Review:
Organic equality at the Musequal Festival
Endorsing equality in classical music in artistically meaningful and organic ways is no small endeavour. Yet, this was the very goal undertaken last weekend at Musequal Festival in Janakkala.
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Review:
Made in Finland at the National Ballet
"Witnessing the well-oiled production machinery of the FNB at work, one can sense that every creative contributor has had enough space and responsibility to dispel any need for power struggles or artistic compromises. The goal was reached through a common effort."
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Opera premiere 14 May:
A Room of One's Own
Outi Tarkiainen dramatises Virginia Woolf’s classic essay in her new opera.
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This should be good!
Emma prize nominees 2022
FMQ launches its new series 'This should be good' with a review of the Emma prize nominees for classical, jazz and ethno/global music.
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Review:
Late-night contemporary music? Solutions at Tampere Biennale
Although many festivals and performing organisations have shown extraordinary creativity in programming contemporary music, demonstrating, at best, genuine interest in diversity and innovation, especially during the pandemic, one perennial question still remains largely unanswered; what to do with late-night shows?
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FMQ Special Feature 1/2022:
Aspects of musicology in Finland
FMQ Special Feature 1/2022 showcases examples of how Finnish music studies have evolved in close contact with music, musicians, audiences and society at large.
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Chamber music series fostering continuity
Hietsu is Happening! runs on the logic of improvisation, while Helsinki Seriös has ambitions to become a new cornerstone of the chamber music scene. Both are examples of how non-institutional concert organisers can foster continuity.
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A chain of generations in Kaustinen
In December 2021, Kaustinen fiddle playing was included on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Kaustinen fiddling tradition has remained unbroken ever since the instrument first made its way to Finland some three hundred years ago. How does a living tradition pass from one generation to another, and what does the everyday music scene in Kaustinen look like?
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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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