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    New and upcoming albums for winter and spring 2026

    Looking for new music? 2026 is packed with exciting Finnish releases, and we're here for it!...
    Music Finland, Teemu Fiilin, 17.2.2026
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    Pekka Kuusisto is the next Chief Conductor of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Pekka Kuusisto, the Finnish violinist and conductor, becomes the next Chief Conductor of the renowned Tokyo...
    Music Finland, 30.9.2025
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    Composer Asta Hyvärinen’s surrealistic dream plays

    Composer Asta Hyvärinen, who describes her works as “cross-sections of a shattering world”, premieres a spellbinding...
    Wif Stenger, 30.9.2025
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    Finnish Music Export Award 2025 goes to Backbone Management

    The company has played a key role in the international success of several Finnish artists for...
    Music Finland, 24.9.2025
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    Road to Womex 2025: The History of Modern Finnish Folk Music

    Finnish folk music is an internationally celebrated, artistically top notch form of art. Keep reading to...
    Mikael Mattila, 18.9.2025
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    HCMF presents works by eight Finnish composers

    The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF) features this year works by eight Finnish composers, performed by...
    Music Finland, 16.9.2025
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    Celebrate Kantele Day with our playlist

    In Finland, there are about 5,000 kantele players, 70 music schools where you can learn the...
    Music Finland, 11.9.2025
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    Seven Finnish acts will take the stages at Womex 2025

    This year's WOMEX, held in Tampere, Finland, will be filled with great Finnish music!
    Music Finland, 11.9.2025
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    What's cooking: Antti Paalanen

    In the latest part of our Q&A series "What's cooking," we meet with the 'accordion trance'...
    Teemu Fiilin, 10.9.2025
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    Music Publishers awards go to KAJ, Darude, Outi Tarkiainen and more

    The Finnish Music Publishers Association (MPA Finland) presented its annual awards for the 12th time. Among...
    Music Finland, 3.9.2025
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    WTF Showcase goes By:Larm – Get to know the Finnish acts!

    Between September 11 and 13, four Finnish acts will take over the stages of Oslo's By:Larm!...
    Music Finland, 22.8.2025
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    The Sugar Factory program aims at renewing contemporary opera

    The Finnish National Opera is launching a new program called The Sugar Factory (Sokeritehdas) – contemporary...
    Music Finland, 21.8.2025
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    World Premiere of Osmo Tapio Räihälä’s Farmer George set for Bregenzer Festspiele

    On 19 July, composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä’s new monodrama "Farmer George" will have its world premiere...
    Music Finland, 1.7.2025