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    • Six finalists selected for the Sibelius violin competition - Finnish Otto Antikainen among them

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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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    Chelsea Music Festival celebrates Finnish music

    The 2015 Chelsea Music Festival will celebrate Finland and Hungary with its annual edition of innovative...
    10.6.2015
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    Kimmo Pohjonen and Apocalyptica nominated for Nordic Council Music Prize 2015

    Musician, composer and accordion virtuoso Kimmo Pohjonen and cello-rock ensemble Apocalyptica have been nominated to the...
    1.6.2015
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    Sebastian Hilli wins the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award

    Composer Sebastian Hilli has won the first prize at the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2015 in...
    1.6.2015
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    A guide to contemporary & classical summer festivals 2015

    Once again, the Finnish summer is packed with contemporary and classical festivals. Read our guide to Finnish...
    29.5.2015
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    Pietari Inkinen on the rise

    Pietari Inkinen will begin his new appointment as Chief Conductor of Prague Symphony Orchestra in the fall....
    28.5.2015
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    Teppo Koivisto named professor in Hanover

    Pianist Teppo Koivisto has been invited to be a professor of piano at the University of...
    28.5.2015
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    Helsinki Festival premieres new Finnish contemporary music

    For those interested in Finnish contemporary music, this year's Helsinki Festival is a must. Here are...
    28.5.2015
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    Sebastian Fagerlund’s busy festival season begins

    Sebastian Fagerlund will be this year’s theme composer for Furstensaal Classix Festival in Kempten and he...
    21.5.2015
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    Natural choices

    Trumpet player Verneri Pohjola swapped record labels to release Bullhorn, his boldest and most accomplished artistic...
    21.5.2015
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    Finland will be the center of attention at the 22nd Usedomer Musikfestival

    Finland will be the center of attention at the 22nd Usedomer Musikfestival in Germany/Poland, taking place...
    20.5.2015
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    New contemporary and classical albums for spring and summer 2015

    Again it's time to highlight some new contemporary and classical releases from Finland. The selection includes...
    15.5.2015
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    It’s only punk rock, but the world needs to hear it

    Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (‘The Namedays of Pertti Kurikka’) is a punk rock band established in 2009,...
    13.5.2015