Superpluck is a new Helsinki based trio that gave their debut concert in the Temppeliaukio church in Helsinki, Finland 15.11.2019. The members of the trio - Rody van Gemert (guitar), Eija Kankaanranta (concert kantele) and Assi Karttunen (harpsichord) - are fascinated by the unique combinations of sounds, timbres and contrasts their instruments can produce alone and especially together. The trio aims at exploring the possibilities of this instrumentation as well as challenging the conventional ideas on the sound and playing techniques of plucked instruments.
Their first tour “Archipelago Concert Tour 2019” took place in Japan 17.-11-1.12.2019 bringing together works inspired by the impressions, stories and sounds of the sea and the archipelago. The composers featured on the tour where Pekka Jalkanen, Johanna Pitkänen, Olli Virtaperko, Esa Pietilä, Akira Kobayashi, Rica Narimoto, Yuna Kurachi, Ayane Furaki, Toshiki Kamiya, Yukio Mukai and Ton-That Tiet.