JOHANNA JUHOLA (born 1978) graduated as master of music on accordion from the Sibelius Academy, folk music department, 2008. Her other instruments are claviola, accordina and toy grand piano. Johanna loves tango nuevo and other passionate music genres and especially their fusions, as well as combining music with other kinds of performing arts. 

Juhola has composed music for several dance, theater and circus performances for the Swedish Theater in Helsinki, for Zodiak - the center for new dance, for the circus group Circo Aereo, for Theater of Keski-Uusimaa, Q Theater, for the circus group Med Andra Ord, for Dance Theater Hurjaruuth and for many project-based working groups. The latest composing request was "Fantasiatango" for the opening of Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki 2007. 

Juhola has been an influential member of bands such as Troka, Las Chicas del Tango, Spontaani Vire, Johanna Juhola Reaktori and Novjaro. She also have duos with pianist Timo Alakotila, pianist Milla Viljamaa, guitarist Roope Aarnio and the duo called Kraft with violinist Pekka Kuusisto. With Tuomas Norvio, a virtuoso of electronic music, Juhola has experimented with combining accordion with electronics, making music for contemporary dance, for fashion shows and television fiction. Johanna has visited the world of art music as a soloist for Timo Alakotila's concerto for free bass accordion and a chamber orchestra, and playing chamber music of Astor Piazzolla performed with different ensembles. 

Johanna Juhola won the International Astor Piazzolla Competition in 2000 with Novjaro Quintet and the International "Citta di Castelfidardo" award, Astor Piazzolla music section as Duo Milla Viljamaa & Johanna Juhola in 2002. 

The spring of 2006 saw the release of "Miette", Johanna´s debut solo album. All the music on the CD was written by her and performed in collaboration with a group of versatile musicians. Other releases with 
Johanna Juhola include her 2003 duo CD with Milla Viljamaa titled "Piazzolla Passage" and "Mi Retorno" 2007, the Keystone Cops album "Just the glow" from 2006, the 3rd Troka album "Raharinki" from that same year, Las Chicas del Tango: "La Voz Femenina" from 2007, the Timo Alakotila & Johanna Juhola album "Vapaassa Tilassa" from 2007 and the 3rd Spontaani Vire album "Korkea kofeiinipitoisuus" from 2008. The next CDs to be released are the first Kraft album "Max höjd" in january 2009 and Timo Alakotila´s "Concerto for free bass accordion and a chamber orchestra" with Vox Artis in spring 2009.