Newsroom
News and current perspectives about and around Uniarts Helsinki.
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Praxis student: I am excited about the programme’s conversational approach
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Master class in children’s theatre launches two new plays to professional stages
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What Can Serbia’s University Community Teach Europe?
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Art through experimentation and chance: a public lecture by Yuko Mohri in Helsinki on 4 November
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Fine Arts student: I’ve taken full advantage of the opportunities that Uniarts Helsinki offers for international mobility
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Indigenous artists come together in Järvenpää to explore equitable forms of intercultural collaboration
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Katalin Trencsényi believes in dramaturgy’s power to change society – and we need it now more than ever
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75 years of higher education in church music
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Doctoral dissertation: Language-aware choirs can exceed merely musical purposes
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The diversity of basic education in the arts must be safeguarded amid changing municipal finances
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How is artistic research supervised in a changing world?
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Call for alumni: apply for a funded residency at ISCP in New York
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New international reader connects dramaturgical thinking across five European cities
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Online course teaches sustainable practicing for musicians to support long-term wellbeing
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Stage for Sound is the new online platform for sound-based art and research at the Theatre Academy
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Uniarts Helsinki management’s response to the Student Union’s open letter
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Multidisciplinary artist Yuko Mohri: “I am an engine and I am always moving”
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Uniarts Helsinki’s opening of the 2026–2027 academic year emphasised freedom and community
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Rector’s speech at the opening ceremony for the 2026–2027 academic year: “Maintaining freedom requires continuous effort”
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Students find Uniarts Helsinki’s teaching high-quality and helpful for their creativity and critical thinking
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Call for alumni to the residency programme in Scotland
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Kıvanç Tatar appointed professor of digital arts at the Uniarts Helsinki Research Institute
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Oo Condit explores the position of the actor and embodied agency within theatrical structures
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Tatyana Pogozheva’s timeless violin pedagogy is now available also in English
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Members of Uniarts Helsinki appointed to the new Council of Arts and Culture (2026–2029)
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Different approaches to dramaturgy and performance studies
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Striving for excellence should be the child’s own choice – New global study maps how specialist music programmes support musically gifted children
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Get inspired and excited! Apply for courses at Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University starting from 4 August 2026
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Elena Mîndru takes a personal journey to jazz standards, enriched by life experiences and reinvention
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Fine arts student: As long as something draws breath, there is art
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Susanna Mälkki: Art matters more than ever
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Päivi Takala appointed Professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts
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Tom Ackers traces the hidden material life of art and environment
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Joerg Fingerhut appointed Professor for Philosophy of Cognitive Science and the Arts at Uniarts Helsinki
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Kaisa Rönkkö: ”Universities do not preserve the past for the sake of the past. They preserve what we want to hold on to – now and in the future”
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Uniarts Hub offers support for developing art-based business ideas
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Creating safer spaces in the arts: how many times does a person come out of the closet?
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University of the Arts Helsinki’s Kevin Skelton awarded Academy Research Fellowship funding
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Maiju Loukola named vice dean for research at the Academy of Fine Arts
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Meet the artist: Yuto Obata
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Timo Viialainen selected for the Jan van Eyck Academie residency for 2027
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A new perspective on Selim Palmgren’s symbolist world
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Kai Lehikoinen appointed professor of dance pedagogy at the Theatre Academy
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Uniarts Helsinki shaping the future of European music education – the IN.TUNE alliance sets its sights on 2030
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“Something between a book fair and a comics festival”: an idea by two fellow students grew into a popular artist book fair that will next take over Sörnäinen campus
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Uniarts Helsinki admitted 380 new students in spring 2026
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Johanna Ehrnrooth prize awarded to visual artist Olli Valkola
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What does the Finnish theatre offer a multilingual audience? “Subtitles alone are not enough”
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Music Business lecturer Pekka Saarikorpi: Future professionals combine cultural and market-driven expertise
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Art historian Mikhel Proulx seeks to preserve endangered media art
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New partnership agreement between the City of Helsinki and Uniarts Helsinki to strengthen vitality, the arts and culture
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The online course opened new perspectives on the physical and mental wellbeing of musicians
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Charlotte Clermont selected for the LIFT Alumni Residency in Toronto autumn 2026
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Kuvan Kevät 2026 is coming – explore the artists online
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Unlock new skills this summer – apply for courses at Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University starting from 31 March 2026
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Sibelius Academy sets up a new residency programme with Paloheimo foundation funding
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Helsinki schoolchildren get to hear their own compositions performed by professional musicians in a March concert
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Helmi Vesa Piano Competition prizes have been awarded
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Doctoral degree: Everyday electronic devices can evoke surprisingly strong emotions
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Four new titles of docent awarded by the Uniarts Helsinki Research Institute
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Season 2 of Yle’s documentary series focuses on acting and scenography students
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The application for the Jan van Eyck Academie alumni residency is open
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Major research funding awarded to Uniarts Helsinki in 2025
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Theatre Academy’s educational materials can be read freely online
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Dean Kaisa Rönkkö believes in the power of curiosity and responsible freedom
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Ukrainian voices resonate in the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra
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Filmmakers, apply for a residency at LIFT in Toronto 2026
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Leena Niemistö is the new chair of the Uniarts Helsinki Board
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Spring 2026 performances reflect on our relationship with food, myths and the gaze
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Nitin Sawhney: “AI is just a tool – what’s important is to focus on what we actually want to achieve”
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Real-time online ensemble playing comes to life through new equipment
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Krister Gråhn: Fellow students form an important support network
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Finland for international artists – a temporary stop or a lasting home?
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Apply to the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten residency programme 1 Jan–1 Feb 2026
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Learning from the best in the field – a donation to the Theatre Academy made a special masterclass possible
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Roy Boswell and Xiao Zhiyu Selected for Alumni Residencies in Scotland and New York
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The cosmology of the African Bakongo people inspired an album of music featuring a traditional Brazilian instrument
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Curator Nina Liebenberg creates spaces where science meets poetry
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New international research reveals widespread and systemic sexual violence in the arts and culture sector
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Saastamoinen foundation grants 1.3 million euros to strengthen international networks and research programmes in fine arts
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Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy: Arts institutions must take responsibility for upholding the Sámi people’s rights
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“We are at a turning point”: IN.TUNE alliance highlights the future of European arts research
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Idiorrhythmic Imaginaries research exhibition events
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Arts management student: I want to help shape the future of the arts
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A man of many talents: for accordionist Janne Valkeajoki, musical versatility is part of his identity
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Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University studies are now listed on the Opin.fi website
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Uniarts Hub offers support for developing art-based business ideas in spring 2026
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Keval Shah: With technical prowess comes liberation
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Breaking down silos: diverse voices shaped the IN.TUNE university alliance’s first research event
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Keval Shah: True respect and knowledge of the tradition is a gateway to the future of the genre
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Deaf history takes the stage – and confronts centuries of violence
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Get inspired by studies in the arts at Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University next spring!
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Applications for the Creative Entrepreneur program are now open – grab the tools for entrepreneurship!
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Newly appointed professor of curating, exhibiting and mediating in contemporary art wants to train curators who can connect art, research and society
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Exhibition at Kuva/Tila showcases works by students from the Academy of Fine Arts and Universität der Künste Berlin
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Kaikukortti to be accepted at Theatre Academy performances starting in November
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A mirror from The Hague – building collaboration in music education
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Keval Shah: With creative freedom, you aren’t bound by the score
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Uniarts Helsinki’s conferment ceremony 2024 in pictures
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The International Research Advisory Board urges Uniarts Helsinki to profile its research
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Sibelius Academy’s Violeta Simjanovska invited by King Charles to Royal reception in London
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A new book: Socially engaged art practices strengthen inclusion and support the resilience of democracy
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A Theatre Academy student production to be featured at the international Fast Forward Festival
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Uniarts Helsinki warns that a legislative reform may lead to inequality in music studies
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Call for alumni: apply for a funded residency at ISCP in New York
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Uniarts Helsinki endorses the appeal to exclude Israel from the EU’s Horizon Europe framework programme
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Music can both harm and heal the mind – A new book explores music therapy in the rehabilitation of torture survivors and refugees
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Opening of the 2025–2026 academic year highlighted art and science in uncertain times
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Rector Kaarlo Hildén’s speech at the opening of the academic year 2025-2026
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Alum of the Year Noora Dadu: “Art is always inherently political in some way”
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Alum of the Year Jimmy López: “The Sibelius Academy gave me some of the most formative years of my life”
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Alum of the Year Iiu Susiraja started pursuing photography for fun – “Things just blew up overnight”
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Iiu Susiraja, Jimmy López and Noora Dadu are Uniarts Helsinki’s Alumni of the Year 2025
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New album presents the piano of the future – the world of microtones opens up with Finnish talent
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“Learning with the whole body” – Malax brings the performing arts into schools with impressive results
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Call for alumni to the residency programme in Scotland
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Join Tarek Atoui for a keynote on improvisation and participation
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Autumn at the Academy of Fine Arts: personal stories, international collaborations and artistic research in times of crises
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Hanna Kuusela, Leena Niemistö and Alf Rehn selected to the Uniarts Helsinki Board
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International Visitor Programme in Lied returns to Sibelius Academy with acclaimed line-up of artists
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”Improvisation is a way of finding meaning in the world”, says sound artist Tarek Atoui
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Riikka Talvitie receives the first International Prize for Artistic Research in Music
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Doctoral researcher Aizhan Sultan: A journey through music, identity and inclusion
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The Open University offers inspiring studies in Music Technology and Sound Art & Sonic Arts
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“Artistic research builds up, it doesn’t tear down” – Anu Lampela believes in the power of art to change the world
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Priss Niinikoski selected for the 2026-2027 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten residency
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Uniarts Helsinki: Weakening tax incentives jeopardises the funding base of higher education institutions
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Uniarts Hub offers support for developing art-based business ideas
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Unlock new skills this autumn – apply for courses at Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University starting from 17 June 2025
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Uniarts Helsinki appoints top management: Ossi Naukkarinen the new vice rector for research, Kaisa Rönkkö the new Sibelius Academy dean
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The new results of the University of the Arts Helsinki’s student surveys have been published
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Wind orchestra conducting student: “I wish the role of military bands as musical national defence was more widely recognised”
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Internationally acclaimed artist and composer Tarek Atoui brings his sound art to Helsinki
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Lauri Suurpää reveals how music is constructed beneath the surface through theory and analysis
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Several common research areas already identified in the IN.TUNE alliance
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Art is a way of coexisting with destruction
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Johanna Ehrnrooth prize awarded to visual artist Alena Tereshko
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Finding opportunities for continuous learning is easy at Opin.fi, Uniarts Helsinki joins the platform in Nov 2025
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Sidelining growth in the creative fields is not an option when allocating funding