Jussi Lampela Nonet's jazz concert series continues in Kanneltalo
Composer Jussi Lampela hosts and curates a series of high-end Finnish jazz in Helsinki's Kanneltalo.
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News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Yle Radio's Jazzklubi aired its first program on January 5th
Yle Radio 1's jazz programs merge into one, tight package, and take a new time slot on Sunday evenings, at 7.03pm. New records, burning topics, top concerts and a variety of theme shows can now be found on the three-set Jazzklubi program.
Flame Jazz conquers land and sea
Three-year-old Flame Jazz has organized over a hundred concerts at over ten stages in Turku, and there's no stopping them in 2014 either. The spring programme follows their original concept of artistic diversity and a variety of venues.
Sibelius Academy to teach Finnish jazz history
Sibelius Academy is the first school in Finland to add national jazz history to its course selection on a university level.
We Jazz 2013 stole the hearts of jazz journalists too
A group of international journalists visited the We Jazz 2013 festival in December. Read the reviews on the British jazz magazines Jazz Journal and Jazzwise here.
UMO begins the year with interesting solo guests
Among other great talents, UMO hosts the visit of Grammy winning vocalist Kurt Elling. Elling visited Finland in 2011 and had a sold-out concert at Savoy Theatre in Helsinki. Now there will be two concerts: Wednesday 26th February at Savoy Theatre in Helsinki and the next day, Thursday 27th February at Espoo Cultural Centre.
Vibraphonist Panu Savolainen to host his own Panurama Club
Starting in February, Panu Savolainen hosts a series of club nights at the National Theatre's Lavaklubi.
Kadi Quartet and Virta on a Jazz Comet tour in Finland
The Finnish YNJC representative, vocalist Kadi Vija's quartet goes on tour with the runner-up in the Finnish YNJC 2013 competition, experimental Virta trio. The tour visits six major cities in Finland in January 9 - 22. Both bands are currently working on a new album: Kadi Quartet their debut plate and Virta already their second.
We Jazz 2013 begins today
Festivaalilla nähdään paitsi lukuisia konsertteja, myös kuvataidetta ja poikkitaiteellisia esityksiä. Kluuvin gallerian jazz-aiheisessa näyttelyssä järjestetään ohjelmaa, ja myös lapset on otettu huomioon monipuolisessa, koko Helsingin keskustaan levittyvässä ohjelmistossa.
Impressive lineup of Finnish music at Winter Jazz in New York
Black Motor, Rakka and Mikko Innanen & Andrew Cyrille Duo have two concert nights in NYC's Brooklyn and East Village in January, as a part of the APAC performing arts conference and Winter Jazz event.