“Composing is for me largely a matter of random meandering, and writing down the notes is only the tip of the iceberg in my process. My...

"The resilience of our industry has been weighed in the balance and found to be sound. We will pull through this, but it will require us...

​When the pandemic forced concerts to remove themselves from halls and clubs to a virtual space, everyone involved found themselves in a completely new situation: listeners,...

"Could emphatic escapism in fact be the best reflection of the current time, where all of us wish that we were living in the past? Perhaps...

"During my three-month teaching period [in Japan], I learned greater respect for individuals who build bridges between cultures that are distant from each other, both geographically...

"The fundamental problem of current music historiography, in Finland and elsewhere in the postcolonial civilised world, is that the preoccupation with evading all possible accusations of...

“Although I have delved deep into archives and particularly into the traditional music of the Suistamo area through my research, the fact is that modern folk...

"With my works and with the way I write them, I advocate for the human touch in our increasingly cold and technological world," writes composer Kalevi...