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Finnish music on the rise in the UK

In 2012-2013, the United Kingdom was the focus market for Finnish music. To that end, we...
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Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Rubáiyát premiered at the Wigmore Hall

Einojuhani Rautavaara's new song-cycle, setting poetry from Omar Khayyám's Rubáiyát, was written for Gerald Finley who...
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Pasimusic Festival introduces music by composer Pasi Lyytikäinen

Pasimusic Festival, a festival which introduces music by Pasi Lyytikäinen, will take place on 18th –...
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Joanna Wang worked with Pessi Levanto on her latest album

Award-winning Taiwanese artist Joanna Wang’s latest album Midnight Cinema was recorded and produced in Finland and...
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Tampere Biennale looks beyond music

Tampere Biennale, a festival for contemporary Finnish music taking place in Tampere, Finland, will bring visual...
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Esa-Pekka Salonen has been awarded the Nemmers Prize

Conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen has been awarded the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition....
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Sunrise Avenue, Dalindèo and Isac Elliot among the winners of Emma Awards

Emma Gala, the annual Finnish music awards gala was held in Espoo last Friday. Winners included...
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Apocalyptica and Avanti! Chamber Orchestra begin their tour in March

Cello rockers Apocalyptica will begin their tour with Avanti! Chamber Orchestra in March. The programme includes...
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Esa-Pekka Salonen named Ojai Festival’s Music Director for 2017

One of North America's most acclaimed festivals of contemporary music, Ojai has published it's Music Directors...
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Osmo Vänskä and Ondine won Grammy awards

Osmo Vänskä’s performance of Sibelius’ Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 with Minnesota Orchestra won the Grammy...
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Sebastian Fagerlund’s works in high demand

Composer Sebastian Fagerlund's violin concerto "Darkness in light" was recently performed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra,...
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The Lentoon! mentoring programme helped build international careers

In the fall of 2013, Music Finland organized the Lentoon! mentoring programme to provide freelancers working...