"With my teaching this summer, I have found a new and hopeful vista opening before me," writes Kaija Saariaho. This column is part of the series...

The first episode of the FMQ Podcast deals with artist residencies. Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen from the Artists at Risk institution tell us about their...

"Throughout history, periods of uncertainty have prompted people to resort to art and spirituality to search for answers. Amidst the upheavals of our time, art is...

"I am currently exploring ways of ensuring the audibility of a specific instrument in orchestral texture before rehearsals even begin." This column is part of the...

In recent years, concert hall research has been raised to a new level with a method developed at Aalto University in Finland. This enables the authentic...

"Although any individual listener experience is the sum of many factors and is influenced not only by technological parameters but also by the listener’s emotions and...

"When accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen invited me to join him at his sauna society in January I couldn’t resist. But I was afraid. I’ve been courageous enough...

"My music is born out of the life I live and is influenced by the inspiring people I meet, the books I read, the films and...

"I write music like I hear it. A composer’s voice is a blend of encounters, influences, sharing and privacy, life situations and changes in the living...