The 3-weekend festival continues, featuring Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and showcasing Music Director Osmo Vänskä in his acclaimed role as “our greatest living Sibelian.”

The Nordic & Baltic Oscar contenders series at Scandinavia House returns this season with select in-house and virtual screenings of films chosen by the Nordic & Baltic countries to compete for the Oscar nomination for the Best International Feature Film.

The 3-weekend festival continues, featuring Symphonies 1 and 6 by Jean Sibelius, and showcasing Music Director Osmo Vänskä in his acclaimed role as “our greatest living Sibelian.” Violinist Elina Vähälä plays the original 1903-04 version of the Finnish composer’s Violin Concerto. Pianist Ruusamari Teppo will perform a short Sibelius program before the concert.

Influence of Nordic Architecture in the Northwest with John Nelson

The 3-weekend festival continues, featuring Symphonies 1 and 6 by Jean Sibelius, and showcasing Music Director Osmo Vänskä in his acclaimed role as “our greatest living Sibelian.” Violinist Elina Vähälä plays the original 1903-04 version of the Finnish composer’s Violin Concerto. Pianist Ruusamari Teppo will perform a short Sibelius program before the concert.

This month's selection is Dog Park by acclaimed Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen. It is a captivating story of intrigue, betrayal, and murder in the global fertility market from Oksanen, “an international publishing sensation frequently likened to Stieg Larsson” (The Guardian), Dog Park begins in Helsinki, 2016.

The 3-weekend festival continues, featuring Symphonies 3 and 4 by Jean Sibelius, and showcasing Music Director Osmo Vänskä in his acclaimed role as “our greatest living Sibelian.” Violinist Elina Vähälä plays the Finnish composer’s Violin Concerto.

The 3-weekend festival continues, featuring Symphonies 3 and 4 by Jean Sibelius, and showcasing Music Director Osmo Vänskä in his acclaimed role as “our greatest living Sibelian.” Violinist Elina Vähälä plays the Finnish composer’s Violin Concerto.  

Learn about the Finns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula's Sugar Island in this live Zoom event. To participate email: saara.kekki@helsinki.fi