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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...
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Finding a unique voice through tradition

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto has received two awards this fall. In both cases the reasons included a...
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Reality opera for Generation Y

Young adults + mobile phones = constant readiness for picture updates, anytime and anywhere. Conductor Ville...
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Touching the untouchable

The age structure of concert audiences is the cause of some concern. The middle-aged and well-to-do...
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Creative collaboration

Composers began collaborating with orchestras in a big way in the late 1990s, and their partnerships...
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Alba Records celebrates 20th anniversary: The art of the possible

November 2012 marked the 20th anniversary of the first CD release by Alba Records. The existence...
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Monday night fever (on contemporary music series)

Two new concert series have added a welcome, broader dimension to the Helsinki contemporary- music scene....