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...

Historical research very often starts with the researcher consulting archives. Finland has a wide variety of libraries and archives with material on a wide range of...

Kjell Westö is an award-winning author whose books have been translated into several languages. But really he would like to be a musician. His historical novels...

Conductor Susanna Mälkki is becoming bigger and bigger in Paris. And she is still only 41-years of age. Barely a grown-up in the masculine and patriarchic...

The north is a regular theme in Finnish music. But it is also more. It is the main myth of the region’s inhabitants, an undertone that...

Them Bird Things are a Finnish band who perform American songs. Everything started when producer Will Shade introduced his wife-to-be Salla Day to the songs of...

Finnish war films feature exquisite music. To help you get the most out of the music, here is a listener's guide to the cream of the...

Armas Järnefelt is today principally known for two lovely miniatures: Preludi and Berceuse. Yet he was the composer of several extensive works who introduced a new,...