Amid the maelstroms of crisis rocking the world, the FMQ takes a look at musicians’ finances. What is the colour of money in the world of...

"The best thing about the Finnish public grant system is the very existence of it. Even if the amount allocated for the arts in the state...

Music, too, can be used for malevolent purposes, as Arttu Tolonen reflects in his column.

"It is also not insignificant that one of the most powerful shapers of our national identity was a composer. In Finland, classical music has always enjoyed...

  As the world celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius, we here at the FMQ are doing our bit in aiming our...

"Most of the time, I am far from Sibelius’s – and my own – homeland and on neutral territory, i.e. alone with my scores. But it...

Since the beginning of 2015, FMQ is published By Music Finland. The long-term partners the Sibelius Academy and the Society of Finnish Composers will continue to...

"In the 30 years since then, music, society and the media have all undergone vast transformation in Finland. The FMQ has kept pace with this, documenting...

"Music has the ability to prompt such a profound emotional sensation that words fail to describe it. Yet it also has the ability to prompt in...