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Sibelius Eight. What happened to it?

by Kari Kilpeläinen01 Dec 1995

During the last three decades of his life, Sibelius was locked in a desperate struggle with the forces of creation, the expectations of those around him...

From lament to success story: the Society of Finnish Composers at 50

by Erkki Salmenhaara15 Sep 1995

Finnish composers got together to form a society immediately after the war, in 1945. The following is a resume of the history of the first half...

Once I waited for someone — the story of the Finnish Tango

by Pekka Gronow15 Sep 1995

Finland has taken the potato from Peru — potato in Finnish is peruna, by the way — and the tango from Argentina. Both these South American...

P.H. Nordgren: Being a composer in Finland - An Ostrobothnian perspective

by Pehr Henrik Nordgren15 Jun 1995

”Being a composer in Finland" means above all capturing the intellectual mood, and this also involves an understanding of the country's own traditions."