Is unique. The oldest member of the band (b. 1962) and the
band’s work councillor, gains a lot of plus points with
his dry humour and the fact that he can see the positive side
of things even in a pretty hopeless situation. After several
years of cello study he taught himself to play the double
bass and since then misses no opportunity to face new musical
challenges. After classical music and jazz Johannes’
newest project is Finnish tango. His record collection (which
is roughly the same age as he is) enjoys both cult and freak
status: who else has records by an artist playing a cello
with 30 strings or orgiastically recited pasta recipes in
Italian? No less impressive are his books that are now piled
up on shelves. Not to forget: when on the road to a concert
everyone else has long since dozed off, Johannes is wide-awake
and devouring a book by an open window, summer and winter.
