2017 in Finnish music


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18 – Esa-Pekka Salonen announced that he has withdrawn as music director of the Ojai Music Festival for 2018 because of his composition schedule, and will be replaced by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, ahead of her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.

March

9 – Esa-Pekka Salonen's Cello Concerto is premièred by Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

April

26 – The 31st April Jazz Espoo start.

May

9 – The soprano Karita Mattila wins the Singer's award at the Royal Philharmonic Society 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.

June

14 – The band HIM open their Farewell Tour in Barcelona.30 – The 20th Tuska Festival started.

July

7

August

1 – Finnish-born Tuomas Hiltunen took over as general director of Fort Worth Opera.8 – The Rauma Festivo Music Festival started.17 – The Turku Jazz Festival started in Åbo.

September

11 – Our Festival started by the Lake Tuusula.

October

22 – The band Brother Firetribe appeared at the Rockingham Festival in the UK.

November

1 – Susanna Mälkki awarded the music prize by Nordisk Råd.2 – The Tampere Jazz Happening start.

Deaths

; March
; April
  • 12 - Mika Vainio, 53, Finnish electronic and experimental musician
; May
; October
; November