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    Playlist: Make your Valentine's Day special with these Finnish tunes!

    To celebrate Valentine's Day, we collected a playlist full of new love songs and romantic tunes...
    Music Finland, 13.2.2026
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    Pioneers: Hitmaker Jaakko Salovaara shaped the sound of the new millennium

    October 1999 was a spectacular month for Finnish music and club music overall: Darude's "Sandstorm" and...
    Jukka Hätinen, 21.4.2022
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    Joel Järventausta’s Sunfall commissioned by LSO premiered this week

    London Symphony Orchestra will premiere a new commissioned work by contemporary composer Joel Järventausta this week...
    Music Finland, 30.3.2022
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    Nordic Folk Alliance showcase introduces 20 Nordic folk acts

    Between April 20-22, Nordic Folk Alliance's second annual showcase festival and conference will take place in...
    Music Finland, 22.3.2022
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    Pioneers: Amorphis blazed Finnish metal’s path into the mainstream

    In 1994, five long-haired guys, barely aged 20, recorded the metal album Tales from the Thousand...
    Mervi Vuorela, 8.3.2022
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    Motel Finlandia showcase at SXSW features Cyan Kicks, Detalji, Antti Paalanen and Tomppabeats

    Music Finland’s showcase event “Motel Finlandia” at South by Southwest 2022 introduces four exciting Finnish acts...
    Music Finland, 2.3.2022
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    In memoriam: Jaakko Kuusisto 1974 – 2022

    Violinist, composer and conductor Jaakko Kuusisto has passed away at the age of 48. Kuusisto was...
    Music Finland, 28.2.2022
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    Fueled by loyal fans and hard work: Cyan Kicks' hurricane won't stop

    Cyan Kicks is a four-piece band founded in 2016 in Helsinki, mixing hard rock guitars with...
    Jukka Hätinen, 28.2.2022
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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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    Sanna Salmenkallio receives Harpa Award for her music for the film Aalto

    Composer Sanna Salmenkallio was awarded the Nordic Harpa Film Music Prize on Saturday 12 February 2022....
    Music Finland, 12.2.2022
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    Music Finland discusses future music and tech cooperations

    In March, Music Finland will organize Finnish Music Tech Meetup, a new event discussing about future...
    Music Finland, 8.2.2022
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    Emotional relatability: 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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    Pioneers: To infinity and beyond – four decades of Värttinä

    Turning forty in 2023, Värttinä is by far the most successful and internationally acclaimed Finnish world...
    Mikael Mattila, 28.1.2022