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    Käärijä and Tuuletar show Osaka 2025 how to “Party like a Finn"

    Finland will present shows by Käärijä and Tuuletar at the Nordic Pavilion at Osaka 2025 World...
    Music Finland, 14.5.2025
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    Ecological themes and the anatomy of sound – Ville Raasakka’s immersive music

    Ville Raasakka composes music that brings a variety of places and spaces to the listener. Ecological...
    Hanna Isolammi, 14.1.2022
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    Kare Eskola steps in as FMQ’s temporary editor-in-chief

    For the following three months, FMQ magazine, the independent music media operating under Music Finland, will...
    Music Finland, 11.1.2022
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    Pioneers: Inside the weird world of Circle

    One of the most idiosyncratic Finnish rock bands from the past decades, Circle turned 30 years...
    Jukka Hätinen, 22.12.2021
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    Music Finland staff picks: Our favourite Finnish albums of 2021

    It’s time to look back on the year in Finnish music: Which albums have the great...
    Music Finland, 20.12.2021
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    Kaustinen fiddle playing tradition chosen to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

    The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee has designated the Kaustinen fiddle tradition on the UNESCO list of the...
    Music Finland, 16.12.2021
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    Composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä awarded with Finlandia literary award

    Composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä has been awarded with Finlandia – the Finnish literary award for his...
    Music Finland, 14.12.2021
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    Status network strengthens Nordic collaboration in art music

    STATUS, a new network aims to strengthen Nordic collaboration in classical and contemporary music starting with...
    Music Finland, 14.12.2021
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    Finnish Music Export Award 2021 goes to Fennica Gehrman

    Music Finland awarded the seventh Finnish Music Export Award to Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab, a pioneer...
    Music Finland, 8.12.2021
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    From Gershwin to Mozart: Jazz pianist Iiro Rantala turns to opera

    While Iiro Rantala started out as a jazz pianist, he has recorded classical works and many...
    Wif Stenger, 7.12.2021
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    Dust Mountain: Bonded by blood and obscure sounds of the 70s

    Dust Mountain's debut album is a mature work of psychedelic and progressive art which takes the...
    Jukka Hätinen, 17.11.2021
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    New Artists to Follow 2/2021

    Four new Finnish artists you should get acquainted with – ranging from anthemic stadium rock to...
    Music Finland, 16.11.2021
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    Drummer Mikko Hassinen awarded by Jazz Finland

    Finland’s most prestigious jazz awards were celebrated on the 5th of November at Tampere Jazz Happening....
    Music Finland, 8.11.2021