International

Flame Jazz and We Jazz into the Nordic puls Program

8.11.2017 | jazz finland international

puls is The Nordic Culture Fund's three-year music initiative for the period 2017–19, which will act as a springboard for the creation of a Nordic music network. It will also seek to bring musical experiences of high artistic quality to a wider Nordic public. Altogether 46 companies and projects were selected in the program. Jazz is represented in Finland by the Turku-based event production association Flame Jazz and Helsinki-based festival and promotion company We Jazz.

Trombone Player Kasper Sarikoski to Juilliard as the First Finnish Jazz Musician

31.5.2017 | jazz finland international

Finnish trombonist Kasper Sarikoski (B. 1988) starts his studies in the Artist Diploma in Jazz Studies program at the world famous Juilliard School in New York City.

Saturday night is for clubbing

29.4.2017 | jazz finland international

The second day of jazzahead! 2017 was yet another success for the Finnish delegates. The opening Thursday was reported to have drawn the biggest audiences ever, and last night’s gala concert starring Iiro Rantala with Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen showed what can be accomplished when jazz, improvisation and classical music shake hands. The Tampere-hosted jam afterparty in the Schlachthof basement really hit the chord after the long showcase day. Both, the musicians and the listeners seemed to enjoy a little break from the business buzz.

The weekly routine of a culti-athlete

28.4.2017 | jazz finland international

What do you call a cultural worker who wears many hats? In Finland we call them "moniottelija", a multi-athlete of culture, in lack of a better word. What is the weekly routine of such a culti-athlete?

The Opening Night presented all the colours of Finnish jazz

28.4.2017 | jazz finland international

The first day at jazzahead! 2017 saw eight beautiful perfomances in fully packed halls.

Slavic Soul-Surfing

26.4.2017 | jazz finland international

In this Jazz Finland International series we bring you the people and phenomena around the 2017 jazzahead! trade fair. Finland is the partner country this year and our artists, festivals, projects and companies have a great exposure amongs the international professionals at the fair and festival. Let's take a sneak peek behind the scenes before the bedlam begins on Thursday...

Finnish jazz scene is widely presented in this year’s jazzahead! program, from the official opening and showcases to the trade fair, from Gala concert to the Club Night. The country partnership of Finland kicked off with Kultur aus Finnland, a multifaceted cultural festival taking place in the major cultural institutions of Bremen. Music Finland is gathering all the Finnish delegates under one umbrella, so come and visit us at our cozy stand 6B40, or the sofas of the Partner Country Lounge. Welcome, tervetuloa, willkommen!

Jazz this moment and the next

10.11.2016 | jazz finland international

Jazzpresso series continues with thoughts about what is "new" in jazz, and its internationality. Master-of-none festival promoter and radio-dj Matti Nives keeps bringing new phenomena and ideas into the Finnish jazz scene year after year, and this time he speaks his mind about showcases and "new Nordic jazz", after his visit to the 17th Young Nordic Jazz Comets showcase at the Umeå Jazz Festival in Northern Sweden on the 27th of October.

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