Jean Sibelius is perhaps Finland’s best-known composer. Great talents rarely arise from nowhere, though. Who preceded him?

The deeply forested, lake-strewn country of Finland was celebrating a national festival. Every Finnish hamlet was gaily festooned and beflagged. Schoolchildren had the day off. Deputations from the ...

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Aug. 28—WEST PARIS — Despite her heritage — all four of her grandparents immigrated from Finland — music teacher Sarah Cummings was unfamiliar with the kantele, a traditional Finnish string instrument ...

Finnish musicians have been converging on Duluth for today's start of Finnfest. They're bringing many kinds of music, from the unexpected (tango) to the largely unknown (Finnish pop and rock acts).

When Mackenzie Melemed, who grew up in Paxton, plays a piano arrangement of Finlandia by Sibelius as part of his solo recital at Stone Church Cultural Center in Gilbertville on April 2, there will be ...