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New Breed: Panu Savolainen
Vibraphone player Panu Savolainen (born 1990 in Lahti) has quickly risen among the top prospects......

Quarter-tone miracle man
Sampo Haapamäki (b. 1979) has quickly become one of Finland's most talked about young composers.......
2012
   New Breed: Panu Savolainen :: MATTI NIVES :: 2012 
   Sampo Haapamäki: Quarter-tone miracle man :: ANU AHOLA :: 2012 
2011
   Musiikkitalo – Room for Music :: ANU AHOLA :: 2011 
   A Pioneer of Finnish Jazz :: MATTI NIVES :: 2011 
   Around the World in Finland :: TOVE DJUPSJÖBACKA :: 2011 
   Finnish music industry is more than it seems :: TEEMU FIILIN, TRANSL. ARTTU TOLONEN :: 2011 
   Fonal leads the pack in Finnish experimental music :: MATTI NIVES :: 2011 
   Finnish jazz gains momentum at Jazzahead! :: MATTI NIVES :: 2011 
   A Skweee message from Scandinavia :: MATTI NIVES :: 2011 
   Diverse group of labels releases Finnish folk :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2011 
2010
   Jazz pianists with momentum — Toivanen, Rissanen and Mikkonen :: MATTI NIVES :: 2010 
   Villa Nah’s star firmly on the rise :: MATTI NIVES :: 2010 
   Osmo Tapio Räihälä :: TANJA TIEKSO :: 2010 
   Wimme :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Jouhiorkesteri :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Tsuumi Sound System :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Sväng :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Alamaailman Vasarat :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Vilma Timonen :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Lepistö & Lehti :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Frigg: A collective that plays in a major key :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Kimmo Pohjonen :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Maria Kalaniemi: The delicate yet determined accordion doctor :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Johanna Juhola :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Timo Alakotila - The busiest man in the folk business :: RIIKKA HILTUNEN :: 2010 
   Sound Art in Finland :: TANJA TIEKSO :: 2010 
   Expanding the concept of Finnish music :: JUHA TORVINEN :: 2010 
2009
   Rubik – A Mystery Best Unsolved :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   The 69 Eyes Master the Rock Pose :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   Children of Bodom – Dedicated Craftsmen :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   Finnish wind band music and the composers :: KARI LAITINEN :: 2009 
   Apocalyptica Defies the Odds :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   Tuomo – The Voice of Finnish Soul :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   HIM Embrace Love & Death :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   Disco Ensemble – Graceful Fury :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   Le Corps Mince de Françoise — Cool But Not Bored :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2009 
   Finnish music – does anyone really know what that is? :: FIMIC TEAM :: 2009 
2008
   Markku Veijonsuo - Trombone and beyond :: PETRI SILAS :: 2008 
   A brief outline of the Finnish choral music :: KARI TURUNEN :: 2008 
   New and exciting folk music :: PIRKKO KOTIRINTA :: 2008 
2007
   It's so heavy to be a Finn :: MATTI RIEKKI :: 2007 
   Domestic rock is still alive and well :: TERO VALKONEN :: 2007 
   Finnish pop & rock abroad :: TERO VALKONEN :: 2007 
   Finnish specialities in music :: TERO VALKONEN :: 2007 
   Music from the streets: Hip hop in Finland :: JANI MIKKONEN :: 2007 
   Aho Symposium: … bevor wir alle ertrunken sind…/ … before we´re all drowned… Der Sinfoniker Kalevi Aho / Kalevi Aho, symphonist :: 2007 
   The Sámi Musical Cultures :: MARKO JOUSTE :: 2007 
2006
   To stay in space where good things happen - Film composer Tuomas Kantelinen :: PÄIVI JUVONEN :: 2006 
   Introduction to Finnish Popular Music :: TERO VALKONEN :: 2006 
   Spaces on the threshold of sound - Kaija Saariaho’s second opera 'Adriana Mater' to be premiered in March 2006 :: LIISAMAIJA HAUTSALO :: 2006 
   A beginner's guide to Finnish rock :: TERO VALKONEN :: 2006 
   Freiräume an den Grenzen des Klangs - Uraufführung der Oper "Adriana Mater" von Kaija Saariaho im März 2006 :: LIISAMAIJA HAUTSALO :: 2006 
2005
   New directions with a firm basis in tradition :: MIKA KAUHANEN :: 2005 
   Something new from something old :: MIKA KAUHANEN :: 2005 
   Verneri Pohjola - The reluctant leader of the jazz pack :: PETRI SILAS :: 2005 
   Recent trends in Finnish jazz - the last ten years :: JAN-ERIK HOLMBERG :: 2005 
   The Finnish music business: Stronger than ever :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2005 
   Finnish electronic music plays to its own tune :: JONATHAN MANDER :: 2005 
   Finnish rock's move out into the world :: ILKKA MATTILA :: 2005 
   Yari seeks new levels in his film music :: MIKA KAUHANEN / FIMIC :: 2005 
   Lotta Wennäkoski: A lyricist on the borders of silence :: LIISAMAIJA HAUTSALO :: 2005 
2004
   Reflections on Finnish Jazz: A Chronicle :: PETRI SILAS :: 2004 
   Finnish jazz continues to refine the Arctic sound :: PETRI SILAS :: 2004 
   Finnish heavy rock is "Big in Japan" :: TIMO ISOAHO :: 2004 
   How to be Finnish (in popular music) :: PEKKA GRONOW :: 2004 
   Tapio Tuomela: "My music is beautiful enough without triads" :: MARI KOPPINEN :: 2004 
   Making records in Finland :: PETRI SILAS :: 2004 
   Aulis Sallinen: "Good art is always lucid" :: MARI KOPPINEN :: 2004 
   "The impact of art spreads in society like ripples in water" :: JOHANNA JÄRVENTAUS / FIMIC :: 2004 
2003
   Education in jazz in Finland :: FIMIC :: 2003 
   Directions in music by Jarmo Saari :: PETRI SILAS :: 2003 
   Reinventing the old folk sounds :: HANNU TOLVANEN :: 2003 
   Finnish folk music today – and tomorrow? :: PAAVO HELISTÖ :: 2003 
   Folk music is an indefinable concept - Young musician Johanna Juhola in portrait :: ANU KARLSON :: 2003 
   An ancient instrument enters the modern era :: ARTO SIRÉN :: 2003 
   Finnish big bands :: FIMIC :: 2003 
   The serious business of shouting :: SAMULI KNUUTI :: 2003 
   Päivinen's progress :: PETRI SILAS :: 2003 
   The two cycles of Finnish progressive rock :: PETRI SILAS :: 2003 
2002
   Har du visor min vän? The Finnish-Swedish songs :: ÅKE GRANDELL :: 2002 
   A brief outline of the Finnish chamber music :: KIMMO KORHONEN & FIMIC :: 2002 
2001
   Jukka Perko and Blue Note :: PETRI SILAS :: 2001 
   A brief outline of the Finnish Art Song :: GUSTAV DJUPSJÖBACKA :: 2001 
   Suomalaisen puhallinmusiikin historiaa :: KARI LAITINEN :: 2001 
   Jaakko Salovaara, Pioneer of Finnish hit :: ILKKA MATTILA :: 2001 
   A short history of Finnish wind band music :: KARI LAITINEN :: 2001 
2000
   The Finnish Tango. It's history and characteristics :: JUTTA JAAKKOLA :: 2000 
1999
   Finns love their schlagers :: ILPO HAKASALO :: 1999 
   Musical life in Finland in the 17th and 18th centuries :: SEIJA LAPPALAINEN :: 1999 
   History of Finnish Art Music :: KIMMO KORHONEN & FIMIC :: 1999 
   From Bernhard Henrik Crusell to Fredrik Pacius. Finnish music from the late 18th century to the late 19th century :: SEIJA LAPPALAINEN :: 1999 
1998
   The Roots of Finnish Popular Music :: PEKKA JALKANEN :: 1998 
   The melancholy Finnish tango :: ILPO HAKASALO :: 1998 
   The Kantele - from epic to eclectism :: HANNU SAHA :: 1998 
   The Medieval liturgical chant tradition in Finland :: ILKKA TAITTO :: 1998 
1997
   Choral Singing! For pleasure of for hire? :: TAPANI LÄNSIÖ :: 1997 
   "Great art is not conceived in the Procrustean bed" (Kimmo Hakola) :: KIMMO HAKOLA :: 1997 
   The Finnish concertos of the 1990s are not cast in a single mould: From virtuosity to meditation :: KIMMO KORHONEN :: 1997 
1994
   The many faces of the yoik :: HEIKKI LAITINEN :: 1994 
Year Unknown
   Finnish folk music: A touch of magic - A History of Finnish Folk Music :: HANNU SAHA