Singing, playing games, listening, exercise, and playing instruments - these are the core activities of Finland's many music playschools. The schools are bustling with activity, for...

Between the mid 1970s and the early 1990s Professor Jorma Panula and his students made the Finnish training for conductors both widely known and highly acclaimed....

The music playschool is an extremely popular hobby in Finland. But how did it all begin? This article, originally published in FMQ in 2006, features an...

Festivalisation has been a trend in Finnish musical life since the 1960s. As the number of festivals increase, more and more music events receive government aid,...

There are probably more orchestras, music schools and colleges and music festivals in Finland per head of population than in any other country in the world....

"Although I am not a string player myself, the string quartet is inextricably intertwined with my early musical life. Later on, my own string quartets, which...

Victory in the Shostakovich Competition in 2004 was just the prelude for the Meta4 string quartet. Its young members now intend to give it their full...

Finland can do nothing about its geographical location and its short summers and long winters. But can it still be a fun and exciting country, full...

The world music market has seen a boom in Celtic, African and Latin American music. Many people believe that it is the turn of the Nordic...