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The We Jazz festival - or, in Artistic Director Matti Nives’ words, utopia and installation - has been an integral part of creating what German news magazine Der Spiegel called “The Jazz Miracle of Helsinki”. We Jazz itself is a miracle, says Berlin based music journalist Andreas Müller. Here are his thoughts about a Golden Generation and a Golden Age for an innovative music called Jazz.

The Society of Finnish Composers has published a 13-part documentary series on Finnish composers. All the documentaries are available on Vimeo.

"My music is born out of the life I live and is influenced by the inspiring people I meet, the books I read, the films and theatre performances I see, the trips I take." This column is part of the series "On my music and beyond", where composers and other music makers write about their music.

In the Special Feature 4/2018, FMQ launches a new series of columns where composers and other music makers write about their music. We also re-publish some treasures from our archives, and present highlights from a 13-part documentary series produced by the Society of Finnish Composers.

“'The archaic is avant-garde!', is a provocative catch-cry, but also the truth. It is also true that both the archaic and the avant-garde are necessary for the arts." This column is part of the series "On my music and beyond", where composers and other music makers write about their music.

"The first dramatic moment in listening in the mind is when that internal sound latches on to something tangible and becomes performable music." This column is part of the series "On my music and beyond", where composers and other music makers write about their music.

"I write music like I hear it. A composer’s voice is a blend of encounters, influences, sharing and privacy, life situations and changes in the living environment." This column is part of the series "On my music and beyond", where composers and other music makers write about their music.

"The element of surprise and freedom that improvisation offers remains to this day present in my music and in the way it is experienced."

"Pianist Risto-Matti Marin has formed a meaningful musical whole out of five works, all recorded for the first time, by four contemporary composers living in Finland."