"Let us accept as a starting point that one can be a musicologist if one has been trained as a musician and as a scholar. Failing...

"Musical evolution is not linear. Musical styles do not change all at once, and music does not develop – let alone ‘progress’ – in any single...

"Boundaries between nationalities are becoming more relaxed, and people increasingly feel themselves belonging to transnational groups. And as people move around, so does their music. Changes...

"Art of time requires dramaturgical precision from its creator, and because of this a key tool for the creator is a stopwatch. If a particular section...

"For me, the most important function of music is to convey and catalyse emotions. This is why rich textures and powerful melodies play such a central...

"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...

"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...