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    Finnish bands and artists on tour in 2025

    From jazz to indie and metal to progressive rock and beyond, the year is filled with...
    Music Finland, 10.2.2025
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    Three Finnish showcase artists at Reeperbahn Festival 2018

    Music Finland organises a showcase evening with three artists on the bill on September 19. 
    11.9.2018
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    Revisit Arctic Paradise World & Jazz Event in 360° virtual reality photos

    In June 2018 Music Finland organised Arctic Paradise World & Jazz Event, a networking and showcase happening...
    Music Finland, 11.9.2018
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    Gaudeamus Award 2018 awarded for Sebastian Hilli

    Composer Sebastian Hilli won the Gaudeamus Award 2018 on Sunday 9 September at the end of the Gaudeamus...
    10.9.2018
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    Watch Arctic Paradise World & Jazz Event aftermovie

    Watch a mini-documentary of Arctic Paradise World & Jazz Event, organised June 2018 in Helsinki.
    Music Finland, 7.9.2018
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    WOMEX 2019 travels to Finland

    WOMEX World Music Expo 2019 will take place in Tampere, Finland. The 25th edition of the...
    Music Finland, 30.8.2018
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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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    Ethnogala awards top-class folk and world music artists again in 2019

    Ethnogala, the awards gala for the Finnish folk, world and roots music and folk dance will...
    Music Finland, 14.8.2018
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    Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble selected to this year’s offWOMEX showcase program

    Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble, a nine-piece band consisting of Finnish, Beninese and Tanzanian musicians has been chosen to...
    Music Finland, 8.8.2018
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    WOMEX Conference Program announces Finnish speakers

    Womex 2018 announced this year’s Conference Program. The speakers include Finnish world music professionals Vilma Timonen...
    Music Finland, 31.7.2018
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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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    Visit Song Castle 2018 in a virtual reality studio tour

    In May 2018, Music Finland organised the 11th installment of Song Castle, one of the Nordics'...
    Music Finland, 27.6.2018