2004

4/2004

Jari Sinkkonen: Sound mirrors of the mind
Esa Ala-Ruona, Päivi Jordan-Kilkki: Music therapy -
an individual approach to care and rehabilitation
Annukka Knuuttila: The joy of learning is for everyone
Helena Tyrväinen: Robert Kajanus and the 'Rimsky-Korsakov affair'
Lotta Emanuelsson: "It's a great feeling to realise you can review
your aesthetic ideals". A portrait of pianist Paavali Jumppanen
Jussi Niemi: Travelling in time. Kronos and Kimmo Pohjonen
Kluster melt into one in Uniko
Kimmo Korhonen: L'amour de loin. The Finnish premiere of Kaija Saariaho's opera
Tomi Mäkelä: Finland's national anthem, Runeberg and Finnish artistic identity

3/2004

Samuli Knuuti: Strange, striking and sometimes commercial.
The state of Finnish pop in the year 2004
Pekka Gronow: How to be Finnish (in popular music)
Ilkka Mattila: The biggest Finnish rock stars, HIM and
The Rasmus, are the new generation's success stories
Timo Isoaho: Finnish heavy rock is "Big in Japan"
Petri Silas: The world is my oyster. Finnish world music in 2004
Markus Partanen: Fresh thinking and new methods in Finnish jazz production
Pekka Nissilä: ELVIS is alive and well in Finland. 50 years of melodies and lyrics
Paavo Helistö: A history of Finnish popular music

2/2004

Antti Häyrynen: A big ship turns slowly.
Are the Finnish orchestras on a safe course?
Anu Konttinen: In quest of a tradition. Conductor and violinist John Storgårds
Jukka-Pekka Lehto: 'More than anything, the orchestral
musician needs to be inspired.'
Kimmo Korhonen: Amicable choral sparring partners. The Helsinki University
Chorus and the Polytech Choir represent two aspects of the Finnish male choir.
Harri Kuusisaari: Two kinds of tenors: Topi Lehtipuu - Baroque opera star
with a rock and gospel background ; Mika Pohjonen -
Italian opera hero with a tango background
Anu Karlson: Musical pictures of an industrial town.
Music, art, and industrial patronage shake hands in Mänttä
Pekka Hako: Armas Launis, opera composer
Jussi Niemi: The cunning linguists. Paleface and Don Johnson Big Band
prove that the best rap doesn't always come from the Bronx or South Central
Kimmo Korhonen: Ten years in the new opera house
Pirkko Kotirinta: A yearful of events in three months

1/2004

Matti Tuomisto: The promised land of music halls
Kuisma Eskola: Acoustic crescendo. Orchestras benefit
from electro-acoustic rehearsal hall Data gloves and air guitar
Nicholas Mayow: Juha Leiviskä's drawings look like musical scores
Helmi Järviluoma: On the fringes of musical inquiry: Soundscape research
Petri Kuljuntausta: Radiophonics - somewhere between drama and music
Anu Karlson: The Tapiola Choir at 40 - is the magic still there?
Anu Ahola: An Impresario and a Gentleman.
Edvard Fazer founds Finland's first concert agency