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Apply to Jazz Federation tours and Jazz-Espa!

In the fall season 2023, Finnish Jazz Federation produces two tours as inhouse productions, on September 11–24, 2023 and October 9–22, 2023, and supports the production costs of two externally produced tours. The call is also out for artists to perform at the Jazz-Espa concert series in Helsinki in July–August 2023! The application opens on October 10, and closes on November 7, 2022.





Learn sustainability with new Elma features

ELMA.live, a digital sustainability platform tailored specifically for the live music sector, was launched in September. Elma is based on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and to celebrate the United Nations Day, October 24, Elma releases a crash course learning set. The project is administered by Finnish Jazz Federation and steered by KEMUT network. 


Jazz Finland Residency welcomes pianist-bandleader Guillermo Klein

Jazz Finland, Sibelius Academy Jazz Music Department at Uniarts Helsinki, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and the Finnish Musicians’ Union launched a new international jazz residency program in August 2021. The program is happy to feature Argentinian-born pianist, composer and band leader Guillermo Klein as the next artist-in-residence from October 23rd until November 13th.





Dalindèo on Jazz Federation's co-produced tour in October

Finally! The long-awaited tour by the Dalindèo celebrates their latest album Follow the Dark Money. The tour by the Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen-led sextet had to be postponed several times, but now they take the stages in Kuopio, Jyväskylä, Helsinki and Savonlinna.