The program features music by two Scandinavian composers: Franz Berwalk, "Quartet for Piano and Winds in Eb Major Op. 1 (1819)"; and Bernhard Crusell, "Concertante in Bb Major Op. 3 (1808)". Bernhard Crusell, who was born in Uusikaupunki, has been called "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer, and indeed, the outstanding Finnish […]
Karelian Stew Lunch and program by Dr. Richard Hansen: “Rajalta Rajalle. A Ski Odyssey Across Finland." $12 for lunch and $5 donation for the program. Refreshments after the program.
Enjoy the talent of the award-winning, professional Finnish magician Robert Jägerhorn, who brings onto the stage an intimate and personal show full of surprises.
A special evening celebrating 125 years of Saima Park.
Dr. Richard Hansen presents "Rajalta Rajalle," a 262-mile journey on skis.
An exhibition of Konsta Punkka Wildlife Photography at the Embassy of Finland in the U.S. October 24, 30, November 6, 13 and 20, from 4-7 p.m. each day.
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the New York Philharmonic in his own works about mythological twin brothers, Pollux the demigod and Castor the mortal, with music to match their temperaments. Plus, radiant strings, stirring chorales, and noble brasses evoke paintings — “The Concert of Angels,” “The Entombment,” and “The Temptation of St. Anthony” — by the 16th-century […]
Rising Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska and Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski perform with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky's First Concerto, Sibelius' First Symphony and a new work by Julia Wolfe.
Fall Retreat Weekend at Salolampi Language Village for cultural immersion in Finnish culinary arts & hand-and-woodcrafts. Bake and cook Finnish classics including pulla, Karelian rice pies, rye bread, rutabaga casserole, Nordic grain salad, and Finnish oven pancake. Handcrafts include rag rug loom weaving, basic and more advanced yarn projects, whittling and holiday favorites. Find details, […]
Rising Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska and Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski perform with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky's First Concerto, Sibelius' First Symphony and a new work by Julia Wolfe.