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The Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest will be held again in 2023

Held every other year, the Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest will be organized again in 2023 by the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and The Finnish Big Band Association (SBBY). The competition, previously known as the Esko Linnavalli big band composition competition, was reformed two years ago, and the rules have been slightly modified again in this year’s edition.








Turku Jazz Festival program released – Artist of the Year is Mikko Gunu Karjalainen

Turku Jazz Festival, which started in 1969, once again brings light and joy to the spring and winter with a wonderful artist line-up. The series of living jazz legends will be continued by the master of both contrabass and electric bass, Dave Holland, and trumpeter Mikko Gunu Karjalainen, Turku Jazz's artist of the year, will join forces with a trio led by New York phonist Seamus Blake and Swedish pianist Mathias Landæus.