Pirjo Polari-Khan's interactive program Power of Poetry is based on her book "Etiquette Village – Book of Manners, Wisdom and Poetry for Children". She and her puppets will take children back to time when there was no media, and when people could not read or write, but knowledge and stories were passes on orally. She […]
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 1996 to assist undiscovered artists to gain exposure for entertaining programs related to Finnish and Finnish-American culture. For details and information on how to be […]
Past 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.
FFN Performer of the Year Pirjo Polari-Khan will be featured at the Los Angeles chapter's annual scholarship potluck luncheon at the Curtin House.
You 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”.
In 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 […]
As 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 […]
As 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 […]
FFN Performer of the Year, saxophonist Juli Wood, interprets traditional Finnish tunes in her jazzy style at Finn Camp in suburban Detroit.
WEST 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.