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Minna Raskinen was born in Iitti, in South- Eastern Finland. Started her study at the Folk Music Department, the Sibelius Academy, in 1986. Besides the kantele, she studied other instruments , e.g. the fiddle, traditional wind instruments, the bowed harp and single and double row accordeons, as part of the versatile study program. She got the Master´s Degree in Folk Music in 1995. In 1986-95 Minna also studied music abroad, performed and taught the kantele and folk music actively both in Finland and several countries in Europe, Asia and North America. She recorded , performed in the radio and TV, gave interviews, and organised cross- cultural projects.