Finnish experimental music has its roots in the early 1960s and the composers and musicians then in their youth. It has since acquired numerous manifestations, from...

There are more events for experimental music in Finland than ever before. The majority of clubs are in Helsinki, but there is an active scene in...

On September 26, 1972 the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) lifted the ban it had imposed over the years on individual records. It also decreed that the...

“Opera comes into its own when it presents the big emotions of ordinary people,” says composer Olli Kortekangas. “In opera you can say a lot about...

One of the biggest influences on the Finnish music of 1969-76 was the strong political song movement. In a few years the socio-critical cabaret song born...

The doctoral dissertations in music submitted in Finland in 2005-2006 are marked by two features: the topics are heterogeneous and the approach is multidisciplinary, ranging from...

In the summer of 1998, Americans watched the U.S. House of Representatives debate a proposal to eliminate all national arts funding - contentious issue that was...

Why have HIM and Hanoi Rocks been the only Finnish bands to make it in America? Sami Valkonen, a music industry veteran involved with rock bands...

Finland's music education has succeeded in combining the best features of the old Russian and Hungarian schools with the principles of the Nordic welfare state and...