Santtu-Matias Rouvali, a contender for the podium at the New York Philharmonic, spends as much free time as possible at home in rural Finland. Read entire story.
Source: NYT > Arts > Music
Filmmaker Teemu Nikki’s Inspiration For Finland’s Oscar Entry ‘Euthanizer’: “I Wanted To Make ‘Dirty Harry’ With Animals”
Finland’s Oscar entry this year, Teemu Nikki’s Euthanizer, sets up some intriguing paradoxes about the way humans treat animals, and the way humans treat each other. Local Finnish character actor Matt Onnismaa stars as Veijo, a mechanic who on the side euthanizes sick animals. Though twisted, he’s … Read entire story.
Source: Deadline
Is the pride of a nation misplaced – how Finnish was Sibelius after all?
As shown at two concerts marking Finnish independence day, Sibelius remains his country’s national composer. But the relationship is complicatedFinland won its independence 100 years ago this week. The new nation in the north of Europe was created by a pragmatic first world wartime agreement between two extremely different socialist … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
Alma, Finland’s green-haired millennial pop hope: ‘I have way more fears than you’
She wowed Finnish Pop Idol at 16, and now five years later is tearing it up with Sub Focus and Charli XCX. So, how is this garish introvert handling fame? Alma doesn’t seem quite sure if she wants to be invisible, or the only person you could possibly be looking … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
Newly Crowned Miss Helsinki Receives Racist Backlash
Onnea Miss Helsinki 2017 Sephora Ikalaba ✨ A photo posted by Miss Helsinki (@misshelsinkiofficial) on Jan 6, 2017 at 6:25am PST Sephora Ikalaba, a 19-year-old Nigerian contestant, was recently voted Miss Helsinki 2017. But let’s just say, some people in the country aren’t too happy. Ikalaba has received racial slurs on… Read entire story.
Source: Clutch Magazine