The Time of Music festival built its anniversary festival programme on the theme of diversity. Under the banner ‘Mundi Novi – New Worlds’, the festival showcased...

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What concrete actions have been taken to advance equality in the Finnish music industry? How can diversity be promoted? Researcher Heidi Partti, musician-pedagogue Puro Paju, festival...

The Sámi artists are raising a storm in their local communities. Even though they are not often heard in the mainstream music scene, their importance for...

“If we wish to experience music as a genuinely questioning, searching, challenging and revitalising art form, should it not reflect the diversity of the world around...

As in any country on earth, there are multiple music cultures in Finland. Each stems from its own unique tradition and from the identity of its...

Part of the homeland of the Sámi people is in northern Finland, but the Sámi identity is a global one and is heavily defined by its...

Interaction with a remote, northern and structurally strong music culture gives a distinctive tone to the diverse music that musicians from around the world create in...

Swedish native speakers constitute Finland’s culturally most significant minority. Much of Finland’s music has Finland-Swedish roots, the best-known case in point being Jean Sibelius. The strength...