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He’s lost control – Composer Sebastian Hilli pushes the boundaries of classical

For composer Sebastian Hilli the concept of sticking to one musical genre or formula is too limiting. We...
Oskari Onninen, 14.10.2019
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Artistic vision: Osmo Tapio Räihälä went through 400 proposals for Nordic Music Days

Osmo Tapio Räihälä directs Nordic Music Days, a festival initiated in 1888, when "Grieg was in...
Markus Luukkonen, 2.10.2018
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Artistic Vision: Johan Tallgren's search for new perspectives

Johan Tallgren doesn't want to rehash the past: “Running a contemporary music festival is psychologically challenging”,...
Markus Luukkonen, 27.6.2018
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Artistic Vision: Outi Tarkiainen between two worlds

Composer Outi Tarkiainen serves as artistic director of the Silence Festival, a festival that takes place...
Markus Luukkonen, 18.5.2018
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Artistic Vision: Sami Klemola's thematic big picture leads Tampere Biennale festival

Composer and defunensemble leader Sami Klemola doubles as the artistic director of Tampere Biennale. Read his...
Markus Luukkonen, 12.4.2018
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Lotta Wennäkoski – three-dimensional craftmanship within the fabric of music

Lotta Wennäkoski is in a position from where it is natural to look back, but also forward. Read...
Jean Ramsay, 5.12.2017
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Tuomas Kantelinen Is Searching For Divinity

Film composer Tuomas Kantelinen creates the musical tone for anything from feature films to television newscasts...
Anton Vanha-Majamaa, 2.10.2017
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Sebastian Hilli and Sauli Zinovjev: emotions in two different aesthetics

Award-winning young composers Sebastian Hilli and Sauli Zinovjev unveil new works at the opening of Helsinki’s...
Wif Stenger, 3.1.2017
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defunensemble: Uneasy listening

defunensemble was founded in 2009, with a name plucked from the history of electronic music. Defun...
Wif Stenger, 11.3.2016
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Balancing tradition and cutting-edge

Susanna Mälkki strides onto the Helsinki Music Centre stage in a slim-cut black suit. She’s a...
Wif Stenger, 10.11.2015
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Art music and digital media: a love-hate relationship

Art music has significantly influenced the formats in which music is recorded. The LP record, for...
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Avanti! at 30 – still forging ahead

Avanti! was formed – with an exclamation mark – in April 1983. At that time, Finland...