Tampere Jazz Happening
40 years of pushing the boundaries, and self-obliteration
"What makes someone visit the same music festival for 40 years without a break? This is what has happened to me with Tampere Jazz Happening", writes music journalist Harri Tuominen.
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On my music and beyond:
HOPE – A positive musical perspective on the world’s ecological crisis
"When I compose music and write lyrics, I start from the concept of wanting to communicate true facts and real things to my listeners, and find issues that are relevant and common for all of us as humans. I love to connect with my audiences, and I want to speak out about things that matter to me. When it comes to lyrics, I love to be poetic. When it comes to music, I love grooves, patterns, odd and polyrhythms."
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As the canon turns
Reflections on the centenary of Joonas Kokkonen
Joonas Kokkonen began his life in a small town in the 1920s and went on to become one of Finland’s most celebrated and internationally most successful composers. Today, his music is rarely performed in concert.
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FMQ Special Feature 3/2021:
Making the wheels of music go round – views on music funding in and beyond Finland
What are the post-pandemic funding prospects for the musical arts? How is Finland’s internationally acclaimed system of financial support for art music doing these days? What does a musician’s income structure look like, and how will it evolve in the future? These issues and many more are discussed in the FMQ Special Feature 3/2021.
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A new era:
Nicholas Collon starts as Chief Conductor of the FRSO
History will be made later this month, as Nicholas Collon becomes the first non-Finn to lead the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. What can Finland expect from the British musician – and should the rest of the world be listening too?
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Saariaho's opera premiere:
Innocence is touching and gripping
Kaija Saariaho has done it again: her opera Innocence, premiered in Aix-en-Provence, proved to be a masterpiece and was enthusiastically received by the audience and critics alike. Its distressing subject, a school shooting, was merely the starting point for a multi-faceted exploration of humanity and trauma. Text, music and drama came together in a rich and emotional blend. Is this the best opera that Saariaho has ever written?
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FMQ Special Feature 2/2021:
Changing spaces of music – from acoustic and live to virtual and hybrid
Special Feature 2/2021 takes a look at the physical and virtual spaces in which concerts are being produced and listened to in the 2020s.
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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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