News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Active in its home city Turku since 2012, the 17-piece big band will welcome a new Artistic Director this year. The orchestra will also receive a new grant from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland that enables a more stable future for the group’s activity.
Two-day tickets are on offer until the end of February.
Jazz & Etno Finland LIVE is a pilot project that was launched in 2016 to create and test a support model for sustainable funding for concert production in Finland. At the moment only jazz and world music businesses are eligible to apply, but in the future the genre borders will open to comprehend all professional event producers.
The final concert of the season will be held at the Lavaklubi of the Finnish National Theatre on Saturday 27 January.
Trumpeter Jukka Eskola celebrates his two-decade career by giving shows in Japan, Germany, Denmark and Finland over this spring. His group Jukka Eskola Soul Trio has been invited to participate in the prestigious BWM Welt Jazz Awards Competition.
Led by keyboardist Ville Kyttälä the unstoppable 9-piece hits the road at the turn of January and February.
Brimming with irrepressible energy, this accomplished young quartet hops on the Finnish Jazz Federation's tour bus in April.
Drummer-composer Jussi Lehtonen leads his star-studded group on a Finnish Jazz Federation tour around Finland on 20 February – 9 March. The quintet will be playing at Oulu's Vanha Paloasema, Helsinki's Malmitalo and Salo's Veturitalli, among other venues.
The New York-based jazz media has selected Raoul Björkenheim TRIAD's debut album Beyond among the best of 2017.
The 28th Oulu Music Festival takes place on 11 - 24 March 2018, and the festival will host international master classes now for the sixth time. Master classes in violin, cello and piano will be organised in week 11 and the pop/jazz master classes in week 12. The application deadline is 22 January.
