Markus Maskuniitty nurtures the Finnish horn tradition - from Berlin
Markus Maskuniitty nurtures the Finnish horn tradition - from Berlin
Brass music has its own centres in finland, though they manage to be about as far from each other in east-west terms as the country s geography will allow. The small northern Karelian town of Lieksa has for the past 18 summers hosted an annual music festival where the brasses are in the spotlight, while turku in Finland's south-western corner boasts the country s best brass instrument shop, and Turku's french horn players have also got together to found our very first natural horn ensemble. All the same, when you ask a Finnish wind player where he started his training, the answer is nearly always: 'in the Rauma boys band'.
