Ylen Did you love, Vesku? -audio drama already has more than 1.1 million starts.
Vesa-Matti Loiri in 2019 at the launch of his biography. Jussi Eskola
The deceased Vesa-Matti Loirin Yle’s audio drama about life has become very popular. Did you love, Vesku? series already has more than 1.1 million starts in Yle Areena.
It is a 20-part series that follows the development of the beloved artist over five decades. Pyry Kähkönen plays Loir in the series. The series was released on June 29 at Yle Areena, and it was also heard on Yle Radio in Finland in July.
– In the story about a Finnish legend, the team of the series succeeds in bringing out in a versatile and vivid manner Vesa-Matti Loir’s development from a young actor to a sovereign multi-talented artist on stage and in front of the camera, as well as the journey from an insecure youth to a great favorite of the people, describes the head of Ylen’s Creative Content and Media Unit Ville Vilén.
Pyry Kähkönen plays Vesa-Matti Loir in the audio drama. Over
Did you love, Vesku? -series have written the script Juhana von Bagh, Liila Jokelin and Jussi Moilaand directed by Juhana von Bagh.
The series is a continuation of Yle’s previous summer audio dramas. In the past, the stories of Nylon Beat, Armi Aaviko, Dingo, Kika and Gösta Sundqvist have been heard in the series.
You can listen to the series about Vesa-Matti Loir in Yle Areena until 29 December 2024.