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Pioneers: Kari Kriikku, clarinettist extraordinaire

Lively and charismatic onstage, Kari Kriikku is one of Europe’s top clarinettists in the contemporary classical...
Wif Stenger, 15.2.2022
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Rescued by commercials: Marko Nyberg expresses his feelings through music

With his internationally praised indie pop group Husky Rescue dormant for almost a decade, bandleader Marko...
Jukka Hätinen, 2.2.2022
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Ecological themes and the anatomy of sound – Ville Raasakka’s immersive music

Ville Raasakka composes music that brings a variety of places and spaces to the listener. Ecological...
Hanna Isolammi, 14.1.2022
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From Gershwin to Mozart: Jazz pianist Iiro Rantala turns to opera

While Iiro Rantala started out as a jazz pianist, he has recorded classical works and many...
Wif Stenger, 7.12.2021
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Esa Pietilä: Breaking down walls between jazz and classical

Over the past decade, Esa Pietilä has led parallel careers in jazz and classical, with the...
Wif Stenger, 4.8.2021
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Composer Antti Auvinen: Defying expectations

Composer Antti Auvinen’s music has been described as noisy and aggressive, like the heavy metal he’s...
Wif Stenger, 2.3.2021
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Sampo Haapamäki: Tendency towards musical resolution and interaction between inner elements of music

Composer Sampo Haapamäki's long-term intention has been to carefully evoke and nurture his nascent musical ideas,...
Kare Eskola, 5.1.2021
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Classical guitarist Petri Kumela: Curiosity meets stubbornness

Typically, Finnish musicians succeed by doing something highly unusual exceptionally well. Guitarist Petri Kumela is different...
Kare Eskola, 27.10.2020
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Tytti Arola: Music beyond composing

Reading Tytti Arola's extensive CV, one instantly forms an image of an open-minded artist readily nurturing...
Matti Nives, 20.5.2020
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He’s lost control – Composer Sebastian Hilli pushes the boundaries of classical

For composer Sebastian Hilli the concept of sticking to one musical genre or formula is too limiting. We...
Oskari Onninen, 14.10.2019
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Artistic vision: Osmo Tapio Räihälä went through 400 proposals for Nordic Music Days

Osmo Tapio Räihälä directs Nordic Music Days, a festival initiated in 1888, when "Grieg was in...
Markus Luukkonen, 2.10.2018
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Artistic Vision: Johan Tallgren's search for new perspectives

Johan Tallgren doesn't want to rehash the past: “Running a contemporary music festival is psychologically challenging”,...
Markus Luukkonen, 27.6.2018