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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.
Throughout spring and summer Mathias Sandberg's trio tours 30 venues in Finland.
Suomen Jazzliitto ry hakee viestintä- ja tuotantokoordinaattoria vakituiseen työsuhteeseen vastaamaan Jazzliiton viestinnästä ja tuotannoista.
The new performers for Kirjurinluoto's main concerts include e.g. jazz singer Kurt Elling, blues guitarist Eric Gales and recent Grammy winner Snarky Puppy and three rising jazz saxophonists Chelsea Carmichael, Melissa Aldana and James Brandon Lewis.
According to a recent Finnish survey, 70% of female lyricists and composers feel that the music industry is unequal, whereas the corresponding figure for men is only 32%. The biggest reasons given for this were the prevailing attitudes in the music industry and the lack of networks and role models for women. Desired measures to improve matters were also highlighted in the survey, including providing better support and encouragement through music teaching, increasing opportunities for having music as a hobby and increased showcasing of role models.
Ohjelma on julkaistu ja ilmoittautuminen on avoinna 28.2.–31.3.
Savoy JAZZFest, which will be held for the fifth time in 2023, is one of the top jazz events in the capital region.
Turku Jazz Festival will be held this year for the 54th time. Trumpeter Mikko Gunu Karjalainen shines as the festival's Artist of the Year, and Logomo's festival stage will present, among others, jazz legends Dave Holland and Eero Koivistoinen. Saturday evening March 4 culminates with a performance of Turku Jazz Orchestra and Astrid Nicole's Beyoncé! project.
