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 harassment which is at times evident in present-day society. It tackles the #MeToo movement from different perspectives. The original score is for soprano, violin, violoncello…
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 by Hannu Norjanen in November 2025. Buy now
Kalevi Aho’s latest album has won the prestigious International Classical Music Award in the contemporary music category. It features the Moonlight Concerto for viola and percussion and the Alto Flute Concerto, performed by the orchestras of Mikkeli and Lahti, respectively. The soloists are Hiyoli Togawa, Alexej Gerassimez and Sharon Bezaly. The awards were presented on…
Lotta Wennäkoski has been busy writing new works. Her latest commission, Zelo, is on the concert program of the London Philharmonic in London on 25 March. The conductor is Robin Ticciati. The commission involved a suggestion to compose a piece inspired by Sibelius. Having written Verdigris with allusions to Sibelius’s En Saga in 2015, in…
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 Resmusica.com “this deeply poetic work drifts by like a dream and is wonderfully brought to life by Paavo Järvi. Though placed in the delicate role…
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 Gothóni and Osmo-Tapio Räihälä. During its 25 years of existence, Uusinta (meaning “replay” and “newest”) created a valued and compact catalogue mainly of chamber works. Pedagogical…
Lara Poe has been commissioned by the Naantali Music Festival and the Oulu and Lahti Symphony Orchestras to write a new work for orchestra. It will be performed at three venues and premiered in Oulu on Europe Day, 9 May 2026 (Oulu is the 2026 European Capital of Culture). Naantali will follow on 6 June…
Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab on Suomen johtava taidemusiikin kustantamo, joka julkaisee uusia sävellyksiä sekä pedagogisia nuottimateriaaleja ja levittää niitä maailmanlaajuisesti. Toimimme myös ulkomaisten kustantajien edustajana Suomessa. Hallintojohtajamme siirtyessä eläkkeelle rekrytoimme pieneen mutta ketterään asiantuntijaorganisaatioomme markkinointi- ja hallintojohtajan vakituiseen työsuhteeseen. Edellytämme soveltuvaa korkeakoulututkintoa, suomalaisen nykymusiikkikentän tuntemusta, verkostoituneisuutta sekä liiketoiminnan ja markkinoinnin osaamista. Vapaamuotoiset hakemukset pyydämme 15.2.2026 mennessä…
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! 4 – Runometsässä on valikoima kilpailun satoa erityisesti Luontoliiton tukemasta kilpailusarjasta, joka keskittyi alle 10-vuotiaitten liedparien ohjelmistoon. Runometsässä bongaillaan keväisiä lajeja perhosista sammakoihin, ihaillaan kallion…
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 composer and the poet to express more together than they could ever do alone. Jouluconcertino op. 90 (2002) (Christmas concertino in Finnish”) is set to…
