Finlandia Foundation National annually invites applications for its grants program, which awards funds to projects related to Finnish-American and Finnish history, heritage, arts and culture. Please go to the link below for information and the application, which is due no later than January 17, 2018.
Finlandia University Gallery in Hancock exhibits the work of Finnish-Canadian artist Onni Nordman through February 17, 2018. Onni Nordman’s Sauna: Divine Comedy is a series of paintings that set Dante’s Commedia, the 14th century Italian narrative poem, in the sauna. OnniNordman.com
In 1999, the Finnish Theme Committee of the City of Hancock created a new Finnish-American celebration of winter, Heikinpäivä. The celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with the name day for Heikki (Henrik’s day — January 19). 2018 events are held on January 10, 11, 19, 23-28, and February 2, 5 and […]
Risto Sivula and Jouko Sipila will share highlights of their year-long adventure exploring the vast expanses of Finn Country in the United States, from Coast to Coast and through the Midwest, with the Finland 100 mascot Sisu, the Traveling Sauna. Coffee and Conversation follow.
In this concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki cuts across a vast range of German music, featuring brilliant Principal Cellist Robert deMaine in Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s highly colorful and uniquely creative concerto from 1966, complete with dancers, as originally intended. Collaborating with Mälkki will be celebrated Finnish choreographer-dancer Tero Saarinen […]
In this concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki cuts across a vast range of German music, featuring brilliant Principal Cellist Robert deMaine in Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s highly colorful and uniquely creative concerto from 1966, complete with dancers, as originally intended. Collaborating with Mälkki will be celebrated Finnish choreographer-dancer Tero Saarinen […]
In this concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki cuts across a vast range of German music, featuring brilliant Principal Cellist Robert deMaine in Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s highly colorful and uniquely creative concerto from 1966, complete with dancers, as originally intended. Collaborating with Mälkki will be celebrated Finnish choreographer-dancer Tero Saarinen […]
In 1999, the Finnish Theme Committee of the City of Hancock created a new Finnish-American celebration of winter, Heikinpäivä. The celebration’s themes are taken from Finnish folk saying associated with the name day for Heikki (Henrik’s day — January 19). 2018 events are held on January 10, 11, 19, 23-28, and February 2, 5 and […]
Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis makes her Phoenix Symphony debut in an imaginative, impressionistic program sure to make a splash. Debussy, Britten and Sibelius contribute works that capture the many moods of the sea, with its sun-drenched waves and watery depths.
Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis makes her Phoenix Symphony debut in an imaginative, impressionistic program sure to make a splash. Debussy, Britten and Sibelius contribute works that capture the many moods of the sea, with its sun-drenched waves and watery depths.