SISÄLLYSLUETTELO

Finland - Land of Music and Nature

Contents

Foreword, Matti Salminen  (see pdf)

Land of Music, Antti Häyrynen

Facts About Finland

Between East and West, Antti Häyrynen

Jean Sibelius - The Lonesome Pine, Antti Häyrynen  (see pdf)

Great Composers of the Past, Antti Häyrynen
In the Shadow of Sibelius
Selim Palmgren
Erkki Melartin
Toivo Kuula
Leevi Madetoja
Modern Thoughts
Aarre Merikanto
Uuno Klami

Contemporary Composers, Antti Häyrynen
Einar Englund
Joonas Kokkonen
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Erik Bergman
Aulis Sallinen
Kalevi Aho & Per-Henrik Nordgren
New Beginnings
Kaija Saariaho
Magnus Lindberg

Finland Festivals, Asta Santti
Finland Festivals - A Way of Spending the Whole Summer
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival  (see pdf)
Naantali Music Festival
Avanti! - Summer Sounds
Mikkeli Music Festival
Old and Established versus a Newcomer
Helsinki Festival
Music in Chambers - Chamber Music at Lake Tuusula
Turku Music Festival
Tampere Vocal Music Festival
Pori Jazz
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival

The Finnish Conductor Phenomenon
- Miracle or Hard Work, Asta Santti
Jorma Panula
Paavo Berglund  (see pdf)
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Leif Segerstam
Osmo Vänskä
Sakari Oramo
Okko Kamu
Mikko Franck

Music Education in Finland, Antti Häyrynen

Symphony Orchestra in Every Town, Asta Santti
Music in the Air
Harmony in Helsinki
Godchildren in Music
Music in the Garden City
Reindeers and Music
Music on the Planes

Great Performers, Asta Santti
Karita Mattila
Matti Salminen
Soile Isokoski
Ralf Gothoni
Olli Mustonen

Woodland Notes, Pertti Koskimies

Opera in Finland, Antti Häyrynen
Opera Becomes Popular
The Millenium Opera Boom
National Ballet

Finland - A Promised Land of Choirs, Asta Santti
Children in Focus
Songbridges
Finnish Ambassadors to the European Union
Lifelong Singing
Singing Men
Singing in Swedish

Finnish Music on Record, Antti Häyrynen
Record Industry Prospers

Land of Forests, Matti Haapanen

Architechture - Another Form of Music, Asta Santti
Finlandia Hall
Finnish National Opera
Kuhmo Arts Centre
Sibelius Hall  (see pdf)
Tampere Hall

Finnish Language and Literature, Asta Santti

International Competitions

Contacts & Further Information

Selected Bibliography

CD Contents & Texts