News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
The tenth We Jazz festival will spread around Helsinki from November 26 to December 3. The first performer announcements are the Norwegian Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra and Teppo Mäkynen's Stance Brothers, who are returning to the stage after a break of more than ten years. Festival season tickets and Korjaamo's December 2 advance tickets are now on sale at Tiketti.
The winners of the 2023 Teosto Prize are Mikko Sarvanne’s compositions on Mikko Sarvanne Garden’s album Heräämisen valkea myrsky, Helmi Kajaste and her team’s works on Draama-Helmi’s album Draama-Helmi kuistilla and Sanna Ahvenjärvi and Tapio Lappalainen’s composition Water. Recognising bold, original and innovative works of music, the Teosto Prize is one of the biggest art prizes in the Nordic countries. Its total prize money of EUR 40,000 will be divided equally among the winning works.
The annual Jazz-Espa concert series will once again be seen and heard in Helsinki’s Esplanade Park between 31 July and 5 August. The free concerts will feature close to twenty ensembles, including Valtteri Laurell Nonet feat. Antti Sarpila, Signe, Eero Koivistoinen, DANTCHEV:DOMAIN, and Mikko Innanen’s New Quintet.
Gems of big band music made famous by the legendary orchestras of Duke Ellington and Count Basie will be heard on Friday April 21 in Logomo's Teatro hall. Turku Jazz Orchestra's own top musicians play the main roles in the concert.
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.
