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Marko Nyberg and Petja Virikko gain best music award at Cannesseries

Composers Marko Nyberg and Petja Virikko have taken home the award for best music at The...
Teemu Fiilin, 17.4.2024
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Listen to our Piano Music from Finland playlist

To celebrate International Piano Day, we collected a playlist of great Finnish piano music for everybody...
Music Finland, 28.3.2024
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Olli Kortekangas' new work deals with a current topic

Finnish-Estonian musical collaboration enters a new chapter as the poetic music piece RAJA is set to...
Petrus Sillanpää, 13.3.2024
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Esa-Pekka Salonen honored with 2024 Polar Music Prize

Composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has been named today as the recipient of the 2024 Polar...
Music Finland, 12.3.2024
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Celebrate Kalevi Aho's 75th birthday with our playlist

We celebrate Kalevi Aho, one of Finland's leading contemporary composers, who turned 75 on Saturday, March...
Music Finland, 11.3.2024
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FRSO named festival orchestra for Salzburg Easter Festival 2025

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) is set to perform as the festival orchestra for the...
Petrus Sillanpää, 7.3.2024
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Listen to our Kalevala Day playlist

Get to know some of the Finnish bands, artists and composers inspired by Kalevala!
Music Finland, 28.2.2024
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Seven works nominated for 2024 Teosto Prize

Seven new works of music, published or premiered in 2023, have been nominated for the 2024...
Music Finland, 27.2.2024
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Helsinki Chamber Choir and Uusinta Ensemble earn Grammy for Best Choral Performance

In the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony, Helsinki Chamber Choir and Uusinta Ensemble received the award for...
Music Finland, 5.2.2024
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Iceland and Denmark join Northern Connection

The Northern Connection continues in 2024 with two new partner countries: Denmark and Iceland. The idea...
Music Finland, 1.2.2024
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Dalia Stasevska selected to NYT Breakout Stars 2023 list

Conductor Dalia Stasevska has been selected as one of the Breakout Stars of 2023 by the...
Music Finland, 18.12.2023
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Music Finland Staff Picks: Our favourite Finnish albums of 2023

We take one final look at 2022 to choose our favourite albums of the year gone...
Music Finland, 13.12.2023