Information: - Loituma is a Finnish quartet whose members combine the Finnish vocal tradition with the sounds of the kantele. Loituma were selected Ensemble of the Year at the 1997 Kaustinen Folk Music Festival. - A kantele or harppu (in Sami) is a traditional plucked string instrument of the dulcimer and zither family native to Finland and Karelia. Its relatives can be found throughout the world, including Estonian "kannel", Mari "kusle", Russian "gusli", Latvian "kokle", and Lithuanian "kankls". Together these instruments make up the family known as Baltic psalteries. Kantele is also related to the ancient Asian instruments such as Uyghur "kanun", Chinese "guzheng", Japanese "koto", and Korean gayageum. - Sanna Kurki - Suonio ( born 1966 ) is a Finnish singer , kantele player and composer in the contemporary folk / neo-folk music genre . She is probably most well known for her work with the band Hedningarna , which extended over eight years between 1991 and 1999 . She was also a founding member of the group Loituma . After her first solo album , Musta , was released in 1998 , she toured the United States and Europe with Swedish viola player Magnus Stinnerbom . Since then , she has composed the Kalevala 150th Anniversary concert ( working with Finnish rock musician A. W. Yrjana ) , and has contributed to recordings by Ismo Alanko , Pekka Lehti , Hannu Saha , Transjoik , Frode Fjellheim , Tellu Turkka and the Tapiola Chamber Choir . She recently completed a new album , Kainuu , with kantele player Riitta Huttunen . Sanna taught singing at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki until 2002 . Now she teaches at the Academy in Joensuu . - Gusli is the oldest Russian multi-string plucked instrument. Its exact history is unknown. It may have derived from a Byzantine form of the Greek kythare, which in turn derived from the ancient lyre. It has its relatives throughout the world: kantele in Finland, kannel in Estonia, kankls, or kokle in Lithuania and Latvia. Furthermore, the kanun has been found in Arabic countries, and the autoharp, in the United States. It is also related to such ancient instruments as Chinese gu zheng, which has a thousand-year history, and its Japanese relative koto. - Karelia (Karelian, Finnish and Estonian: "Karjala" "Kareliya"), the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden. It is currently divided between the Russian Republic of Karelia, the Russian Leningrad Oblast, and Finland (the regions of South Karelia and North Karelia). - Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, celebrated yearly in July in Kaustinen, Finland, is the biggest folk music and dance festival in the Nordic countries. It was first celebrated in 1968. - Kokle is a Latvian plucked string musical instrument (chordophone) belonging to the Baltic zither family known as the Baltic psaltery. The first kokle related archeological findings in the territory of modern Latvia are from the 13th century, the first reliable written information about kokle playing comes from the beginning of the 17th century, but the first known kokle tune was notated in 1891. Both kokle and kokle playing are included in the Latvian Cultural Canon. After reading the paragraphs above, choose the best answer for the entity that related to 'sanna kurki-suonio' with the relationship of 'country of citizenship'. Choices: - finland - latvia - lithuania - russian republic
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finland