FMQ 1/2009

Einar Englund is one of the most controversial composers in post-war Finland. Though regarded by some as a Classicist, he also acquired a reputation as a renegade Modernist. His musical legacy therefore merits reassessment in the permissive musical climate of the 21st century.

The composer Selim Palmgren walked a tightrope between national and international trends in music. He was part of the Finnish national music movement but tried to combine this with a more international outlook.

For Aho, composing music is an inevitable way of contemplating existential questions and of taking responsability for what is happening in the world.