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Kimmo Pohjonen and vanguard accordion

by Petri Silas01 Dec 2001

Kimmo Pohjonen represents that rare breed of musicians who seem to be born to redefine the genres and recalibrate the metres. Such is the force of...

A hundred years of Finnish recordings

by Pekka Gronow01 Oct 2001

In 2001, it was a hundred years since the first Finnish records appeared on the market. Pekka Gronow, the then head of record archives at the...

The apostle of musical humanism: Communication between people is the core of Joonas Kokkonen’s music

by Mats Liljeroos01 Sep 2001

What does it take to be a great composer? What is characteristic of a vital tonal art that appeals to different kinds of people in different...

Jean Sibelius conducts

by Vesa Sirén01 Jun 2001

Jean Sibelius conducted his own compositions with orchestras the world over for the space of nearly three decades. Vesa Sirén, author of “Aina poltti sikaria –...

Sermilä “the All-rounder”

by Anu Karlson01 Mar 2001

It is improvisatory music, such as jazz, that Jarmo Sermilä plays best on the trumpet and flugelhorn, and his status and focus as a musician is...