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MI: Jews in Finland during World War II

Holocaust Memorial Center Farmington Hills, MI, United States

Did you know that Finland mostly protected its Jewish population from the Holocaust, despite its alliance with Nazi Germany? Learn about Jews in in Finland before and during World War […]

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 […]

MN: Laskiainen!

International Institute of Minnesota St. Paul, MN, United States

The Twin Cities celebrate Laskiainen, Finland's celebration marking seven weeks before Easter, the coming of spring and increasing day length. Pea soup is traditionally eaten as Finns believed eating heavy foods would […]

CA: Composer Salonen: Wing On Wing

Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA, United States

As part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's celebration of Esa-Pekka Salonen the composer, we present the newly revised version of a work he originally composed for the opening of Walt […]

MI: Kalevala Day Brunch & Lecture

Finnish Cultural Center Farmington Hills, MI, United States

The Finnish Center in Farmington Hills will commemorate the Kalevala, the national epic for the Finns, with a very interesting presentation by one of the nation’s experts on Finland, Finnish […]

CA: Composer Salonen: Wing On Wing

Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA, United States

As part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's celebration of Esa-Pekka Salonen the composer, we present the newly revised version of a work he originally composed for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall. Beethoven’s towering concerto leads off this marvelous program.

CA: Kalevala Day

Pasadena Museum of History Pasadena, CA, United States

The Los Angeles Chapter celebrates Kalevala Day with a program and potluck luncheon at the Curtin House.

CA: Composer Salonen: Wing On Wing

Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA, United States

As part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's celebration of Esa-Pekka Salonen the composer, we present the newly revised version of a work he originally composed for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall. Beethoven’s towering concerto leads off this marvelous program.

OR: The Eternal Road

Cinema 21 Portland, OR, United States

At the Portland International Film Festival: Based on Antti Tuuri’s bestselling novel, The Eternal Road tells the untold story of the many thousands of Communist Americans who answered Stalin’s call in the 1930's to build a new society in the USSR based on justice, equality, and freedom.  They include Jussi Ketola, an idealistic American with Finnish […]

AZ: Arizona Musicfest

La Casa de Cristo Church Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Russian pianist Olga Kern will be performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Arizona Musicfest. Maestro Robert Moody and the Festival Orchestra begin the evening with Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, followed by the Symphony No. 5 by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.