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    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),...

    Matei Gheorghiu's (b. 1984) War Nocturne for violin, violoncello and piano was comissioned by the Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Chamber Music Competition 2026. In this 6-minute work the composer looks at...

    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),...

    Lasse Eerola's etude collections for clarinet provide an essential and inspiring foundation for learning. 25 studies for clarinet offers a musically enjoyable way for clarinet students to expand their range,...

    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!...