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This spring, Raoul Björkenheim celebrates his 40-year career as an artist on tour with his band eCsTaSy. The guitarist's quartet tour between 28 March–10 April in Finland and visit seven locations: Tampere, Savonlinna, Joensuu, Kuopio, Turku, Seinäjoki and Kuusankoski.
The traditional Sibis Jazz Camp in Seinäjoki celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2022. In honor of that, the camp will be held as one of the international Sibelius Summer Academy courses from 6 to 10 June 2022.
Held for the second time on the island of Lonna, Odysseus will expand into a weekend-long summer event from 22 to 24 July. Three-day tickets are now available from Tiketti.
Metso Library takes a nice headstart for the Pirkanmaa Saxophone Festival, which is being held for the second time. A small exhibition of saxophone-themed material will be on display at the library's music department from March 25 to April 3. The exhibition features sheet music, records, books and other saxophone-related notes. The material has been compiled from the library's extensive collections, and the exhibition is open during Metso Library's opening hours.
Ministry of Education and Culture is granting additional corona subsidies for cultural sector associations and operatives. Deadline for the ministry subsidies is 7 April 2022.
The purpose of the Erik Lindström Fund is to support the studies of young Finnish jazz musicians primarily in the United States. The capital of the Lindström Fund, which operates in connection with Music Archive Finland, has been donated by the Finnish Jazz Legend No. 1, composer and musician Erik Lindström (1922–2015).
This spring, Raoul Björkenheim celebrates his 40-year career as an artist on tour with his band eCsTaSy. The tour begins with a 40th anniversary concert at Espoo's Sello Hall on Thursday, 24 March. In addition to eCsTaSy, the concert will feature a duo of Juhani Aaltonen and Björkenheim. After this festive kick-off in Espoo, the guitarist's quartet tour between 28 March–10 April in Finland and visit seven locations: Tampere, Savonlinna, Joensuu, Kuopio, Turku, Seinäjoki and Kuusankoski.
The nominees for the 2022 Teosto Prize have been exceptionally selected from Finnish compositions released during the last two years. The amount to be distributed among the winners is also the largest in the prize's history: a total of € 60,000 will be distributed. Teosto Prize, established in 2003, is one of the largest art prizes awarded in the Nordic countries.
Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö myönsi Suomen Jazzliitolle kulttuuri- ja luovien alojen rakennetukea 110.000 euroa kestävän kehityksen digitaalisen alustan kehittämiseen musiikkialalle. Hankkeessa tuotetaan toimialalle digitaalinen tietopankki- ja yhteisöalusta, joka tarjoaa alan toimijoille tietoa, työkaluja ja tukea ilmastotoimissa.
The 32nd Oulu Music Festival will be held from 12 to 27 March 2022.
