Performer of the Year Nominations Due
Nominations are being accepted through February 15, 2018 for Finlandia Foundation National Performer of the Year for the period September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019. The program began in […]
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Performer of the Year
MA: Finnish-American Weekend
St. Paul Lutheran Church Gloucester, MA, United StatesPast FFN Performer of the Year Sara Pajunen performs her take on traditional Finnish music at this concert hosted by the newly organized Cape Ann Finns.
CA: Poetry by Pirjo
Pasadena Museum of History Pasadena, CA, United StatesFFN Performer of the Year Pirjo Polari-Khan will be featured at the Los Angeles chapter's annual scholarship potluck luncheon at the Curtin House.
CA: Poetry with Pirjo Polari-Khan
Nordic Innovation House Palo Alto, CA, United StatesYou are warmly welcome to join us in Palo Alto for an entertaining evening of Finnish poetry! Finlandia Foundation National’s Performer of the Year, Pirjo Polari-Khan, will appear on stage as a “stand-up poet”, reading her poems, spiced with edgy humor, from her book “Eteläpohjalaisen miehen ylistys - The Praise for an Ostrobothnian Man”.
CA: Singing the Ancient Memories of Finland
Kalabash School of Music and the Arts La Jolla, CA, United StatesIn La Jolla/San Diego: Finnish folk poetry tells a story of the first time the kantele zither was played. The sound was so beautiful that everybody started to cry. When their tears touched the water of the ocean, they turned into pearls. A native of Finland and past FFN Performer of the Year Merja Soria performs the […]
WA: Sibelius Kullervo
Benaroya Hall Seattle, WA, United StatesAs a follow up to the thrilling Seattle Symphony Sibelius Festival in 2015, Principal Guest Conductor Thomas Dausgaard brings his unique insights into Sibelius’ world with Kullervo, an adventurous saga derived from Finnish folk mythology. When the young Sibelius embraced his national identity, he raised new hope and pride in Finland while forever altering the course […]
WA: Sibelius Kullervo
Benaroya Hall Seattle, WA, United StatesAs a follow up to the thrilling Seattle Symphony Sibelius Festival in 2015, Principal Guest Conductor Thomas Dausgaard brings his unique insights into Sibelius’ world with Kullervo, an adventurous saga derived from Finnish folk mythology. When the young Sibelius embraced his national identity, he raised new hope and pride in Finland while forever altering the course […]
MI: Juli Wood, Performer of the Year
Detroit Finnish Cooperative Summer Camp Association Wixom, MI, United StatesFFN Performer of the Year, saxophonist Juli Wood, interprets traditional Finnish tunes in her jazzy style at Finn Camp in suburban Detroit.
MA: Juli Wood in Concert
Scandinavian Cultural Center - MA West Newton, MA, United StatesWEST NEWTON: FFN Performer of the Year, saxophonist Juli Wood, interprets traditional Finnish tunes in her jazzy style in a free concert hosted by Finlandia Foundation Boston.
UT: Juli Wood
Northampton House American Fork, UT, United StatesThe Independence Day Luncheon features Performer of the Year, saxophonist Juli Wood, with her jazzy interpretations of Finnish folk tunes.