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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