Composers

    Novelist Leena Lehtolainen was invited to write the libretto of Timo-Juhani Kyllönen's monologue opera Ilona irti (Release Joy, 2019). The story deals with the unequal status of women and the...

    Timo-Juhani Kyllönen made three settings to poems by Eino Leino (1878-1926) for mixed choir: Hyvyys; Erotessa & Kuu kalpea kulkevi kulkuaan. The cycle was premiered by Tapiola Chamber Choir conducted...

    The CD by English clarinettist Julian Bliss featuring Clarinet Concertos by Kalevi Aho and Magnus Lindberg won the BBC Music Magazine Award in the Concerto category. Another Kalevi Aho’s album won the...

    Erik Bergman: Missa in honorem Sancti Henrici

    Autumn 2028 marks the centenary of the birth of composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. Leading up to this, Fennica Gehrman has revised the orchestral materials of Cantus arcticus, and new editions of...

    Lara Poe's new orchestral piece Whirligig was premiered by the Oulu Symphony and Rumon Gamba on 9 May. The piece is a joint commission by the Oulu SO, the Naantali Music...

    Pasi Lyytikäinen: Der unveröffentilchte Film der Eva Braun

    Timo-Juhani Kyllönen: Tango solo

    Vocal music was perhaps the closest to Paavo Heininen’s (1938-2022) heart because of his passion for texts: the marriage of word and music was to him something unique, allowing the...

    Kalevi Aho: Neljä joululaulua (Four Christmas Songs)The extremely hardworking composer Kalevi Aho has written almost nothing to choirs in recent years. The more interesting are these new Christmas songs for...