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Apocalyptica and Avanti! Chamber Orchestra begin their tour in March

Cello rockers Apocalyptica will begin their tour with Avanti! Chamber Orchestra in March. The programme includes...
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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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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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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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Pekka Kuusisto wins the Nordic Council Music Prize 2013

Violinist-composer Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976), has won the Nordic Council Music Prize 2013, awarded at a...
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November starts with Lindberg in Netherlands

The start of November will see the kick-off of the Netherlands-based New European Ensemble's all-season “Lindberg...
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Pierrot Lunaire and Three Shadow Dreams to Tokyo

Pierrot Lunaire and three Shadow Dreams is an experimental music theater piece by Varjo Ensemble. Now...
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The Snow Queen and other new releases

New Finnish CD's include ballet music by Tuomas Kantelinen, first recordings of P. H. Nordgren's works,...