The CD of music by Lotta Wennäkoski has won the British Gramophone Award for the best release in the contemporary category. The disc by the Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon was released by Ondine Records and includes three works by Wennäkoski: Flounce, Sedecim and the harp concerto Sigla. The soloist in the concerto…
Géza Szilvay turned 80 in September, and it is more than five decades since he began to develop his famous Colourstrings method. His sources of inspiration are the same as ever: “Making music makes your soul grow!” Géza Szilvay’s magnum opus came to completion in April 2022 when Fennica Gehrman published the final module in…
Jennah Vainio has been appointed as Fennica Gehrman’s new publishing manager. Vainio is a composer who has held varied posts in the Finnish music scene. She has been a music advisor at Teosto, Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society and artistic director of the Tampere Biennale music festival. She was also a founding member of the Uusinta…
Lux Musicae -festivaalin konsertissa Siuntiossa sunnuntaina 19.11. fokuksessa on säveltäjä Kimmo Hakola: kuullaan Hakolan uusi laulusarja, joka on sävelletty Piia Komsille ja Lux Musicaelle. Komsi ja pianisti Ilmo Ranta esittävät tämän lintuaiheisen teoksen osana konserttia, jossa kuullaan muutakin lintuaiheista musiikkia. Päivän toisessa konsertissa Lux Ensemble loihtii koettavaksi meditatiivisen Kimmo Hakolan Nature: trees-teoksen. Lisätietoa festivaalin sivuilta.
Composer Tiina Myllärinen was awarded at the Finnish Music Publishers Association’s anniversary gala on 1. September in Helsinki. Myllärinen received an award for her work (Bad) Dreams come true for string quartet in the small scale work category. The quartet was composed last year and commissioned by the Uusinta Ensemble and the Sea Lapland String…
