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Flame Jazz will continue online concerts during the spring via the Keikalla.fi service. Friday 23.4. the stage is set by a band led by pianist Aurora Hentunen, whose stories range from sensitive northern tones to deep and dark waves. The concert will be streamed live from Logomon’s Teatro Hall and will be available to watch for seven days.
The Finnish-Russian Cultural Forum is developed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture to activate and promote direct cultural cooperation between civic organisations, cultural institutions and artists.
Due to the positive audience feedback received for Oulu Music Festival's March stream concerts, the festival's year-round Jazz & Etno concert series will feature a stream concert in May, when Kadi Vija Key Project arrives in Oulu on a tour organized by Jazz Finland. The stream concert will take place at Restaurant Rauhala on Wednesday May 5, and a live audience of 10 people will be allowed to attend within the public event restrictions. Both stream tickets and on-site tickets to Restaurant Rauhala will go on sale on Wednesday April 21 at Ticketmaster outlets.
Eclipse Club’s stream series will continue for three concerts.
Sointi Jazz Orchestra continues its series of spring streaming concerts with music by Timo Alakotila.
Cafe Pori Jazz is a summer oasis open to everyone, offering a comfortable environment for enjoying leisurely moments and delicious meals. With the new restaurant, Pori Jazz wants to be part of the Pori summer also outside the festival week, and the goal is to offer customers the same relaxed atmosphere for which the festival is known nationwide.
American drummer Jason Nazary’s new album will host guests artists such as trumpet player Jaimie Branch. Single Telefunk, the first taste of the forthcoming Spring Collection album, is already available via streaming.
The annual Jazz-Espa takes over the Esplanadi park on 26–31 July, 2021, with three open-air concerts daily, by 17 alluring ensembles.
Jazz Finland produces two tours in the spring of 2022. All jazz ensembles, with the majority of Finnish musicians, may apply to perform on these tours. The application opens on this page at 10 am on April 12 and closes at 4 pm on May 17, 2021.
The quartet, led by drummer-composer Joonas Leppänen, returns with a new full-length album today. In addition to Leppänen, Alder Ego consists of trumpet player Tomi Nikku, tenor saxophonist Jarno Tikka, bassist Nathan Francis and guest artist harpist Natalia Castrillón.
