Rethinking Music Heritage conference
The conference addresses the various forms of music heritage and is the closing event of the research project “Diversity of Music Heritage in Finland.”
About the conference
The University of the Arts Helsinki is pleased to announce an international conference on the various forms of music heritage. The conference is the closing event of the research project “Diversity of Music Heritage in Finland”, funded by Kone Foundation in 2023–25. The conference is co-organised by the History Forum and the Seinäjoki Unit of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Heritage has become an increasingly prominent focus across cultural policy, tourism and academic studies. In the realm of music, numerous heritage sites exist worldwide, alongside UNESCO’s designated Cities of Music. Music also plays a key role in international and national lists of intangible cultural heritage.
In music scholarship, studies examining heritage are expanding, particularly within ethnomusicology and popular music studies. This scholarship often splits into two main areas: one focuses on non-European folk and traditional music, with an emphasis on human and minority rights, while the other explores popular music’s role in shaping the uniqueness of cities and regions, as well as in their branding and promotion. In both areas, the heritagisation of music intersects with cultural politics, music tourism and the management of intellectual property rights, as well as with digital innovation and museum practices, especially regarding institutional stewardship of music’s cultural and economic value.
Programme day 1: Wednesday 15 October
9:30-10:00 Registration and coffee (Kookos foyer)
10:00-10:30 Opening address (Auditorium 1, KO-156)
10:30-11:30 Keynote address (Auditorium KO-156, Chair: Antti-Ville Villén)
- Chiara Bortolotto: Beyond Nostalgia: the Sustainabilization of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
11:30-13:00 Lunch (Kookos restaurant)
13:00-14:30 Sessions 1.1 & 1.2
1.1 Managing Collections (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Outi Valo)
- Peltomäki, Anna: Institutionalizing/Deinstitutionalizing Popular Music Heritage: Mapping the Shifting Contexts of Care, Display, and Dormancy of the Olavi Virta Collection
- Skrimsjö, Veronica & Seay, Toby: Musical Heritage Artifacts | Developing Collection Narratives
- Persello, Mara: The L in GLAM. Galleries, Archives and Museums. What About Heritage and the Library?
1.2 Orchestrating Heritage (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Janne Mäkelä)
- Barzan, Paola: Music Heritage and the Conservatory – A Case from Veneto, Italy
- Koning, Moos & Schuijer, Michiel: The Moving Targets of Counterpoint Instruction: A polyphonic account
14:30-15:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
15:00-16:30 Sessions 2.1 & 2.2
2.1 Heritage Places and Spaces (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Annukka Saaristo)
- Jaworowicz-Zimny, Aleksandra: Reimagining Landscapes Through Music: The Tourist Gaze of Yorushika Fans
- Kitajima, Taku: A Dilemma of Popular Music Practices at an Industrial Heritage Site in Japan: Focusing on Creative Use of a Former Shipyard
- Vikman, Noora & Rainio, Riitta: The Art of Echos – Traditions and Present-day Rituals
2.2 Recorded Heritage (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Nassos Polyzoidis)
- Delegos, Spiros: Reimagining Greek Music Heritage: Creative Agency of George Katsaros in 20th-Century Greek-American Recordings
- Eggmann, Sabine: Does Swiss music heritage have a specific gender? Analysis of the media regime on Swiss television (1960-1990)
- Seidlová, Veronika: Czechoslovak Hazzanim on Record – Rethinking the Heritagisation of Jewish Liturgical Music from the Czech Lands
16:30-16:45 Break
16:45-17:30 Screening of the concluding video of the research project Diversity of Music Heritage in Finland (Auditorium 1, KO-156)
17:45-18:45 Queering folk songs workshop (Kookos foyer)
An evening of keeping the tradition alive – and making it queer! A shared moment of song, storytelling and dance, where three queer folk singers, Kuisma Asikainen, Laura Reunanen and Paula Raitanen, give examples of combining tradition and queer themes. You are most welcome to join the singing and dancing, or just kick back and listen!
Programme day 2: Thursday 16 October
9:30-10:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
10:00-11:30 Sessions 3.1 & 3.2
3.1 Music Cities (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Giacomo Bottà)
- Michelsen, Morten: Mediated heritage. Musicians remembering the Aarhus scene of the long 1970s
- Tegelman, Airin: A Bit Like a Burroughs Cut-Up: Disoriented Music Heritage in Stephen Morris’ Record Play Pause and Fast Forward
- Tessler, Holly: ‘All You Need Is Love’? In Defence of Beatles Studies
3.2 Heritage Politics (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Rimantas Sliužinskas)
- Blin Bião, Noé: ‘Devouring’ the Other to redefine Brazilian cultural heritage: the (re)appropriation practices of Rio de Janeiro’s popular music genres
- Lee-Niinioja, Hee Sook: Arirang in Lyrics-Melodies: Korean Living Heritage in (In)Tangiblity of Individual-Collective Emotions and Memories
- Pshenichkina, Halyna: The Voice of the Past in the Modern Struggle: Cossack Songs as a Marker of Ukrainian Identity
11:30-13:00 Lunch (Kookos restaurant)
12:30-13:00 Meet the Editor: The Journal of Beatles Studies
- Join Holly Tessler, co-editor of The Journal of Beatles Studies, for an informal session inviting delegates to discuss their research and explore opportunities to submit their work to the first open-access journal devoted to academic Beatles research.
The Journal publishes original, peer-reviewed essays, reviews, and critical discussions exploring the Beatles’ music, history, legacy, and cultural influence across disciplines including musicology, cultural studies, history, and sociology.
13:00-14:30 Sessions 4.1 & 4.2
4.1 Live and Festive (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Morten Michelsen)
- Cloonan, Martin & Tuukkanen, Roosa: The Helsinki Live Music Census 2024 – a living heritage?
- Dillane, Aileen: What’s in a name? Folk/Tradition/Heritage Music as a Progressive Force in Music Festivals
- Joons, Sofia: “From Near and Afar” Festival programming as a tool for heritagisation of music and community-building
4.2 Digital Music Heritage Studies (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Anne Kauppala)
- Ferdeghini, Giulia & Meandri, Ilario: Keeping Music Heritage Alive: Open Data, Ontologies, and Semantic Web Challenges in next-gen Cataloging systems
- Hsu, Hsin-Wen: Artificial Intelligence, Datafied Transcription, and the Computational Study of Music Heritage
- Santaella, Mayco: Rethinking Music Heritage in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary and Digital Humanities Approaches at Sunway University
14:30-15:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
15:00-16:00 Keynote address (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Elina Seye)
- Marko Jouste: Skolt Saami Dance and Music – A Transformative Journey of Tradition and Resilience
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:30 ICTMD-SGIM Session (Auditorium 1, KO-156)
19:00 Conference dinner in Juttutupa Restaurant (Säästöpankinranta 6)
Programme day 3: Friday 17 October
9:00-10:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
Sessions 5.1 9:30-11:30 & 5.2 10:00-11:30
5.1 Reinterpreting Traditions and Histories (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Paola Barzan) starting at 9:30
- Liang, Linyueying: The Inheritance and Development of Chinese Orchestra in Contemporary Singapore
- D’Agostino, Simona: Tradition and Revival: some examples in dance and music heritage of Italy
- Sliužinskas, Rimantas: Lutheran Psalms from Historical Klaipėda Region as Marker of Local Lithuanian vs. German Singing Tradition
- Thomas, Isabel: The Post-industrial Music History of Working Men’s Clubs and Institutes: Harmonies and Clashes Between Heritage and Living Venues
5.2 Music on the Move (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Ondřej Daniel)
- Chen, Ying Hsien: Relocation and Resignification of the Karelian Kantele Tradition in Sapporo, Japan
- Palonen, Matti & Žvinklytė, Jurgita (Honeypaw): Workarounds while working with archive material and intangible cultural heritage music from Lithuania and Finland in Canada
- Polyzoidis, Nassos: Tsibitó rebetiko meets the Delta blues: transatlantic music heritage amalgamation
11:30-13:00 Lunch (Kookos restaurant)
13:00-14:30 Sessions 6.1 & 6.2
6.1 Rethinking Archival Practices (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Hsin-Wen Hsu)
- Coester, Markus: The G.B.C. Gramophone Library as the Most Important Popular/Music (Heritage) Archive in Ghana
- Drewett, Michael: Recorded music, digital mixtapes, and musical heritage in South Africa
- Niemi, Jarkko: Disconnections in the Study of Culture: Problems of Ethnography and Archival Work in the Research of Indigenous Cultures
6.2 Tense Heritage Encounters (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Hannu Tolvanen)
- Daniel, Ondřej: Czech Punk: From Rebellion to Heritage
- Iivonen, Tommi: Defiant Locality and Heritage: Counter-Cultural and Counter-Narrative Practises in Pori Alternative Music Scene
- Raddatz, Pia Patrick: Towards Unlearning cis-het Narratives in Popular Music History Discourse. Queer Theoretical Perspectives on Two Club Culture TV Documentaries
14:30-15:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
15:00-17:00 Panel discussion and closing address (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Antti-Ville Villén)
In case of cancellations, registration fees cannot be returned after 1 October 2025.
Abstracts
All the abstracts can be found on a separate page. They are categorised under the sessions in the programme.
Accommodation
Helsinki has a variety of different accommodation options. Below you will find a list of hotels and hostels near Uniarts Sörnäinen Campus and the conference venue (Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki) as well as booking instructions. For more information on room options and other services, please contact the hotel directly. Please note that the discount offers are meant for conference participants only. If you would like to use a discount code, please contact music.heritage@uniarts.fi.
Accommodation offers for conference participants:
Scandic Hotels
Closest Scandic Hotels to the conference venue are:
- Scandic Hotel Paasi, Paasivuorenkatu 5 B, 00530 Helsinki
(approx.13 min walk / 9 min bus or tram ride to venue)
- Scandic Hotel Hakaniemi, Siltasaarenkatu 14, 00530 Helsinki
(approx. 10 min walk / 8 min tram ride to venue)
- Scandic Hotel Kallio, Läntinen Brahenkatu 2, 00510 Helsinki
(approx.14 min walk / 9 min tram ride to venue)
Book your room at https://www.scandichotels.com/fi website using a discount code. Pricing will be determined based on your time of booking, room type, and availability. For more information, contact meeting.fi@scandichotels.com.
Citybox Helsinki, Kolmas linja 8 B, 00530 Helsinki
(approx. 8 min walk to venue)
Double Room 75 €/night or Twin Room 90 €/night with a discount code (valid between 14-19 October 2025). Rate includes WiFi and use of shared facilities at the hotel. Buffet breakfast is available for an extra fee of 13,50 €/person at Café Roasberg (Siltasaarenkatu 13, 00530 Helsinki).
Discounted reservations only via email: helsinki@cityboxhotels.com.
Other room options at the daily rate available from the website: https://cityboxhotels.com/hotels/helsinki/helsinki.
Noli Studios Sörnäinen, Hämeentie 33, 00500 Helsinki
(approx. 13 min walk / 6 min bus or tram ride to venue)
Furnished studios with kitchen and bathroom, no breakfast. 10% discount from the daily rate with a discount code. The discount code is valid between 11 June – 17 October for reservations between 12-19 October 2025. Book your stay at https://nolistudios.com/en/short-stay/details/stay-details/noli-sornainen-helsinki, the code is entered in the “Promotional Code” field when making the reservation.
Other accommodation options:
Inn Tourist Hotel, Haapaniemenkatu 7 9B, 00530 Helsinki
(approx. 6 min walk to venue)
Hotel/hostel, single room from ~68 €/night and double room from ~72 €/night. Shared kitchen and bathroom facilities, no breakfast. For more information and other room types see Inn Tourist website: https://inntourist.fi/
SweetDream Guesthouse, Hämeentie 21G, 00500 Helsinki
(approx. 9 min walk / 5 min tram ride to venue)
Hostel, bed in a shared room from ~22 €/night or twin room from ~46 €/night. Shared breakfast and bathroom facilities. More information at https://www.sweetdreamguesthouse.fi/, book at www.booking.com.
Information about Helsinki
More useful information for Uniarts Helsinki visitors about eg. how to get around in Helsinki and about Finland in general.
Organising committee and contact information
The members of the organising committee are:
Prof Antti-Ville Villén (chair)
BA Farida Albrecht (secretary)
Dr Giacomo Bottà
Prof Anne Kauppala
Dr Janne Mäkelä
Prof Saijaleena Rantanen
MA Annukka Saaristo
Dr Elina Seye
Dr Outi Valo
The event is organised by the research project “Diversity of Music Heritage in Finland”, funded by Kone Foundation (2023–25), in collaboration with the History Forum and the Seinäjoki Unit of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
For further information, please contact music.heritage@uniarts.fi.
About the conference
The University of the Arts Helsinki is pleased to announce an international conference on the various forms of music heritage. The conference is the closing event of the research project “Diversity of Music Heritage in Finland”, funded by Kone Foundation in 2023–25. The conference is co-organised by the History Forum and the Seinäjoki Unit of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Heritage has become an increasingly prominent focus across cultural policy, tourism and academic studies. In the realm of music, numerous heritage sites exist worldwide, alongside UNESCO’s designated Cities of Music. Music also plays a key role in international and national lists of intangible cultural heritage.
In music scholarship, studies examining heritage are expanding, particularly within ethnomusicology and popular music studies. This scholarship often splits into two main areas: one focuses on non-European folk and traditional music, with an emphasis on human and minority rights, while the other explores popular music’s role in shaping the uniqueness of cities and regions, as well as in their branding and promotion. In both areas, the heritagisation of music intersects with cultural politics, music tourism and the management of intellectual property rights, as well as with digital innovation and museum practices, especially regarding institutional stewardship of music’s cultural and economic value.
Programme day 1: Wednesday 15 October
9:30-10:00 Registration and coffee (Kookos foyer)
10:00-10:30 Opening address (Auditorium 1, KO-156)
10:30-11:30 Keynote address (Auditorium KO-156, Chair: Antti-Ville Villén)
- Chiara Bortolotto: Beyond Nostalgia: the Sustainabilization of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
11:30-13:00 Lunch (Kookos restaurant)
13:00-14:30 Sessions 1.1 & 1.2
1.1 Managing Collections (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Outi Valo)
- Peltomäki, Anna: Institutionalizing/Deinstitutionalizing Popular Music Heritage: Mapping the Shifting Contexts of Care, Display, and Dormancy of the Olavi Virta Collection
- Skrimsjö, Veronica & Seay, Toby: Musical Heritage Artifacts | Developing Collection Narratives
- Persello, Mara: The L in GLAM. Galleries, Archives and Museums. What About Heritage and the Library?
1.2 Orchestrating Heritage (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Janne Mäkelä)
- Barzan, Paola: Music Heritage and the Conservatory – A Case from Veneto, Italy
- Koning, Moos & Schuijer, Michiel: The Moving Targets of Counterpoint Instruction: A polyphonic account
14:30-15:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
15:00-16:30 Sessions 2.1 & 2.2
2.1 Heritage Places and Spaces (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Annukka Saaristo)
- Jaworowicz-Zimny, Aleksandra: Reimagining Landscapes Through Music: The Tourist Gaze of Yorushika Fans
- Kitajima, Taku: A Dilemma of Popular Music Practices at an Industrial Heritage Site in Japan: Focusing on Creative Use of a Former Shipyard
- Vikman, Noora & Rainio, Riitta: The Art of Echos – Traditions and Present-day Rituals
2.2 Recorded Heritage (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Nassos Polyzoidis)
- Delegos, Spiros: Reimagining Greek Music Heritage: Creative Agency of George Katsaros in 20th-Century Greek-American Recordings
- Eggmann, Sabine: Does Swiss music heritage have a specific gender? Analysis of the media regime on Swiss television (1960-1990)
- Seidlová, Veronika: Czechoslovak Hazzanim on Record – Rethinking the Heritagisation of Jewish Liturgical Music from the Czech Lands
16:30-16:45 Break
16:45-17:30 Screening of the concluding video of the research project Diversity of Music Heritage in Finland (Auditorium 1, KO-156)
17:45-18:45 Queering folk songs workshop (Kookos foyer)
An evening of keeping the tradition alive – and making it queer! A shared moment of song, storytelling and dance, where three queer folk singers, Kuisma Asikainen, Laura Reunanen and Paula Raitanen, give examples of combining tradition and queer themes. You are most welcome to join the singing and dancing, or just kick back and listen!
Programme day 2: Thursday 16 October
9:30-10:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
10:00-11:30 Sessions 3.1 & 3.2
3.1 Music Cities (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Giacomo Bottà)
- Michelsen, Morten: Mediated heritage. Musicians remembering the Aarhus scene of the long 1970s
- Tegelman, Airin: A Bit Like a Burroughs Cut-Up: Disoriented Music Heritage in Stephen Morris’ Record Play Pause and Fast Forward
- Tessler, Holly: ‘All You Need Is Love’? In Defence of Beatles Studies
3.2 Heritage Politics (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Rimantas Sliužinskas)
- Blin Bião, Noé: ‘Devouring’ the Other to redefine Brazilian cultural heritage: the (re)appropriation practices of Rio de Janeiro’s popular music genres
- Lee-Niinioja, Hee Sook: Arirang in Lyrics-Melodies: Korean Living Heritage in (In)Tangiblity of Individual-Collective Emotions and Memories
- Pshenichkina, Halyna: The Voice of the Past in the Modern Struggle: Cossack Songs as a Marker of Ukrainian Identity
11:30-13:00 Lunch (Kookos restaurant)
12:30-13:00 Meet the Editor: The Journal of Beatles Studies
- Join Holly Tessler, co-editor of The Journal of Beatles Studies, for an informal session inviting delegates to discuss their research and explore opportunities to submit their work to the first open-access journal devoted to academic Beatles research.
The Journal publishes original, peer-reviewed essays, reviews, and critical discussions exploring the Beatles’ music, history, legacy, and cultural influence across disciplines including musicology, cultural studies, history, and sociology.
13:00-14:30 Sessions 4.1 & 4.2
4.1 Live and Festive (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Morten Michelsen)
- Cloonan, Martin & Tuukkanen, Roosa: The Helsinki Live Music Census 2024 – a living heritage?
- Dillane, Aileen: What’s in a name? Folk/Tradition/Heritage Music as a Progressive Force in Music Festivals
- Joons, Sofia: “From Near and Afar” Festival programming as a tool for heritagisation of music and community-building
4.2 Digital Music Heritage Studies (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Anne Kauppala)
- Ferdeghini, Giulia & Meandri, Ilario: Keeping Music Heritage Alive: Open Data, Ontologies, and Semantic Web Challenges in next-gen Cataloging systems
- Hsu, Hsin-Wen: Artificial Intelligence, Datafied Transcription, and the Computational Study of Music Heritage
- Santaella, Mayco: Rethinking Music Heritage in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary and Digital Humanities Approaches at Sunway University
14:30-15:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
15:00-16:00 Keynote address (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Elina Seye)
- Marko Jouste: Skolt Saami Dance and Music – A Transformative Journey of Tradition and Resilience
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:30 ICTMD-SGIM Session (Auditorium 1, KO-156)
19:00 Conference dinner in Juttutupa Restaurant (Säästöpankinranta 6)
Programme day 3: Friday 17 October
9:00-10:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
Sessions 5.1 9:30-11:30 & 5.2 10:00-11:30
5.1 Reinterpreting Traditions and Histories (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Paola Barzan) starting at 9:30
- Liang, Linyueying: The Inheritance and Development of Chinese Orchestra in Contemporary Singapore
- D’Agostino, Simona: Tradition and Revival: some examples in dance and music heritage of Italy
- Sliužinskas, Rimantas: Lutheran Psalms from Historical Klaipėda Region as Marker of Local Lithuanian vs. German Singing Tradition
- Thomas, Isabel: The Post-industrial Music History of Working Men’s Clubs and Institutes: Harmonies and Clashes Between Heritage and Living Venues
5.2 Music on the Move (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Ondřej Daniel)
- Chen, Ying Hsien: Relocation and Resignification of the Karelian Kantele Tradition in Sapporo, Japan
- Palonen, Matti & Žvinklytė, Jurgita (Honeypaw): Workarounds while working with archive material and intangible cultural heritage music from Lithuania and Finland in Canada
- Polyzoidis, Nassos: Tsibitó rebetiko meets the Delta blues: transatlantic music heritage amalgamation
11:30-13:00 Lunch (Kookos restaurant)
13:00-14:30 Sessions 6.1 & 6.2
6.1 Rethinking Archival Practices (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Hsin-Wen Hsu)
- Coester, Markus: The G.B.C. Gramophone Library as the Most Important Popular/Music (Heritage) Archive in Ghana
- Drewett, Michael: Recorded music, digital mixtapes, and musical heritage in South Africa
- Niemi, Jarkko: Disconnections in the Study of Culture: Problems of Ethnography and Archival Work in the Research of Indigenous Cultures
6.2 Tense Heritage Encounters (Auditorium 2, KO-155, Chair: Hannu Tolvanen)
- Daniel, Ondřej: Czech Punk: From Rebellion to Heritage
- Iivonen, Tommi: Defiant Locality and Heritage: Counter-Cultural and Counter-Narrative Practises in Pori Alternative Music Scene
- Raddatz, Pia Patrick: Towards Unlearning cis-het Narratives in Popular Music History Discourse. Queer Theoretical Perspectives on Two Club Culture TV Documentaries
14:30-15:00 Coffee (Kookos foyer)
15:00-17:00 Panel discussion and closing address (Auditorium 1, KO-156, Chair: Antti-Ville Villén)
In case of cancellations, registration fees cannot be returned after 1 October 2025.
Abstracts
All the abstracts can be found on a separate page. They are categorised under the sessions in the programme.
Accommodation
Helsinki has a variety of different accommodation options. Below you will find a list of hotels and hostels near Uniarts Sörnäinen Campus and the conference venue (Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki) as well as booking instructions. For more information on room options and other services, please contact the hotel directly. Please note that the discount offers are meant for conference participants only. If you would like to use a discount code, please contact music.heritage@uniarts.fi.
Accommodation offers for conference participants:
Scandic Hotels
Closest Scandic Hotels to the conference venue are:
- Scandic Hotel Paasi, Paasivuorenkatu 5 B, 00530 Helsinki
(approx.13 min walk / 9 min bus or tram ride to venue)
- Scandic Hotel Hakaniemi, Siltasaarenkatu 14, 00530 Helsinki
(approx. 10 min walk / 8 min tram ride to venue)
- Scandic Hotel Kallio, Läntinen Brahenkatu 2, 00510 Helsinki
(approx.14 min walk / 9 min tram ride to venue)
Book your room at https://www.scandichotels.com/fi website using a discount code. Pricing will be determined based on your time of booking, room type, and availability. For more information, contact meeting.fi@scandichotels.com.
Citybox Helsinki, Kolmas linja 8 B, 00530 Helsinki
(approx. 8 min walk to venue)
Double Room 75 €/night or Twin Room 90 €/night with a discount code (valid between 14-19 October 2025). Rate includes WiFi and use of shared facilities at the hotel. Buffet breakfast is available for an extra fee of 13,50 €/person at Café Roasberg (Siltasaarenkatu 13, 00530 Helsinki).
Discounted reservations only via email: helsinki@cityboxhotels.com.
Other room options at the daily rate available from the website: https://cityboxhotels.com/hotels/helsinki/helsinki.
Noli Studios Sörnäinen, Hämeentie 33, 00500 Helsinki
(approx. 13 min walk / 6 min bus or tram ride to venue)
Furnished studios with kitchen and bathroom, no breakfast. 10% discount from the daily rate with a discount code. The discount code is valid between 11 June – 17 October for reservations between 12-19 October 2025. Book your stay at https://nolistudios.com/en/short-stay/details/stay-details/noli-sornainen-helsinki, the code is entered in the “Promotional Code” field when making the reservation.
Other accommodation options:
Inn Tourist Hotel, Haapaniemenkatu 7 9B, 00530 Helsinki
(approx. 6 min walk to venue)
Hotel/hostel, single room from ~68 €/night and double room from ~72 €/night. Shared kitchen and bathroom facilities, no breakfast. For more information and other room types see Inn Tourist website: https://inntourist.fi/
SweetDream Guesthouse, Hämeentie 21G, 00500 Helsinki
(approx. 9 min walk / 5 min tram ride to venue)
Hostel, bed in a shared room from ~22 €/night or twin room from ~46 €/night. Shared breakfast and bathroom facilities. More information at https://www.sweetdreamguesthouse.fi/, book at www.booking.com.
Information about Helsinki
More useful information for Uniarts Helsinki visitors about eg. how to get around in Helsinki and about Finland in general.
Organising committee and contact information
The members of the organising committee are:
Prof Antti-Ville Villén (chair)
BA Farida Albrecht (secretary)
Dr Giacomo Bottà
Prof Anne Kauppala
Dr Janne Mäkelä
Prof Saijaleena Rantanen
MA Annukka Saaristo
Dr Elina Seye
Dr Outi Valo
The event is organised by the research project “Diversity of Music Heritage in Finland”, funded by Kone Foundation (2023–25), in collaboration with the History Forum and the Seinäjoki Unit of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
For further information, please contact music.heritage@uniarts.fi.