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Magnus Lindberg – Changing style

by Tomi Mäkelä16 Aug 1992

Barely having finished Joy, the last part of his orchestral trilogy to which his earlier works Kinetics and Marea also belong, and also the Piano Concerto,...

Finnish through and through – Kullervo by Jean Sibelius

by FMQ15 Jun 1992

"Kullervo is a five-movement composition which depicts the main events from the (Kalevala) hero's life. The depiction is so vivid and so completely Finnish that at...

What is “Finnish” in Finnish music?

by Mikko Heiniö13 Mar 1992

"The 'Finnish element' - if indeed it even exists in the empirical sense - is no unique property; it is the sum of numerous factors each...

Reviewing the eighties – The rise of Finnish new music

by Kimmo Korhonen03 Mar 1992

“Finnish music in the 1980’s, as in any previous decade, has witnessed the arrival of yet another generation of composers. But this time, their debut has...