News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
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.
The exhilarating French GRIO orchestra will perform on Thursday 3 November at Oulainen Music Week and on Sunday 6 November on the main stage of Tampere Jazz Happening.
The popular Flame Jazz Cruise takes music lovers to the waves of the Baltic Sea for the 20th time.
The board of Music Archive Finland has awarded the 39th Finnish Jazz Legend Prize saxophonist Pertti "Pepa" Päivinen and the 40th Prize to saxophonist Jorma Tapio.
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, 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.
Open call for artists and artist-researchers for the three residency options at the 5th Research Pavilion. Choose one of the three residencies and apply latest 31 October 2022.
Hietsu is Happening! autumn program offers performances by top European contemporary jazz artists, from Kaja Draksler to Han Bennink, experiments with electro-acoustic music, fresh contemporary music and premiere performances, e.g. from Mioko Yokoyama. HiH! autumn concerts are organized on 25.10., 30.11. and 13.12. at Hietsun paviljoki in Helsinki.
The Women – Music – Futures symposium welcomes proposals for papers and other types of presentations that engage with the conference theme.
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.
