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 […]
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 guarantee a good crop the following year. Buns filled with almond paste or jam and whipped cream are also traditional. It also marked the start […]
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.
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 culture and the Kalevala. Dr. Tom Dubois has done extensive research on Finnish and Sami culture, past and present.
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.
The Los Angeles Chapter celebrates Kalevala Day with a program and potluck luncheon at the Curtin House.
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.
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 […]
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.
Second printing of “This Side of Sand Island: Reflections on Fish, Finns and Finding out about Family on the Lower Columbia” will be available at Astoria’s Fisher Poets Gathering, and directly from the author, Victoria Pitkanen Stoppiello. She is a past recipient of a Finlandia Foundation grant. This illustrated essay collection looks, sometimes with a […]