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Have you ever listened to music created by artificial intelligence? Here are some recommendations to explore. These compositions raise intriguing questions: what defines the essence of live performance, contributing to a more human outcome? How might a non-human performance unfold? Will our perception of the music change when we’re aware it was composed by an AI rather than a human? How can we know that these works have been generated by an AI without human intervention?

The development of artificial intelligence has seen the introduction of several different paradigms, the latest often superseding its predecessor. In the current millennium, the improvements in the accuracy of artificial intelligence applications have rendered them usable for a range of tasks that were previously considered challenging for a machine, such as image and speech recognition.

Your friends on social media are not your friends; they are just people who are notified of updates to your account. Similarly, artificial intelligence is not intelligence; the term is a label for computational models of inductive reasoning.

"There is a lot of children’s music being made in Finland, with diverse approaches, but it is not easy to come by at random these days," writes Maiju Kopra, President of the Children’s Music Association, in her column.

A lo-fi cult project blending sound collages, folk, ambient and indie rock re-emerges with sleeker production – and its melodic mystique intact.

Pekko Käppi’s recent albums lean toward poignant ballads, often with a subversive twist – and the eerie, unsettling sound of his electric jouhikko.

Combining urgent melodies and fervent activism, Vimma is a progressive Finnish band whose music pulses with a frenzy for change. Their latest album resonates with climate protests and environmental concerns.

Pianist Ville Hautakangas has brought together a cast of composers of different ages, whose musical backgrounds and starting points highlight the full richness of contemporary music.

Summer 2023 marked 40 years since John Cage visited the Time of Music festival in Viitasaari. There are clichéd narratives still circulating about the snapping of twigs, the picking of mushrooms and the sloshing of milk in pails, but what did the guru really say during his masterclass? Composer Juhani Nuorvala participated in the 1983 composition course and has now unearthed his tape recordings of the event. These previously unpublished excerpts offer valuable insights into Cage’s philosophy.