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Award-winning pianist and composer Iro Haarla will perform her latest ballads with her jazz quintet in three concerts in February-March. The first public performance will be February 25 at Joensuu's Musiikkitalvi and the quintet will perform afterwards on March 7 at G Livelab in Tampere and March 8 in Espoo's Sello Hall.
Finnish Jazz Federation’s spring season begins with a bang – of a gong. To be exact, by several gongs in the hands of several virtuosos. Percussion artist Mika Kallio takes his fourth solo album Gong Odyssey on an extensive ten-concert tour in March.
This series of 13 concerts is part of the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Art Testers project, in which all Finnish eight graders are invited. Only Art Testers can participate the concert.
The nominees for the 2023 Teosto Prize were selected from Finnish works of music published in 2022. The Teosto Prize, which was first awarded in 2003 and is now being awarded for the 18th time, is one of the most noteworthy art prizes in the Nordic countries. The purpose of the prize is to recognise bold, original and innovative works of music.
The legendary Sir Tom Jones and domestic stars Pepe & Saimaa, Erja Lyytinen, Aili Ikonen and Arppa will perform at Pori Jazz in July 2023.
Guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen, who rarely performs in Finland, will give concerts between February 24–27 in Espoo, Tampere, Oulu and Rovaniemi. The tour follows Reijonen's Three Seconds | Kolme Toista album, released in October 2022, which has collected top reviews both domestically and around the world.
Saxophonist and woodwind specialist Max Zenger (b. 1988) has been appointed as the new 2nd alto saxophonist of the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra.
Jazz trio PLOP and Juhani Aaltonen celebrate their Emma Award win for the best jazz record of 2022.
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. The first of 2023 performers have been announced.
Vantaan Viihdeorkesteri järjestää toisen kerran Markku Johanssonin nimeä kantavan sävellys- ja sovituskilpailun vuonna 2023. Kilpailun palkitut teokset kuullaan osana Vantaan Viihdeorkesterin 75 v. juhlakonserttia, joka järjestetään Helsingin Musiikkitalossa 30.9.2023.
