Finnish Music

Friday, 23 December 2022

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Utah Jazz: The All-Star case for Lauri Markkanen

Deseret News 22 Dec 2022

13, 2022. The Jazz won 121-100. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News ... Many found the timing of everything a bit unfortunate ... Wait… is that Finnish music I hear? Enter Lauri Markkanen. Related ... Will Hardy hadn’t watched much, if any, of the Finnish national basketball team prior to this past offseason ... Markkanen wasn’t a guy on that Finnish team, he was THE guy.

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Wild Arts Festival, ‘ZooZoo,’ and ScanFair: 15 things to do this week

The Oregonian 07 Dec 2022

The concert will also feature two songs from the rare Ladino tradition of Spanish-Jewish music ... The entertainment options include games, music, and crafts ... Finnish Santa will show up for pictures with the children ... Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” music is woven throughout the production.

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Growing UAE-Finland ties reaffirmed on Finnish Independence Day

Khaleejtimes 06 Dec 2022

Asked how some 1,150 Finnish residents, coming from one of the happiest countries in the world, feel in the UAE, the ambassador said ... As part of the celebrations, a concert by Finnish musicians Kirsi Ruotsala and Jyri Nissila enthralled attendees, covering a journey of 200 years of Finnish music.

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Gloucester ballerina cast as Clara in Boston "Nutcracker"

Gloucester Times 01 Dec 2022

A Gloucester ballerina has a principal role in Boston Ballet's production of Tchaikovsky's beloved "The Nutcracker ." ... 31 ... Lighting design is by renowned Finnish designer Mikki Kunttu. The Boston Ballet Orchestra, the second largest musical organization in New England, led by Boston Ballet Music Director Mischa Santora, performs Tchaikovsky’s score ... .

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Traditional Holiday Delights� (You've Likely Never Heard Of)

The Keene Sentinel 18 Nov 2022

Finnish Mama, aka Adrianna Stefanko, of Fitzwilliam, is a proud, self-taught baker who sells at the Market, and she will have her ovens running full tilt as the holidays roll in. About a decade ago, Stefanko began learning to bake nisu, a traditional Finnish bread, from her great-grandmother.

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Letter: Thanks for the dance

Gloucester Times 16 Nov 2022

Gloucester City Hall was filled with the sounds of live Finnish folk music as 100 multi-generational attendees learned Finnish dances, tested their new skills, applauded from the sidelines, reminisced about Cape Ann’s ...

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Duluth holiday events 2022: From Bentleyville to ballet

Duluth News Tribune 14 Nov 2022

Expanded from last year's inaugural display, the now-annual event will include "giant (and we mean GIANT) animal inflatables" as well as treats; live music; and appearances from both Santa and the Grinch ... This year's event, which includes dinner and a program of "Finnish music to stir the heart," takes place at the Holiday Inn downtown Dec.

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The unfulfilled virtuoso dreams of ‘polar explorer’ Jean Sibelius

Irish Independent 12 Nov 2022

Obviously, it had a certain cachet.As far as Finnish music is concerned, Sibelius is the lodestone ... He wasn’t to know it when he wrote it, but when it was performed, as the Russian grip on Finland was tightening, it struck a chord.This is our song, the Finnish public declared ... Rather it sets the two sides of the musical equation at odds.

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Baby V.O.X, Shinhwa S.E.S and more: 5 iconic 1st Gen K-Pop groups that paved the way

Pinkvilla 10 Nov 2022

Although their sound didn't change much from that of their debut, the music video for the single ‘Dreams Come True’, a cover of Finnish group Nylon Beat's ‘Rakastuin mä looseriin’ (‘Like a Fool’) from 1996, drew attention from their space-themed looks, with funky hair and shiny outfits.

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For Wilmington rockers He Is Legend, tough times fueled new album 'Endless Hallway'

StarNews Online 10 Nov 2022

After finding success early and playing the since-disbanded Vans Warped Tour back in 2005, the band steadily built a following and in 2019 released the album "White Bat" on Finnish metal label Spinefarm Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group ... "The music itself is very heavy ... It's a great spot, and I think it does show in our music.".

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The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end

The Irish Times 05 Nov 2022

The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week ... What’s in a name? This Scottish rock band have spun many a fabrication about the source of their name (our favourite is that it’s the name of a Finnish footballer from the 17th century) but there are no tall tales about the music.

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5 things to do this weekend

Gloucester Times 04 Nov 2022

Rockport Music presents Verdi’s “La Traviata” from Metropolitan Opera Live in HD on Saturday at 12.55 p.m ... Tickets and details at rockportmusic.org.Global music. Rockport Music presents Finnish oud player and guitarist Jussi Reijonen, along with eight musicians from around the world in concert on Sunday at 5 p.m.

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AROUND CAPE ANN: Four-keyboard concert features Frescobaldi, Froberger

Gloucester Times 03 Nov 2022

The music program on Sunday, Nov ... He serves as organist and director of music at St ... And in another musical adventure, the Finnish oud player and guitarist Jussi Reijonen, along with eight musicians from around the world, will take listeners on a transcultural journey, during a concert this Sunday, Nov.

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Jerry Hopkins: Considering critics

The Marshall News Messenger 03 Nov 2022

A story is sometimes repeated about a young musician who was criticized by the music critics for his performance. Jean Sibelius, the famous Finnish composer, responded to his lamenting his critics, saying, “Remember, son, there is no city in the world where they have erected a statue to a critic.” Critics are pestersome realities ... There is truth ... O.

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A risk led Mikko Rantanen to his first taste of a championship in Finland. Now ...

The Tribune Greeley 02 Nov 2022

... to develop his skating and puck-play — especially surrounded by players who were much older on a Finnish professional roster ... These were teammates Rantanen had played with since he was seven, such as Manu Honkanen, who knew Rantanen’s eclectic taste for obscure Finnish rap music.