Special Feature 2/2021 takes a look at the physical and virtual spaces in which concerts are being produced and listened to in the 2020s. What are...

FMQ Special Feature 1/2021 focuses on the multiple relations between music, politics and social activism. What is the role of music in political campaigns? Should or...

FMQ Special Feature 4/2020 takes a look back at the year now ending and raises issues which have grown increasingly important during the present exceptional circumstances...

FMQ Special Feature 3/2020 is all about recent developments in Finnish music education. Finland’s music institutes have largely discontinued their level performance examinations, a long-standing system;...

In this Special Feature, we consider the roles that music may play in exceptional circumstances. We asked musicians and music makers to tell us about music...

Shared authorship, dialogue, positive questioning and new kinds of cooperation. Our Special Feature 1/2020 addresses manifestations of collective creativity and authorship in music at a time...

In this Special Feature, we explore future trends in instrument making. We meet adventurous instrument makers and see imaginative instruments and how they are used. We...

In October 2019, folk music and world music professionals from around the globe come together in Tampere, Finland, for the WOMEX World Music Expo. Inspired by...

FMQ Special Feature 2/2019 focuses on major changes emblematic of our times: in the climate, in our operating environments, in global politics and in individual attitudes....