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Artistic Vision: Outi Tarkiainen between two worlds

Composer Outi Tarkiainen serves as artistic director of the Silence Festival, a festival that takes place...
Markus Luukkonen, 18.5.2018
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Artistic Vision: Sami Klemola's thematic big picture leads Tampere Biennale festival

Composer and defunensemble leader Sami Klemola doubles as the artistic director of Tampere Biennale. Read his...
Markus Luukkonen, 12.4.2018
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Joonas Haavisto and Pauli Lyytinen bring hot and cool Finnish jazz to Bremen

April temperatures will fluctuate dramatically when it comes to Finnish music in Bremen, as Joonas Haavisto...
Riikka Hiltunen, 4.4.2018
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Isac Elliot – a veteran at seventeen

Isac Elliot is Finland's unlikely teen pop veteran. At seventeen he is starting to take more responsibility...
Oskari Onninen, 6.3.2018
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Santa Cruz & Shiraz Lane: Taking every stage by storm

Santa Cruz and Shiraz Lane – the messengers of Finnish glam metal and hard rock –...
Jukka Hätinen, 29.1.2018
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Lotta Wennäkoski – three-dimensional craftmanship within the fabric of music

Lotta Wennäkoski is in a position from where it is natural to look back, but also forward. Read...
Jean Ramsay, 5.12.2017
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The musical adventures of Jan Anderzén

Jan Anderzén is a name that pops up in key places when diving headfirst into some of...
Matti Nives, 24.10.2017
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Maija Kauhanen – multitasking her way between tradition and modern rhythms

Maija Kauhanen is a Finnish one-woman band, singer, songwriter and player of kantele, the Finnish traditional...
Anna Brotkin, 11.10.2017
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Tuomas Kantelinen Is Searching For Divinity

Film composer Tuomas Kantelinen creates the musical tone for anything from feature films to television newscasts...
Anton Vanha-Majamaa, 2.10.2017
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Battle Beast – A humble but determined predator

Battle Beast has been on a victorious path for a whole decade. After some difficult decisions...
Jukka Hätinen, 6.7.2017
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The archaeological eclecticism of Svart Records

From an underground operation to a celebrated label that keeps both music fans and its employees...
Jukka Hätinen, 31.5.2017
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Folk meets baroque

Violinist Kreeta-Maria Kentala, a Finnish pioneer in early classical music, was born in Kaustinen, the hotbed of...
Tove Djupsjöbacka, 22.5.2017