Ensembles she is or has been involved with are: •
Niekku, formed during the years at the Sibelius Academy: before they disbanded, they recorded three albums. •
Aldargaz, also formed at the Sibelius Academy including
fiddler
Arto Järvelä,
pianist Timo Alakotila,
mandolinist
Petri Hakala,
guitarist
Olli Varis and
Tapani Varis. The group made their last recording in 1999. • A duo consisting of her and Timo Alakotila, that recorded the album
Ambra. •
Maria Kalaniemi Trio, extending the duo with Olli Varis. Both the duo and the trio play traditional tunes, popular Finnish tunes from about the mid-20th century as well as new material by Kalaniemi and Alakotila. The trio released a live CD recorded in
Tokyo,
Tokyo concert, that partly contains the same tunes as
Ambra. •
Accordion Tribe, an international accordion group consisting of Kalaniemi,
Guy Klucevsek from the
United States,
Bratko Bibic from
Slovenia,
Lars Hollmer from
Sweden and
Otto Lechner from
Austria •
Unto Tango Orchestra (
Tango-Orkesteri Unto) with
Pirjo Aittomäki (
vocals), Timo Alakotila,
Petri Hakala (
guitar),
Mauno Järvelä (
violin) and
Hannu Rantanen (
double bass). The group was formed to perform at one particular occasion, and later released a CD that outside of Finland is sold as
Finnish tango. •
Helsinki Melodeon Ladies •
Ramunder, a Swedish-speaking project with the singer
Anna-Kaisa Liedes and the fiddler
Marianne Maans She has also worked and recorded with the Swedish fiddler
Sven Ahlbäck, the popular Finnish singer
Katri Helena, the singer/actor/flautist
Vesa-Matti Loiri, the Finnish accordionist
Kimmo Pohjonen and many others. In 2004, she was the special guest at a concert in
London with the
BBC Concert Orchestra and the Finnish fiddler group
JPP playing duets with Timo Alakotila plus a piece by Alakotila for accordion, orchestra and JPP written for this occasion. ==Discography==