For many decades, librarians have been compiling catalogues of the melodies or themes of musical works. In such a catalogue it is easy to discover that,...

In the course of the year 2000 Finnish popular music has made a dream come true: it has at last achieved a breakthrough on the international...

"From the shadow of Sibelius, a quite different Finnish composer emerged. Uuno Klami regarded national subjects through the eyes of a humorist, without romanticizing, but he...

Although serious music is often looked upon as a clearly defined genre of its own, it has by no means remained immune to the influence of...

The wooden architecture of the new Sibelius Hall in Lahti provided both traditional and modern support to the Lahti Symphony’s performance of Sibelius’ Finlandia at the...

It is finally time for Erkki Melartin to emerge from “the shadow of Sibelius”, nearly 63 years after his death. Is Melartin a symphonic composer of...

A superficial reason for the opera boom may be the composers' wish to celebrate the new millennium with a work of opera, the king of music...