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New Duettini publications bring Colourstrings chamber music to a wider audience
Beloved violin duets by László Rossa and Géza Szilvay are now available in new editions designed for teachers and students both within and beyond the Colourstrings community. The publications make…
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Helena Tulve appointed artistic planner of Summer Sounds Festival
Estonian composer Helena Tulve has been appointed Artistic Planner of Summer Sounds Festival. One of Estonia’s leading contemporary composers, Tulve is known for her sensitive approach to sound, space and…
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7 questions for Henna Salmela
Director of Administration Henna Salmela is retiring after an extensive and distinguished career of 36 years in music publishing. She joined Fazer Musiikki as a press officer and has witnessed…
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Lotta Wennäkoski Receives State Recognition
Composer Lotta Wennäkoski received the First Class Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland on 5 June 2026. The distinction had been awarded to her by the…
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New developments at Fennica Gehrman
Fennica Gehrman’s new Director of Marketing and Administration will be PhD Hanna Isolammi, an experienced music professional, researcher, and journalist. They have extensive knowledge of the composer community and the…
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Uusinta’s musical catalogue to Fennica
The catalogue of Uusinta Music Publishing was transferred to Fennica Gehrman at the beginning of 2026. Uusinta has been an important publisher of contemporary music, with a diverse catalogue featuring…
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More awards for Kalevi Aho albums
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…
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Einojuhani Rautavaara – always up to date
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…
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Helena Tulve’s Wand’ring Bark
Helena Tulve‘s 12-minute Wand’ring Bark for orchestra will receive several performances during this spring season. Among the first was the Orchestre de Paris concert on 18. February . According to…
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Fennica Gehrman acquires Uusinta’s catalogue
Fennica Gehrman has acquired Uusinta Publishing Company’s catalogue as from 1 January 2026. It consists of some 200 works by contemporary Finnish composers such as Outi Tarkiainen, Sebastian Fagerlund, Ralf…
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New commission for Lara Poe
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…
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Seven questions for Timo-Juhani Kyllönen
1. You have composed music for a variety of ensembles. In recent years, vocal music has come to occupy a central role in your work. What inspires you? Through words…
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Maukan ja Väykän laulukirja
Iiro Rantalalta ja Timo Parvelalta on ilmestynyt laulukirja suosittuun Maukka ja Väykkä–tarinasarjaan, joka on tuttu sekä televisiosta, teatterista, kirjoista että konserteista. Maukan ja Väykän laulukirjan on kuvittanut Virpi Talvitie, kuten…
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Uusinta catalogue
Nearly 200 works from the prestigious Uusinta catalogue have now found a home at Fennica Gehrman. Here are the latest additions in our web shop: Outi TarkiainenThe Baudelaire Songs for…
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Focus on Pasi Lyytikäinen
Pasi Lyytikäinen (b. 1975) is an active and inclusive player in the field of contemporary art music, whose works span a wide range of ideas, ensembles and genres. Pasi Lyytikäinen…
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Seven questions for Veli-Matti Puumala
Veli-Matti Puumala, who will be 60 on 18 July [2025], here answers questions about his composing process, work as a teacher of the new composer generation and the guiding stars…
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Aulis Sallinen: music aims at a different humanity
Aulis Sallinen, who will turn 90 on 9 April 2025, kindly gave us permission to print the speech he made at the award-giving ceremony in September when he received the…
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Erkki Melartin jubilee
On 7 February next year [2025], 150 years will have passed since the birth of Finnish composer Erkki Melartin (1875–1937). The occasion will be celebrated each month during the jubilee…
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The light behind the landscape
The music of Matthew Whittall opens up landscapes: vast silences, currents of melodies, arches of meditative sound that make time stand still. Since the mid-2000s, his soundscapes have dwelled on…
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Old roots, new branches
Fennica Gehrman was founded in October 2002. Despite its young age it has roots stretching back a hundred years in Finnish music. The Swiss businessman Konrad Georg Fazer founded Fazer Music in…
