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Composer Minna Leinonen: Broadening the mind with music

For Teosto Prize winner Minna Leinonen, composing is about finding expression for a feeling of confusion...
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen, 22.4.2024
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More than just booze songs: Over 20 years of Korpiklaani

"Rankarumpu" is the twelfth album of folk metal band Korpiklaani, fourteenth if the early Shaman albums...
Vilho Rajala, 16.4.2024
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Pearly Drops: Finnish nature imagery and DIY indie hits

Indie duo Pearly Drops was born when two experienced musicians and producers, Juuso Malin and Sandra...
Joni Kling, 26.2.2024
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Composer Mioko Yokoyama: The quest for translating meaning

Helsinki-based Japanese composer Mioko Yokoyama has carved a niche for herself in Finnish contemporary music. For...
Santeri Kaipiainen, 30.1.2024
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Tango to techno: Johanna Juhola’s squeezebox fantasies

After a few years' break from the recording studio, accordionist Johanna Juhola is back with a...
Wif Stenger, 15.11.2023
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Breaking the ice: Virta’s cross-genre journey from Nordic jazz to ambient electronics

Honing its playing over a decade, this trio from Eastern Finland aims to create genre-free music...
Joni Kling, 23.10.2023
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Who the hell is Käärijä?

Käärijä, Finland's representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2023, is the name on pretty much everyone's lips...
Jukka Hätinen, 9.5.2023
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Lauri Supponen – Composer as a deep listener

Lauri Supponen’s works include installations, DIY electronics and performance art. To him, being a composer means...
Auli Särkiö-Pitkänen, 25.4.2023
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Soprano Tuuli Lindeberg finds new freedom in the margins

The Finnish art music world has faith in soprano Tuuli Lindeberg. If it didn’t, she would...
Kare Eskola, 10.2.2023
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Bewitching brew: Jussi Reijonen’s transcultural blend of Arabic, jazz and prog

Oud player and guitarist Jussi Reijonen grew up in Lapland, the Middle East and Africa, drawing...
Wif Stenger, 16.1.2023
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Knife Girl: Looking for a reason to live

22-year-old musician Knife Girl has found fanbases in Los Angeles and London in addition to her...
Jukka Hätinen, 18.11.2022
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Pohjonen Alanko: Quirky people with an absurd sense of humor

Pohjonen Alanko is not just a collaboration between Finnish musical masterminds Kimmo Pohjonen and Ismo Alanko,...
Mikael Mattila, 17.11.2022