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 […]
In Portland, Finnish pianist Janne Oksanen will play works by a Finnish composer relatively unknown outside Finland and a contemporary of Sibelius, Toivo Kuula, in a free concert, “Echoes from the North." The program will include Beethoven and Chopin, as well as Kuula: Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 31 in A Flat op. 110; Kuula’s Satukuvia […]
Annual Nordic Gala, a silent auction and cultural event, this year featuring Sweden.
Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club. They Know Not What They Do, a psychological novel set in the near future by Jussi Valtonen, grapples with the role technology plays in our relationships, for better and worse. Jussi Valtonen is an author and psychologist from Helsinki, Finland, who now […]
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 […]
Come to the program recognizing the epic Finnish literary work, the Kalevala.
The Finnish-American Society of the Midwest commemorates the Kalevala, Finland's national epic, with a presentation in the Chicago area by a leading expert on Finland, Finnish culture and the Kalevala, FFN Centenary Lecturer Dr. Thomas A. Dubois of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
In celebration of Kalevala Day (February 28), the day of Finnish culture, join us at Scandinavia House in New York City, as composer Johanna Telander brings the beloved Finnish epic Kalevala to life through an ethereal yet powerful pop, folk, and world music score. "Kalevala: the Musical" is a story of ancient legends, told by the spirits […]
This wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismäki, a clear-eyed response to the current refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home. The Other Side of Hope is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland, 2016).