{"id":3667,"date":"2025-09-07T09:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/?page_id=3667"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:16:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/en\/about","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"hitory-carousel__section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"history-carousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"horizontal-timeline loaded\" id=\"history-timeline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"events-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"selected\" data-horizontal-timeline='{\"date\": \"16\/01\/2006\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel__block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_bg lazyloaded\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henry_About2.png);\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henry_About2.png)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_title\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>THE CURTAIN RISES<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The leap from hobbyist to professional. What began as a fascination became a calling, as Henri stepped onto the stage as a full-time magician.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\" data-horizontal-timeline='{\"date\": \"16\/01\/2016\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel__block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_bg lazyloaded\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Photo-18.png);\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Photo-18.png)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_title\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>A SPOTLIGHT MOMENT<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A decade later, recognition followed. Henri was named Best Performer of the Year at the Evento Awards, a defining moment that placed him firmly among Finland\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\" data-horizontal-timeline='{\"date\": \"16\/01\/2019\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel__block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_bg lazyloaded\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henry_1.png);\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henry_1.png)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_title\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>CROWNED IN MAGIC<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Crowned with the Magician of Finland Award, Henri\u2019s artistry was no longer just admired, it was celebrated as a cultural emblem of his homeland.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\" data-horizontal-timeline='{\"date\": \"16\/01\/2022\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel__block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_bg lazyloaded\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TV-show-Magic-in-Lapland-1.png);\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TV-show-Magic-in-Lapland-1.png)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_title\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>THE YEAR OF WONDERS<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A landmark year. Awarded Magician of the Year, Henri\u2019s performances reached new heights of acclaim. That same year, he starred in Magic in Lapland, a TV series that travelled across the Atlantic to American audiences.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\" data-horizontal-timeline='{\"date\": \"16\/01\/2023\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel__block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_bg lazyloaded\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lavatik.png);\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lavatik.png)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_title\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>BEYOND BORDERS<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Honoured with the Cultural Export Award, Henri was recognised not only as a performer, but as an ambassador of Finnish creativity on the global stage.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"\" data-horizontal-timeline='{\"date\": \"16\/01\/2025\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel__block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_bg lazyloaded\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Taikarumpu_211021_NikiSoukkio_3774.png);\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Taikarumpu_211021_NikiSoukkio_3774.png)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_image_title\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hitory-carousel_caps_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>THE GRAND FINALE<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Invited to perform at the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Finale, Henri became the first Finnish artist ever to appear at one of the world\u2019s most spectacular sporting events.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:80vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1650\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3872 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/about-henrik-2.png\" style=\"object-position:92% 49%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"92% 49%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/about-henrik-2.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/about-henrik-2-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/about-henrik-2-1024x660.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/about-henrik-2-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/about-henrik-2-1536x990.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/about-henrik-2-2048x1320.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-qi-blocks-columns qodef-gutenberg-section qodef--template qodef-block-e0a8ee94 qodef-col-num--2 qodef-col-layout--50 qodef-content--full-width\"><div class=\"qodef-section-background-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"qodef-gutenberg-row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-qi-blocks-column qodef-gutenberg-column qodef-block-254804a3 animation-fade-right\"><div class=\"qodef-gutenberg-column-inner\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6b3a5e7f3ee78c6c6a374388459f0ad3\" id=\"years-heading\" style=\"font-size:50px;line-height:1.2\">20 YEARS COUNTLESS STAGES ENDLESS WONDER<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-qi-blocks-column qodef-gutenberg-column qodef-block-05da1401 animation-fade-left\"><div class=\"qodef-gutenberg-column-inner\">\n<p class=\"font-outfit has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-817bce96303783676de567b030e24314\" style=\"font-size:22px\">Henri Kemppainen is a Finnish-born artist awarded \u2018Magician of the Year\u2019, named \u2018Best Performer\u2019, and recognised for carrying Finnish culture onto the world stage. Henri\u2019s work is defined not by accolades, but by the unnerving silence he creates, the questions he leaves behind, and the reality he rewrites on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henri_SIgn-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4160\" title=\"image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henri_SIgn-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henri_SIgn-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henri_SIgn-1024x146.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henri_SIgn-768x109.png 768w, https:\/\/www.henrikemppainen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Henri_SIgn-1536x218.png 1536w, 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