The wrapper was awarded at the Culture Gala.
Käärijä is the Cultural Personality of the Year. Jussi Eskola
Wrapper was awarded as Culture Person of the Year at the Culture Gala organized on Friday evening.
The culture gala justifies the choice with Käärijä’s Eurovision success. The Finnish singer overwhelmingly won the public vote of the spring wise men and finished second in the total points.
The fundamentals also point out that the verse Cha Cha Cha broke the 100 million stream mark on Spotify seven months after its release.
The wrapper ie Jere Pöyhönen couldn’t make it to the event himself due to being busy with gigs, but thanks for the award in a video published on Kulttuurigala’s Instagram page.
– I want to thank all those people who share this opinion with my heart. And even if you don’t agree, thank you anyway, Käärijä says in the video.
If embedding doesn’t work, you can see the post too from this link.
A writer was also nominated for the award Sofi Oksanenan actor Alma Pöystiarchitectural rebel Marjo Uotilaphotographer-video artist Elina Brotherusmezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikividirector-writer Paulina Feodorofffilm director Aki Kaurismäkicartoonist Ville Ranta and actor Christopher Strandberg.
Awarded at the culture gala:
Career: Actor Esko Salminen
Cultural act of the year: Lahti visual arts museum Malva
Internationality Award: Visual artist Iiu Susiraja
Cultural Cradle of the Year: Caustic
Art experience of the year: CircOpera 2.0
The future of culture: Dancers Marika Peura and Kaisa Nieminen
Cultural well-being: Reading activist Henriika Tulivirta
Cultural person of the year: Käärijä
The wrapper has been awarded several times with his visa success. At the Finnish Music Publishers’ gala in September, the artist received the Export Act of the Year award.
In November, Käärijä won the best Nordic artist award at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
During the naming research days, Käärijä was chosen as the Name of the Year.