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Bright times in Europe for Kari Ikonen Trio

The Kari Ikonen Trio finished the year 2013 on the top of their game, with several...
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Busy spring ahead for Iiro Rantala

Iiro Rantala is as profilic as ever. Being at the helm of two new groups, Iiro...
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Music Kickup announced new services at Midem 2014

Music Kickup, which recently launched their extremely successful 100% free digital music distribution service to major...
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Softengine will represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland’s contestant at the Eurovision Song Contest this year will be melodic pop-rock outfit Softengine.
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Nordic Music Prize 2013 finalists announced

The 12 finalists for the Nordic Music Prize have been announced. Finland's finalists are hypnotic psych-rockers...
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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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First acts for The Great Escape 2014 announced

The first Finnish bands on the bill are Satellite Stories, Sin Cos Tan, Jaakko Eino Kalevi...
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The nominees for Nordic Music Prize announced

The Nordic Music Prize is an annual award for the Best Nordic Album of the Year....
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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...
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Guitar repertoire builds up

Guitarists Otto Tolonen and Petri Kumela have recorded new Finnish guitar repertoire on their latest albums....