Jazz Finland office is on summer holidays and closed from 1 July 2021 to 23 July 2021
Jazz Finland office is on summer holidays and closed from 1 July 2021 to 23 July 2021
News
News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Jazz-Espa brings the long-awaited free concerts to Espa Stage in July
The annual Jazz-Espa concert series takes place at the Espa open air stage on July 26–31, 2021. The event is hosted by Jazz Finland, with the health and safety of all the attendees as the number one priority.
Aki Rissanen combines Divided Horizon grand piano and unique Omniwerk with his new solo album
One of the most internationally known Finnish jazz artists of the moment, pianist Aki Rissanen will release his new solo album Divided Horizon digitally on Friday 25 June. The physical edition of the record will go on sale on September 3rd. In addition to the grand piano, the album features the Omniwerk keyboard player, of which there is only one in the world.
Participate in a survey about the environmental impact of live music industry in Finland!
KEMUT – Sustainable music industry toolkit project aims to address the climate crisis "for the live industry, by the live industry". Are you a live music professional – musician, producer, manager, promotor, entrepreneur etc. – in Finland, or do you work in an organization that promotes live music? Help the project take its first step and participate in a survey about the climate impact of the live industry! The survey (in Finnish only!) is open until August 10.
We Jazz spreads jazz all over Helsinki with new series of concerts
The new We Jazz gigs will take place on Saturday afternoons and present live jazz music in changing venues around the city of Helsinki. The series will be opened by JAF Trio in Vallila's Allotment Garden on 19 June.
Sinne Eeg to perform at Hietalahti Soi Festival
Hietalahti Soi Music Festival brings well-known artists close to the people in Hietalahti. The one-day music festival focuses on classical and jazz and combines the two into an enchanting weave.
Saimaa Jazz Festival organized for the first time in July
Saimaa Jazz Festival, which will be held for the first time, will bring a total of five ensembles to the Savonlinnan Kulttuurikellari to give concerts on July 9-11, 2021. Saturday's concert day culminates in a jam session open to the public, hosted by saxophonist Teemu Takanen.
Jazz plays in Jyväskylä throughout the summer
The summer program of live jazz music events organized by Jazz Jkl has been published. The main theme of the season has been locality, and several artist guests from Jyväskylä are featured. The program consists of two club series that have already become a tradition.
Trumpetist Verneri Pohjola nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021
Verneri Pohjola is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.
Strategic management and JAZZ improvisation as an inspiration
It was 13th of March 2020, when the last lecture and group work with the students of the Master’s degree programme in Arts management at the campus of Sibelius Academy, as part of the Strategic Management Course, took place. In that period, the news about the pandemic were more frequent and some alarming news were coming from China and Italy, but yet the cultural field in Finland, and similarly in the rest of the world, could not even imagine what was going to take place in the coming months and year.