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FinlandFinland is a Democratic Republic between Sweden and Russia. We belong to the European Union, have a language that is frighteningly difficult, five million citizens, midnight sun and a thousand lakes. We also have hamburger restaurants and pizzerias behind every corner, sauna, Sibelius, Paavo Nurmi, and extremely varying weather conditions. Everything is very expensive here, but standard of living is quite good (we are technology freaks), nature is beautiful and the air is clean. |
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This exceptional environment produces really exceptional artists. Conductors, singers, musicans and composers who belong to cream of the crop in the whole world. Did you know that there are now three finnish players in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra? Did you know that Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finn? Learn more about our country though these links:
Virtual Finland A Musician in need of help in Finland?What if your oboe needs repair, your loose your mouthpiece and break the strings or want buy a new cello? Here is a list of people who might be able to get you back onstage again. Flute:Woodwinds Ky Albertinkatu 17 (09-70019470)
Oboe:
Clarinet:
Bassoon:
Brass instruments:
String instruments:
Practical Language GuideSo, you're a conductor, composer of soloist coming to give a concert in Finland? Most Finns speak english really well, but they also love to hear you say something in Finnish. Here we have collected some most used phrases for rehearsal situation, so you can astonish them by casually saying: -- Ensiviulut hieman kovempaa, kiitos!(First violins a bit louder, thank you!) [RealAudio] [Wav] [Au]
-- Soittakaa se vetojousella.
-- Hengitänkö tässä?
-- Hyvää huomenta.
-- Tepä soitatte hyvin!
-- Missä on kahvila?
-- Pidetään tauko!
-- Enemmän tunnetta! Try also the Mofile Place's Finnish-English-Finnish Dictionary! Audio file formats explained:
WAV and AU filesizes are approx. 70Kb.
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