Karin Mäkiranta FINLAND
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Karin Mäkiranta is a multidisciplinary musician, composer, and sound designer, best known for the indie bands Karina and Babel, as well as her solo project Ada Aik. She has composed music for films and documentaries since 2017, and her work has been synced across numerous productions, including Virpi Suutari’s acclaimed documentary Once Upon a Time in a Forest. Mäkiranta’s film scores include Eden, Just Animals, Regina – Queen of the Ring, and Flocks. Just Animals received international recognition, earning nominations at festivals such as Hot Docs and CPH:DOX. She won the Best Music Award in the Uneton48 competition for her score for the short film Rituaaliystävä. Mäkiranta is currently scoring two feature-length documentaries set for release in 2026.
Alongside her film work, Mäkiranta has an active career as a musical artist. Karina has been nominated for the Nordic Music Prize and has toured across Europe, including with the American band Beirut. Ada Aik is her artistic alter ego, a project through which she merges multiple art forms. Her album 5 Hours of Light is built around scents and choral music; she composed and arranged the piece for the 60-member girls’ choir of Sibelius Upper Secondary School. The scented concert, which premiered at Tanssin talo in spring 2025, continued at Flow Festival, where it was performed on each day of the event. Mäkiranta also works as a sound designer and theatre composer, most recently for the Finnish National Theatre in Akse Petterson’s production Oppitunteja eläville, in collaboration with musician Ringa Manner. |