Rauno Nieminen

Rauno Nieminen is a Finnish instrument maker and musician known for the jouhikko, a traditional bowed lyre. He has explored playing and building the instrument since the late 1970s. A Finnish Music Quarterly article calls him a leading figure in the jouhikko's playing, making and scholarly study. He took part in an Interface residency exchange with Brett Sroka in autumn 2017 and performed with Sroka at the Galway Jazz Festival that year.