The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Finnish music.
Events
January
* 18 – Esa-Pekka Salonen announced that he has withdrawn as music director of the Ojai Music Festival for 2018 because of his composition schedule, and will be replaced by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, ahead of her originally scheduled season in 2020.
* 28 – At the annual Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, Norma John was selected to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest.
February
* 2 – The Music Nova Helsinki started (February 2 – 12).
Cello Concerto A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments.
These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike instru ...
* 26 – The 31st April Jazz Espoo start (April 26 – 30).
May
* 9 – The soprano Karita Mattila wins the Singer's award at the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards 2017.
* 18 - Gita Kadambi is appointed general director of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet announces the appointment of as its next general director, effective January 2018. Kadambi will stand down from her post as general manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
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** The Baltic Jazz festival started in Dalsbruk (July 7 – 9).
** The
Ruisrock
Ruisrock is a rock festival held annually on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, Finland.
Ruisrock, founded in 1970, is the second oldest rock festival in Europe (after Pinkpop) and the oldest in Finland. The festival has attracted international ar ...
festival started at the Ruissalo island, Åbo (July 7 – 9).
* 8 – The 52nd
Pori Jazz Festival
Pori Jazz is a large international jazz festival, held annually during the month of July in the coastal city of Pori (a population of 82,809 in January 2010), Finland. It is one of the oldest and best known jazz festivals in Europe, having bee ...
started in
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, website www.pori.fi
Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...
* 1 – Finnish-born Tuomas Hiltunen took over as general director of Fort Worth Opera.
* 8 – The Rauma Festivo Music Festival started (August 8–12).
* 17 – The Turku Jazz Festival started in Åbo (August 17 – 20).
September
* 11 – Our Festival (Meidän Festivaali in Finnish) started by the
Lake Tuusula
Lake Tuusula or Lake Tuusulanjärvi ( fi, Tuusulanjärvi, italics=no; sv, Tusby träsk, italics=no) is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Tuusula and Järvenpää in Southern Finland. The lake has an area of 6.0 square kilometres. Sinc ...
(September 11–17).
October
* 22 – The band Brother Firetribe appeared at the Rockingham Festival in the UK.
November
* 1 –
Susanna Mälkki
Susanna Ulla Marjukka Mälkki (born 13 March 1969) is a Finnish conductor and cellist.
Early life and education
Susanna Ulla Marjukka Mälkki was born on 13 March 1969 in Helsinki. She began to learn the violin, piano, and cello in her youth ...
Tampere Jazz Happening
The Tampere Music Festivals organises three music events in the city of Tampere, Finland.
Tampere Jazz Happening
The Tampere Jazz Happenitakes place every November, bringing together friends of modern jazz. It was first held in 1982. The uncomprom ...
Barbara Helsingius
Barbara Christina Elisabeth Helsingius-Koski (née Helsingius; 27 September 1937 – 9 March 2017) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish singer, poet, and Olympic fencer.12 - Mika Vainio, 53, Finnish electronic and experimental musician ( Pan Sonic)
; May
* 1 - Erkki Kurenniemi, 75, Finnish musician
; October
* 22 -
Emu Lehtinen
Ilkka Raimo Olavi “Emu” Lehtinen (3 March 1947 – 22 October 2017) was a record dealer in Helsinki, Finland, a founder and the chief executive officer of the record store Digelius Music. According to ''Helsingin Sanomat'', Lehtinen was ...
, 70, Finnish record dealer (leukemia)
; November
* 7 - Pentti Glan, 71, Finnish-Canadian drummer ( Alice Cooper,
Lou Reed
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