Finnish Music Quarterly



	2005 4/2005 (MIDEM 2006 Opening Night, 22 January 2006) Harri Kuusisaari: Classical music in Finland: A modern miracle Ilkka Mattila: Finnish rock's move out into the world Jonathan Mander: Finnish electronic music plays to its own tune Mika Kauhanen: Folk music in Finland: New directions with a firm basis in tradition Jan-Erik Holmberg: Jazz through a Finnish filter Jonathan Mander: The popular music business in Finland: Stronger than ever 3/2005 (Composers discover Lapland and Karelia) Simo Häyrynen: The lure of the boondocks Kimmo Korhonen: The music of Ultima Thule Jaakko Tahkolahti: Music in Lapland: tourist potential Antti Häyrynen: Light from the east Anastasia Salo: Small Karelian cultures exposed to peril Veijo Murtomäki: Sibelius and Finnish-Karelian folk music Pekka Suutari: The national character of Soviet Karelian music Mika Kauhanen: Something new from something old [on folk music] Antero Karttunen: FMQ - an ever-expanding information pack on Finnish music Mikko Heiniö: The Society of Finnish Composers is an organisation of experts Liisamaija Hautsalo: Major emotions but no compromises [on recording company Ondine] 2/2005 (Finnish Jazz - Out of the blue and in tune) Stuart Nicholson: Finland in the global jazz economy Jan-Erik Holmberg: Recent trends in Finnish jazz - the last ten years Jan Granlie: Finnish jazz through the eyes of a Norwegian Petri Silas: Three decades of Finnish big band excellence Mats Liljeroos: Jazz composers try their wings outside established currents Petri Silas: Verneri Pohjola - The reluctant leader of the jazz pack Pekka Hako: The Return of the Horseman 1/2005 (Finnish composers post Modernism) Mats Liljeroos: Waiting for the great synthesis. Finnish composers post modernism. "Modernism is a way of thinking, not so much a technique." Comments by Eero Hämeenniemi, Jaakko Kuusisto, Lauri Kilpiö, Hannu Pohjannoro and Riikka Talvitie. Pekka Hako: Martti Talvela, the immortal Finnish bass Vesa Sirén: Sibelius letters to Armas Järnefelt discovered Anu Konttinen: A maestra in the making. Portrait of conductor Eva Ollikainen Marika Leed: "My works have a clear pulsative feel." Composer Seppo Pohjola portrayed