Social and easy-going biologist and music-enthusiast.

In addition to playing saxophone, I'm also focusing (mainly Irish) trad music with tin whistles and Uilleann pipes. Guitar and piano go as well. An accordion just a little but it's on progress!

Very into nature-related activities as well as history and literature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Primarily, I'd like to meet musicians and/or other music-enthusiasts while traveling that they could show best places for jam sessions and live music. I think it would be optimal way to get introduced to local culture and best people!

Interests

• culture
• literature
• music
• guitar
• piano
• fishing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music right now:
- Jazz: Robert Glasper Experiment, Louis Cole, Cannonball Adderley, Allan Holdsworth
- (Neo)Soul: Hiatus Kaiyote
- Indie: badbadnotgood, Men I Trust, Big Thief
- Trad/Folk: Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Lizzy McAlpine, Seals & Crofts, Jim Croce, The Bothy Band

Books right now:
V. S. Naipaul - The Enigma of Arrival
C. S. Gwynne - The Empire of the Rising Moon
John Vaillant - The Golden Spruce
Finnish literature (e.g., Kalle Päätalo - River Iijoki series)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working several summers in Lapland and surveying endangered birds!

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Music
- Knowledge of present and extinct mammalian and avian species
- Deep knowledge of environmental issues of Northern Europe
- Perspectives of living beside Russia

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine