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Lotta-Maria Heiskanen is a Finnish professional violinist and a composer whose music combines rhythms and tonal language from the Middle East with the Nordic jazz tradition, Flamenco and improvises across the genre borders.

 

In her playing you can hear a strong classical background which is spiced up with a great fire of emotion and a brilliant improvisation. In 2022 Lotta-Maria released her debute album ’Samai Maata’ with her band Heiskanen Bayatz Baharat by record label Eclipse Music Finland. She is also a concertmaster and music arranger of the Middle Eastern Orchestra founded in Helsinki and plays in a classical string Trio N O X which has worked and recorded with heavy metal bands such as Swallow the sun.

 

In Leverage Lotta-Maria was at first as a featuring artist playing cool arabic vibes in ‘Above the Beyond’ album and joined the band officially in 2024. In Leverage she is playing with effected violin sounds full of energy and flamboyant attitude.