The roots of Kirsti Alho musicality reach far deeper than her studies in classical piano and voice in her native Finland. There has always been an inborn need for musical creativity in Kirsti, which expresses itself in her deeply personal interpretations and her inspired improvisations. After touring with international jazz musicians, Kirsti established herself in Germany where she has continued to broaden her repertoire from swing to modern jazz. Kirsti touches her audiences with soulful, mellow ballads; she excites them with new visions of old standards; her dynamic scatting shoots ripples of energy through the room. Kirsti´s voice moves. It glides. It soars. And then so does the listener. Kirsti has worked with many famous finnish jazz musicians and with such internationally artists as Archie Shepp, Horace Parlan, Siegfried Kessler, Horst Jankowski, Charly Antolini, Umo-Jazzorchestra and many others.