Children’s music underwent a huge transition in Finland in the 1960s and 1970s. Composer Pekka Jalkanen witnessed and contributed to this development. In this article from...

New children's music has been a popular topic in Finland since the early 2000's. Following the success of Ipanapa and Ella ja Aleksi, even major record...

Operas and other stage works to be performed by and for children have been written in Finland since the 1940s. A new boom began in the...

Georg Malmstén was a man of many musical talents, and one of the most popular of his kind. While the Finnish recording industry was still only...

Despite repeated and persistent efforts spanning a century, Helsinki has never had a true orchestral concert hall until this year. The new Music Centre, opening in...

Musiikkitalo of Helsinki represents a number of challenges for conductor Hannu Lintu, forthcoming Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He foresees not only a...

The music of composer Sebastian Fagerlund has always been characterised by an energetic and effortless forward motion. In recent years, his career has likewise gone full...

Ilmari Krohn (1867-1960), the "founder of Finnish musicology", was born in Helsinki into a family steeped in culture, graduated in Finland and after wide-ranging studies at...

The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research lives up to its name. The extent of interdisciplinary music research is impressive by international standards. Combining...