News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Next in the OMJ Jazz & Etno concert series, trendy grooves and power ballads will be heard in the concert of the Estonian jazz duo Kadri Voorand and Mihkel Mälgand on April 26, 2023 at 19:00 at RioLive.
Herbie Hancock, one of the biggest legends of jazz and modern rhythm music, returns to Finland! The multiple Grammy winner will perform in the unique concert milieu of Helsinki's Allas Sea Pool on Tuesday, July 25. Tickets for the gig are now on sale at Lippu.fi.
April 30 celebrates UNESCO's International Jazz Day once again. In addition to jazz itself, the core message of the day is peace, intercultural cooperation, and respect for human dignity and human rights. In Finland the message is carried forward by the Finnish Jazz Federation's week-long Jazzpäivä campaign, featuring as its faces the brilliant jazz legends Olli Ahvenlahti and Iro Haarla.
One of Finland's leading female choirs KYN will release a new album Varjoista on April 13 in honor of its 40th anniversary. The album features three new female choral series commissioned by KYN, composed by Mikko Hassinen, Kirmo Lintinen and Riikka Talvitie. The choral series, drawing influences from jazz and contemporary music, are united by award-winning poet Harry Salmenniemi's work Yö ja lasi, from which the composers have chosen the texts for their compositions. The album release concert will be held on April 13 at Temppelinaukio church.
Here is the new adventure of the abundant French quintet: Papanosh portrays the imaginary world of author Jim Harrison. They hit eight concerts in Finland from April 12th to 19th and eight more concerts follow in the Baltics from April 21st to 30th.
Jazz Federation produces two tours in the spring of 2024, and supports two externally produced tours. The application to perform on or produce a tour, opens on April 17, at 10 am and closes on May 22, at 4 pm.
In April, top jazz can be experienced in a maritime milieu, when the fascinating Mika Kallio Gong Odyssey performs at Korpoström Archipelago Center and Utö Island Church.
Even though the Oulu Music Festival 2023 festival is now over, the spring of the Oulu residents is still filled with concerts by the OMJ Jazz & Etno series, which continues in April.
Lahti Jazz ry, founded at the end of the year, has sprung to action in 2023. The association was accepted as a member to the Finnish Jazz Federation in February, and now starts hosting regular club activities in Lahti. The monthly clubs are organized at the Teerenpeli restaurant every second Thursday of the month. The clubs are organized in the spring season in April-June and after the summer break in September-December.
The strengths of the festival, held for the third time this year, are a bold and internationally high-level program, the unique maritime milieu of the island of Lonna, and the approachable atmosphere of the compact event.
