Fimic - Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus

1 SEP :: Oulu Music Video Festival awarded the year's best music videos The main award went to IWATSW's Amsterdamned, directed by Teemu Niukkanen
1 SEP :: Three Finnish albums at the WMCE Top 20 Chart in September New Piirpauke album Koli charts directly up to position 2.
31 AUG :: Piano Blend 2010 enriches pedagogical piano repertoire 24 new piano pieces by young Finnish composers
27 AUG :: Seven Finnish bands to Popkomm, Berlin Pintandwefall will continue to a German tour after the Popkomm showcase on 8-10 Sep.
23 AUG :: Cold love of the Finnish tango Tango Orchestra Unto's second album Cold Love was released in August.
23 AUG :: Four Finnish acts to Folkelarm, Norway Sväng, Maria Kalaniemi, Johanna Juhola Reaktori and Emilia Lajunen will perform at the showcase festival 9-12 Sep.
20 AUG :: Tribute to Konsta Jylhä Kaustinen PW-Fiddlers made an album of Konsta Jylhä's compositions under guidance of Mauno Järvelä.
20 AUG :: Alamaailman Vasarat released a game for iPhone The action game HammerBlast, featuring music from Alamaailman Vasarat, takes place somewhere in the lost continent of Vasaraasia.
20 AUG :: Every night is a Finnish music night at Helsinki Festival Helsinki Festival (20 Aug – 5 Sep) features a wide array of Finnish folk, jazz and pop acts.
20 AUG :: Womex Nordic Club to feature Frigg and Maria Kalaniemi Maria Kalaniemi & Wild Roses and Frigg are the Finnish acts on the Nordic Club stage at Womex, 27-31 October.
19 AUG :: Battle Beast won the Metal Battle in Wacken The Finnish power metal band won the competition held at the Wacken Open Air Festival in August. www.wacken.com
18 AUG :: UMO to open the season with a record release The archive release of UMO Jazz Orchestra with guitarist Raoul Björkenheim will be out on 26 August.
16 AUG :: FRSO premieres Saariaho's clarinet concerto Altogether, the Finnish orchestras will have 26 premieres programmed for the autumn season.
16 AUG :: Sallinen's Red Line released on DVD The opera was recorded in 2008 at the Finnish National Opera.
16 AUG :: Sebastian Fagerlund's Döbeln released on CD The opera is conducted by Sakari Oramo.
16 AUG :: Finnish orchestras tour in Europe In October, Lahti Symphony Orchestra will tour in Sweden and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany.
16 AUG :: Ung Nordisk Musik in Helsinki The theme of this year's festival (20-25 Sep) is COLLISION!
13 AUG :: Helsinki Festival begins Helsinki Festival (20 Aug - 5 Sep) will present Sibelius symphonies and young Finnish talents alike
11 AUG :: Nordic Music Days 2010 in Copenhagen The annual festival of contemporary Nordic music will feature ten Finnish works.
10 AUG :: Magnus Lindberg's Al largo comes to Europe Magnus Lindberg's Al largo will have its first European performances in October in Portugal (Porto, 1 Oct and Lisbon, 2 Oct). The UK premiere will follow on 13 October in London, by London Philharmonic Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä. Magnus Lindberg: first European performances of Al largo (Boosey & Hawkes)
9 AUG :: Juha T. Koskinen's Madame de Sade premiered in Helsinki The opera will be performed by Helsinki Skaala Opera 11 - 15 August 2010.
26 JUL :: Michael Monroe to support Motörhead on their UK tour Michael Monroe, who rose to fame as the singer for Hanoi Rocks, returns with his highly anticipated new group. The band features bassist Sami Yaffa, guitarists Ginger and Steve Conte, and drummer Karl “Rockfist” Rosqvist. They will support Motörhead on their 35th anniversary UK tour in November 2010. Michael Monroe official site
26 JUL :: 'Helsinki' by Lepistö&Lehti on Songlines' Top of the World selection The album 'Helsinki' was recently released in the UK.
15 JUL :: Flow Festival fills Helsinki's Suvilahti with music The musical scope of the Flow Festival (13-15 Aug) ranges from electronic music to indie rock, jazz and world music.
12 JUL :: Tuomas Antero Turunen awarded in Montreux Finnish jazz pianist Tuomas Antero Turunen (b. 1980) was awarded in the 12th Bösendorfer Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition with a Special Prize. The winner of the solo competition for professional jazz pianists was Russian pianist Noclay Sidorenko. www.montreuxjazz.com
20 MAY :: 35 years of Liisa Pohjola’s pianism on a new cd The new collection by Alba Records features Pohjola's radio recordings from 1969 to 2004.