In 2022, several international competitions as well as annual local ones were organized in Finland. The competition year kicked off with The XII international Jean Sibelius...

Music and sport are, one might imagine, completely separate worlds – but there are surprisingly many similarities between the work of a musician and of an...

Competition is part of the fundamental nature of life, whether we like it or not. Just as animals compete for habitat, food, partners and status in...

The University of Helsinki’s Music Research Laboratory & Electronic Music Studio celebrates its 60th anniversary this autumn. Over the decades, it has expanded its activities to...

For more than a decade, jazz musician Jussi Fredriksson has played a significant role in building up the Turku jazz scene. The Baltic Archipelago Sea’s environment...

Several works by Kaija Saariaho are mentioned in this Special Feature. Our playlist provides a cross-section of the music discussed in the articles.

“With the opening sonority of each of her works, Kaija establishes a vibration that resonates deep inside the listener’s body along with a spectrum of overtones...

Composers Kaija Saariaho and Olli Virtaperko sat down to talk about the meaning of art and music. In this dialogue between composers from different generations, fascinating...

FMQ commissioned a poem about Kaija Saariaho's music from Marjo Heiskanen, a poet and pianist. To celebrate this special occasion, we publish the poem, "Kaiunta" (From...