Sampo Haapamäki explores new frontiers of sound
Sampo Haapamäki has been employing quarter-tones in his music for more than a decade. In his new work, to be performed at the Time of Music festival in Viitasaari, he combines a large chamber ensemble and electronics.
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Finland is producing new operas like never before
Gene technology, local heroes and pipe and drain renovations
Reports of the death of opera have been frequent since the Second World War, but as far as Finland is concerned they have been greatly exaggerated. Finnish opera is now doing better than ever, with some 20 new additions to the repertoire every year.
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Special Feature 2/2018:
A look at the Sibelius Academy in 2018
The second special feature in FMQ in 2018 focuses on Finland’s only university-level music institution, the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, through which we also take a look at university-level music teaching today in general.
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Pasi Hyökki:
“Without choirs we would not have the society we have today”
Choral singing has made a vital contribution to Finland’s history and is a crucial building block of Finnish society. Pasi Hyökki is well versed in the challenges and rewards of conducting a male choir institution and a children’s choir institution, each with a strong tradition and reputation. Professional choral singing, however, is pitifully underdeveloped in Finland.
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Kardemimmit:
a folk-pop quartet pushing 20
A group of four women who each both sing and play the kantele and who write songs in a consistent and original style, Kardemimmit have their roots in the folk tradition but are not afraid to season their menu with whatever spices take their fancy. Few ensembles can boast having made music together from childhood through to turning professional. In recent years, Kardemimmit have been in demand from the USA to Japan.
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Future of musicology cause for concern at Finnish universities
Musicology must engage in closer cooperation with other disciplines and find focus areas for profiling; that might be a summary of the demands currently being placed on tuition in this subject. There are positive experiences of cooperation with other disciplines at universities, but the future of the discipline is a shared source of concern all around Finland.
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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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