{"id":1381,"date":"2025-03-09T16:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/?page_id=1381"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:08:01","slug":"rita-varonen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/rita-varonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic director Rita Varonen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-236 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/rita-uusi-web.jpg\" alt=\"Rita uusi web\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/> <em style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Photo: Iida Liimatainen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rita Varonen has directed the Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Female Choir since 1993. She received her master&#8217;s degree in choral conducting from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. She also has a degree in wind band conducting and has studied singing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"505\">Rita Varonen is an internationally successful choral conductor. She was awarded the Harald Anders\u00e9n Prize by the Finnish Cultural Foundation in 1996 for her significant contributions to the development of Finnish choral culture. In October 2001, she placed second in the international Mariele Ventre choral conducting competition held in Italy. In 2004, the Finnish Choral Conductors\u2019 Association named her Choral Conductor of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"936\">In 2009, she was selected as the best conductor at both the Slovakia Cantat and ABB Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica choral competitions. In 2012, the Finnish Singers\u2019 and Musicians\u2019 Association Sulasol awarded her the Klemetti Prize in recognition of her effective work with choirs and choral music. Her most recent honors include the Golden Badge of Merit from the Mixed Choir Association in 2018 and from the Women\u2019s Choir Association in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Rita Varonen is senior lecturer in orchestral and choral conducting at Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 University of Applied Sciences. She is also a sought-after expert at training events and judge in international choral competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"91\">Contact Information<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"205\">Artistic Director Rita Varonen<br \/>\njohtaja@naislaulajat.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Iida Liimatainen Rita Varonen has directed the Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Female Choir since 1993. She received her master&#8217;s degree in choral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/no-sidebar.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1381","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"gb","enabled_languages":["fi","gb"],"languages":{"fi":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"gb":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1627,"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1381\/revisions\/1627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naislaulajat.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}