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Arctic Paradise Contemporary gathers contemporary music professionals to Helsinki

In February 2019 Music Finland’s Arctic Paradise Contemporary will gather international contemporary music professionals to network with their Finnish...
Music Finland, 9.11.2018
News / Contemporary & Classical

Contemporary art music meets visual arts and prog rock at Nordic Music Days 2018

Nordic Music Days begins today in Helsinki. Founded in 1888, the event is one of the...
Music Finland, 7.11.2018
News / Contemporary & Classical

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...
News / Hard Rock & Metal

A guide to Finnish summer festivals 2018

Summer is here! We compiled a list of 30 Finnish summer festivals that take place all around...
Teemu Fiilin, Pietu Arvola, 4.6.2018
News / Contemporary & Classical

Carbon-free Lahti Symphony Orchestra wins Classical:NEXT Innovation Award

Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s project ”Carbon-free Lahti Symphony Orchestra” has been awarded Classical:NEXT 2018 Innovation Award.
Music Finland, 21.5.2018
News / Contemporary & Classical

Composer Miika Hyytiäinen premieres three new musical theatre performances

Composer Miika Hyytiäinen is premiering three different musical theatre performances at three prominent international festivals within this...
Music Finland, 26.4.2018
News / Contemporary & Classical

Kaija Saariaho receives BBVA Foundation’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Composer Kaija Saariaho has been recognized with the BBVA Foundation’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award on the...
Pietu Arvola, 19.2.2018
News / Hard Rock & Metal

Music Finland staff picks: Favourite Finnish albums of 2017

We take one final look at 2017 to choose our favourite albums of the year gone...
News / Contemporary & Classical

100 Finnish songs you should hear

In honor of the centenary of Finnish independence, we compiled a playlist of 100 Finnish songs...
Teemu Fiilin, 4.12.2017
News / Contemporary & Classical

Susanna Mälkki wins Nordic Council Music Prize

Conductor Susanna Mälkki has been awarded this year’s Nordic Council Music Prize. 
Music Finland, 2.11.2017
News / Contemporary & Classical

Sasha Mäkilä named Principal Guest Conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Sasha Mäkilä has been named the Principal Guest Conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra. 
News / Contemporary & Classical

Sebastian Fagerlund's much-anticipated opera Höstsonaten premiered by the Finnish National Opera

The much-anticipated world premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund’s new opera Höstsonaten takes place this Friday, September 8 at the Finnish National...
Pietu Arvola, 6.9.2017