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The public has returned to clubs and gig venues. Concert ticket prices have gone up, but not by much. Concert organizers do not want to exceed the pain limit of prices.

A round of calls to Finnish concert venues and rock clubs reveals that concert ticket prices have risen by around 10 percent since the beginning of the corona era.

We reached out to the program managers of Tavastia in Helsinki, Rytmikorjaamo in Seinäjoki, Lutako in Jyväskylä, Tullikamar in Tampere and Finlandia Club in Lahti, Mössö and Torve. You can find more detailed price information at the end of the story.

The concert organizers have heaved a sigh of relief, because the current autumn has brought the audience back to the concerts.

During the Corona period, there was talk of bands and artists wanting to tour and the public wanting to go to concerts. The industry had a strong belief that the situation would return to normal after the corona. That seems to have happened.

There was no koruna surcharge on the ticket prices

The ticket prices don’t really show the corona supplement, that is, that the concert organizers would try to compensate for the lost income during the corona period by raising the prices. The increase in ticket prices has been moderate.

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Tanztheater Wuppertal, founded by dance legend Pina Bausch, is facing reforms. The understanding of gender and sexuality is changing, says the group’s artistic director Boris Charmatz.

A visit to the German Tanztheater Wuppertal is always an event.

The three evenings of the dance house were sold out in a week.

The group performed for the first time in Finland more than 15 years ago. Both performances of the Helsinki festival weeks were filled to the last seat on the big stage of the Helsinki City Theater in 2005.

This time Tanztheater Wuppertal is performing the work (2006). It remained one of Bausch’s last choreographies. As the name suggests, it is about what the full moon brings about in a person.

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Kuusisto was one of Finland’s most famous classical music composers. His symphony First and Last was left unfinished by the late artist in February.

Kuusisto died of a serious illness in February.

Vänskä is also part of the reason why it was decided to create the symphony in the first place.

Vänskä says that the American Minnesota orchestra once toured South Africa, and arrangements of African folk songs were needed for the choir and orchestra. He asked his friend Jaakko to join him, because he knew he was a great arranger.

However, Kuusisto said he didn’t have time.

– I said that if he promises to do the arrangements, I will order a symphony from Jaako for the Minnesota orchestra. Three seconds passed, and Jaakko agreed, Vänskä recalls.

The symphony premiered in Minnesota in June.

Vänskä is happy to be conducting the symphony for the second time. He says that Kuusisto’s symphony is a journey that includes the spectrum of life, but also sound images of a difficult illness that Kuusisto was diagnosed with in 2020.

– The expectations were for great music and they have been fulfilled. Jaakko composed the first part at the end and in the second part Pekka stepped in to do the final work on the last part. You have to admire how Pekka has most likely found what Jaakko would have written himself.

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The works will be in the center of Turku, around Aurajoki, on both sides of the river.

The Light Path light art event is returning to Turku this year, even bigger.

Last year, 100,000 visitors came to see the light artworks.

The event’s light works will be on the banks of Aurajoki, on both sides of the river. The works come to the city on Independence Day and the days before it.

This year, the works draw from Turku’s seascape and make use of the riverside landscapes.

According to the city of Turku, the light art event can be organized despite the energy crisis, as the event consumes relatively little electricity. According to the city, the estimate of electricity consumption is two megawatt hours.

– If every event-goer turns off a 10-watt light from their home for an hour, it is enough to replace the event’s energy consumption, says Heiniö in the city’s press release.

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Jouluradio, which started its first broadcast in 2003, reaches a couple of million listeners every year.

– Peace, joy and atmosphere. You don’t get that from all the other songs. Then there is also the magic that Christmas music takes us somewhere deep in the memories.

Today, November 1, the season of traditional Christmas radio has started for the 20th time.

Christmas radio is listened to in up to 175 countries. Finns abroad are the most enthusiastic of international listeners. Perhaps Finnish Christmas music will ease homesickness.

Traditional FM radio is heard in 27 locations in Finland. However, Jouluradio also has ten different online radio channels, with something for everyone.

– There is indie music, happy holidays, gritty, jazz, classical, the most beautiful Christmas songs and julradion på svenska, Ketola lists.

New this year is a channel dedicated to new Christmas music. Renewal and adaptation to the new media world may be one of the reasons why Jouluradio has survived the turmoil of the media world throughout its long history.

20 years since the breakthrough of media and Jouluradio

In 20 years, a huge media revolution has taken place with the internet and social media. According to Kalliorinte, the channel has managed to utilize different media platforms in an innovative way over the years.

– I think it’s a miracle that Jouluradio found its place in the first place, but another miracle is how we’ve stayed in this competition so well. At this point I think well done.

According to Kalliorinte, Jouluradio, which belongs to Kirkko ja Kaupunki media and is shared by the parishes, has succeeded in bringing the message of Christian Christmas to all people with a down-to-earth approach. Through Christmas music, it has also been possible to reach those who like the Christmas atmosphere, who do not belong to, for example, Christianity.

Everything has its time, however, and Jouluradio’s work on Taipale radio will come to an end this year. Riitta Kalliorinne says that she has now given her own contribution and will not leave any more.

However, Kalliorinne, who has been involved in every turning point in Jouluradio’s history, is confident about the future.

– We have wonderful employees who take the brand forward. Now, as far as I’m concerned, Jouluradio is ready and I’m happy to continue using this wonderful brand.

*You can discuss the topic until Wednesday, November 2 at 11 p.m.*

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