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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....
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Leif Segerstam celebrates 70th anniversary in March

The extraordinarily prolific composer and distinguished conductor Leif Segerstam will turn 70 on 2 March 2014....
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Catch Shine 2009’s new live session and a new track from Cup

The Helsinki-based duo have had a great year 2013. Their debut album Our Nation was released...
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Label feature: Svart Records

Operating from the coastal town of Turku, Svart Records has in a short time become one...
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GSA is the focus region for Finnish music export initiative in 2015 - 2016

Music Finland has selected the GSA(German speaking Europe) region as the focus of the next export...
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Arctic Paradise 2014

Music Finland's new Arctic Paradise 2014 CD is now out. The album features a wide range...
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New and noteworthy world and folk albums for the end of the year

The holiday season is right around the corner, and it’s time to take a break from...
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Lindberg, Salonen and Vänskä nominated for Grammy awards

Composer Magnus Lindberg and conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and Osmo Vänskä have been nominated for this year’s...
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Sunrise Avenue’s new album reaches the gold limit in Germany

Sunrise Avenue’s new album Unholy Ground has reached the gold limit in Germany.