Published: 02:31 am,Friday 17 March 2023

Havis Amanda statue to be renovated
The 115-year-old Havis Amanda sculpture will be transferred to be conserved after May Day, as part of renovations performed on the fountain and its surroundings, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Thursday. The duration of the repairs on the fountain square will depend on potential
Published: 19:48 pm,Monday 13 March 2023

4 Oscar wins for Germany's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'
German anti-war movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" won four Oscars at a star-studded ceremony on Sunday night, but missed out on the top Best Picture gong, reported dpa. The film by director Edward Berger won the Best International Film Oscar, as well as prizes for Best Original
Published: 01:25 am,Saturday 11 March 2023

Candelaria, Rimkevitch selected for Young Singers’ Programme
Sopranos Iris Candelaria and Elisaveta Rimkevitch have been selected for the Young Singers’ Programme, launched in autumn 2022 by the Finnish National Opera and the Louise and Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation, said Finnish National Opera in a press release on Friday. Both the singers have been offered a fixed-term trainee
Published: 00:48 am,Thursday 9 March 2023

70% female composers see music industry is unequal: survey
As many as 70% of female lyricists and composers feel that the music industry is unequal, whereas the corresponding figure for men is only 32%, according to a survey result published by the Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society- Teosto on Wednesday. The biggest reasons given for this were the prevailing
Published: 23:26 pm,Sunday 26 February 2023

Käärijä to represent Finland in Eurovision with 'Cha Cha Cha'
Käärijä will represent Finland at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Cha Cha Cha'. The national level final took place on Saturday where seven highly-tipped songs competed for the UMK trophy, which in the end went to Cha Cha Cha performed by Käärijä. It triumphed with a landslide
Published: 23:35 pm,Thursday 16 February 2023

Politically charged Berlinale film festival opens in Berlin
Political themes in an "emotionally whiplashed time" are set to dominate the Berlin film festival, which opened on Thursday, as the Berlinale returns in full force following two years of pandemic restrictions, reported dpa. Almost 400 films are scheduled to be shown from February 16-26, with a high level
Published: 23:30 pm,Wednesday 15 February 2023

6 works of music nominated for 2023 Teosto Prize
Six works of music were nominated for the 2023 Teosto Prize, said Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society Teosto in a press release on Wednesday. The nominees are Helmi Kajaste’s and her team’s works on Draama-Helmi’s album Draama-Helmi kuistilla, Petra Poutanen’s compositions, lyrics and arrangements and Joonas Outakoski’s arrangements on Pelkkä
Published: 00:18 am,Tuesday 7 February 2023

Museums see visitors surge
Finnish museums saw a huge increase in the number of visitors in 2022, according to the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museo Virasto) preliminary data. The museum were visited a total of 6,856,789, which was 2.5 million more than the previous year, said the Agency in a press release. The year 2022
Published: 20:49 pm,Monday 23 January 2023

Investigation continues into German singer over alleged Nazi salute
The investigations into German singer Melanie Müller, 34, for allegedly making the Hitler salute on video are still ongoing after about four months, a spokesperson for the prosecuting authority told dpa on Monday upon request, reported dpa. The public prosecutor's office in the eastern German city of Leipzig already