In Finnish fiddling , Konsta Jylhä (1910 - 1984) was a folk-virtuoso who made traditional folk music a Finnish cultural phenomenon of wider currency, bringing his natural genius and traditional style to a burgeoning nationwide television audience, thus laying the foundation for a rich and popular traditional music scene in Finland.

A third generation Ostrobothnian master fiddler (Mestaripelimanni); in the 60's Konstas band Konsta Jylhä ja Purppuripelimannit became a mainstay of the Kaustinen folk festival, and iconic both in popular culture, and within the generation of master fiddlers to follow in his footsteps.

His best known pieces of original composition are Konstan Parempi Valssi ("Konstas better/improved waltz") and espescially the hauntingly beautiful Vaiennut Viulu ("silent/silenced violin").