Reija Lang has performed in jazz clubs and jazz happenings with different combos in Finland as well as Sweden, Russia and Estonia. As a tribute to Lang & Luolajan-Mikkola´s musical inspiration, The Finnish Jazz Federation elected Lang & Luolajan-Mikkola quintet to perform on an annually organised Finnish Jazz Tour in major Finnish cities in November 2005.
Reija has studied singing both at Pop & Jazz Conservatorium and Sibelius Academy Open University in Helsinki. She studies continuously to improve her technique and expression - her mentors at the moment are Sanni Orasmaa and Wade Mikkola. She has earlier studied also privately with Tanja Linnavalli, Jenny Robson and Maija Hapuoja.
Reija has also participated Amsterdam Conservatorium Jazz Workshop in 2002 (led by Nancy Marano) and Stanford Jazz Workshop (California, USA) in 2003 (led by Madeline Eastman, Dena De Rose).
In 2006 she studied privately in New York with Mark Murphy - one of the world´s most respected jazz vocalists - Grammy nominee & Downbeat poll winner for “The best male jazz singer”. She also participated Jay Clayton´s Vocal Free Improvisation Workshop at School for Improvised Music in Brooklyn, New York.
