The Icelandic Sagas tell of Norse voyages to Vinland around 1000 A.D. A site at the northern tip of Newfoundland was confirmed as a Norse site occupied around 1000 A.D. […]
Esa-Pekka Salonen knew he was writing his Piano Concerto for a pianist with monster technique; Yefim Bronfman premiered it and returns to display his mastery of Salonen's effusive and virtuosic […]
Winter Sauna Fest and Tiny Tori Rummage Sale features food, music, sauna and swimming pool fun. (Sale is from 9 a.m.-noon)
Family fun in Canterbury! Sledding, indoor activities, and pea soup and breads.
Esa-Pekka Salonen knew he was writing his Piano Concerto for a pianist with monster technique; Yefim Bronfman premiered it and returns to display his mastery of Salonen's effusive and virtuosic […]
Leila Josefowicz, for whom Esa-Pekka Salonen wrote his Violin Concerto, returns for another blistering performance of this stunning work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor Laureate Salonen also leads one […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]