Composers

    In July and August 2016 Kalevi Aho worked for two and a half weeks in the former house of the Sámi artist Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943–2001) in Lássagámmi in Yykeänperä (Skibotn),...

    Mikko Heiniö's Allora for violoncello solo (114./2022) was commissioned and premiered by Erkki Lahesmaa. The 10-minute work contains elements from the composition (1864) by the Ukrainian priest Mykhailo Verbytsky (1815–1870),...

    Kai Nieminen’s enigmatic guitar miniature is like a sounding statue of Hathor, the ancient Egyptian goddess of joy, dance, music, and love. The slowly, dignified descending decorative motifs are accompanied...

    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