“Nowadays, a great variety of music is played on the kantele. Its repertoire includes neoclassical, minimalist, and modern music. The kantele is also a more international...

Chance has played a great part in the life of Einojuhani Rautavaara, one of Finland's most highly acclaimed composers. He turned 80 this year, and continues...

Themes in Finnish opera gradually became more diverse and international after the first opera boom in the early 20th century, when topics were primarily national. Opera...

Beyond the great pillars of Finnish opera, the Finnish National Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, there are regional operas, small professional companies and festivals that...

Finland Festivals represented ten major events when it was founded 40 years ago. Since then it has grown into an umbrella organisation for over 80 festivals...

The nature of contemporary Finnish music festivals is in transition. Festivals are adapting to the situation where they no longer are the only place to hear...

Exports of Finnish music have been growing since 1999 at a rate of about 40 per cent a year. Finland's goal-oriented cultural export policy is, however,...

Bass baritone Juha Uusitalo's ascent from flautist with the Finnish National Opera first onto the stage there and then that of the world's largest opera venue...

Jukka Tiensuu has, like the music he composes, always defied classification in a single category. The most fitting words to describe him might be "a universal...