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    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...

    As a composition student under Paavo Heininen’s mentorship, Kaija Saariaho (1952-2003) was fascinated by poetry that had an experimental and playful relationship to verbal expression, a lot of which was...

    Five well-known Finnish folk songs, brilliantly arranged by pianist-composer Ralf Gothóni, are here gathered under one cover! The arrangements gained wider public attention through the 1996 recording by Karita Mattila...

    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...

    Vuonna 2024 järjestettyyn L.I.E.D. -sävellyskilpailuun osallistui 86 säveltäjää Suomesta ja ympäri maailmaa. Kilpailun myötä syntyi uutta lapsille ja nuorille tarkoitettua liedmusiikkia 105 teoksen ja 247 yksittäisen liedin verran! Lasten lied!...

    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...

    Lauri Mäntysaari: KimaraKimara (cluster [of colors], 2025) is a collection of short, color-inspired pieces for cello. They can be performed in any order, individually or scattered throughout a concert program...

    Kai Nieminen: SigmaSigma for solo trombone was written in 1998. Composer Kai Nieminen tells that inspiration behind the name is from the way trombone’s slide moves during playing. The musical...