of Helsinki, has hosted the world-renowned Kaustinen Folk Music Festival each July for more than 40 years. If you hang around the festival any year, you'll see Mauno Järvelä walking by the main arena, carrying a violin case. Along the way he stops to chat with acquaintances and friends.

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