A celebration of historical Finnish women who wrote music, Part 2:
Agnes Tschetschulin
A pioneer of Finnish violin repertoire and a virtuoso of the school of Joseph Joachim – handsome epithets that apply to composer and violinist Agnes Tschetschulin (1859–1942). She was the first star student of the Helsinki Music Institute (now the Sibelius Academy) and went on to create a prominent international career.
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Hildá Länsman:
“If our memory fails us, we exist no more….”
Music has long been important in increasing international awareness about the Sámi. Their yoik singing has come to represent an often forgotten people on the edge of Europe. Singer, songwriter Hildá Länsman represents the youngest generation forging an identity between tradition and modernity.
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Taavi Oramo's multiple roles
Conductor, electronic musician, singer, clarinettist and producer Taavi Oramo is known as a highly diverse and open-minded musician. Though increasingly performing as a conductor, he is keen to keep up his multiple other roles too: the various aspects of music-making that he is involved in are mutually supportive.
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Special Feature 1/2019
The perfect sound - mastering, measuring and myths
In this Special Feature, we explore the mysteries of sound quality. Our guides are high-end audio firms, internationally acclaimed recording producers and recording engineers, a Professor of Acoustics and a composer-researcher. We believe that this feature will be of interest to both hi-fi enthusiasts and hi-fi avoiders.
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Teenagers faced with arts
Taidetestaajat [Arts Testers] is a gigantic cultural project that over a period of three years will take every 8th grader in Finland to visit two cultural venues. The resulting encounters are sometimes wonderful, sometimes not so much, but in every case they leave a trace on audience members and organisers alike.
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Avanto adventures with Kimmo Pohjonen
"When accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen invited me to join him at his sauna society in January I couldn’t resist. But I was afraid. I’ve been courageous enough to attend many Kimmo shows and survived. But here was a challenge."
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Women and Violin - Chamber Music by Helvi Leiviskä
LIVE STREAM, 10 Feb 2019
Watch a concert featuring Helvi Leiviskä's chamber music from the G18 concert hall, Helsinki.
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From the Archives (1985–2005)
FMQ began life as a printed magazine – the Finnish Music Quarterly – in 1985. Until 2005, its articles were only available in hard copy.
Selected articles from our back catalogue have been posted online, and the selection is continuously being added to.
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