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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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. 
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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
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Outi Tarkiainen signed to Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Edition Wilhelm Hansen has signed Outi Tarkiainen among its group of composers. ...
Music Finland, 16.6.2017
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A guide to Finnish contemporary & classical summer festivals 2017

Summer is here! Read our guide for classical and contemporary music festivals all around Finland.
Tuuli Elo, 14.6.2017