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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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Maria Kalaniemi: Bellow songs with feeling

Read our feature interview with Maria Kalaniemi, a versatile, multiple-award-winning accordionist, who considers herself a soul musician. 
Mikael Mattila, 29.8.2018
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Perttu Häkkinen in Memoriam

Beloved musician, author and journalist Perttu Häkkinen has passed away at the age of 39 years...
Janne Flinkkilä, 15.8.2018
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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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Lau Nau: Adventures in sound and vision

Lau Nau dives deep into the realm of cinematic music while trekking the world over by...
Matti Nives, 4.6.2018
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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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Joonas Haavisto and Pauli Lyytinen bring hot and cool Finnish jazz to Bremen

April temperatures will fluctuate dramatically when it comes to Finnish music in Bremen, as Joonas Haavisto...
Riikka Hiltunen, 4.4.2018
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Isac Elliot – a veteran at seventeen

Isac Elliot is Finland's unlikely teen pop veteran. At seventeen he is starting to take more responsibility...
Oskari Onninen, 6.3.2018
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Santa Cruz & Shiraz Lane: Taking every stage by storm

Santa Cruz and Shiraz Lane – the messengers of Finnish glam metal and hard rock –...
Jukka Hätinen, 29.1.2018
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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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The musical adventures of Jan Anderzén

Jan Anderzén is a name that pops up in key places when diving headfirst into some of...
Matti Nives, 24.10.2017