Composer Lotta Wennäkoski reminisces about her friend, the composer Jovanka Trbojević, who passed away in May.

"Rather than focusing exclusively on musical skills, Finnish music education aims to consider students holistically as human beings, from their very first steps. (-) Music education...

Finland has become, among other things, a land of pop. Technology is the major contributor to this development: music is more readily available than ever and...

"The Kalevala myth was a genuine source of inspiration for the fledgling Finnish nation in search of an identity. But has it been such a thing...

Is it OK for a Finn of the majority population to put on a fake Sámi costume bought in a joke shop and perform a Sámi...

As of January 2017, the FMQ will be posting new items – articles, interviews, columns and reviews – on its website every week.

"Foreigners like me once had the idea that Finland was a difficult country in which to be a composer; so strong was Sibelius’s legacy and so...

In this issue we explore the relationship between music and environment, both natural and cultural. What traces, influences and meanings of the environment do the people...

“Music’s close relationship to nature can be seen precisely in the ways it alters and affects our relationship to the diversity of our surrounding world –...