Newsroom
News and current perspectives about and around Uniarts Helsinki.
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Master class in children’s theatre launches two new plays to professional stages
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Art through experimentation and chance: a public lecture by Yuko Mohri in Helsinki on 4 November
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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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Call for alumni: apply for a funded residency at ISCP in New York
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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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Uniarts Helsinki’s opening of the 2026–2027 academic year emphasised freedom and community
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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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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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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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Päivi Takala appointed Professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts
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Joerg Fingerhut appointed Professor for Philosophy of Cognitive Science and the Arts at Uniarts Helsinki
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Uniarts Hub offers support for developing art-based business ideas
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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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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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Johanna Ehrnrooth prize awarded to visual artist Olli Valkola
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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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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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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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Real-time online ensemble playing comes to life through new equipment
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Apply to the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten residency programme 1 Jan–1 Feb 2026
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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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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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Idiorrhythmic Imaginaries research exhibition events
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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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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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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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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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Riikka Talvitie receives the first International Prize for Artistic Research in Music
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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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Internationally acclaimed artist and composer Tarek Atoui brings his sound art to Helsinki
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Several common research areas already identified in the IN.TUNE alliance
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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
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Anna Karima Wane and Lotta Hurnanen selected as grantees for Jan van Eyck Academie and LIFT alumni residencies
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MFA Degree Show Kuvan Kevät 2025 opens on 17 May in Mylly
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The sixth Research Pavilion celebrates the current multiple, polyphonic, contradictory and lively state of artistic research
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AI does not threaten the world, but humans do
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Broaden your skill set this summer: the application period for Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University courses starts on 4 April
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Entrepreneur’s passion for music led to major donation for Sibelius Academy’s orchestral education
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Uniarts Helsinki launches a master’s programme in musical theatre with support from the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and Finnish Cultural Foundation
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Research: How to preserve vibrant nightlife in cities?
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The Land of Dreams: Recovering Musical Memories of the Finnish Immigration
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Maria Puusaari: Contemporary chamber music can be led in many innovative ways
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Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy ranked 9th best music institution in the QS World University Rankings
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Conductor Susanna Mälkki appointed Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Sibelius Academy of Uniarts Helsinki
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Iryna Gorkun-Silén is reimagining the French flute legacy
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The Finnish Cultural Foundation awards 300,000 euros for the launch of a master’s programme in musical theatre
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The Voice and Justice Project kicks off – First visit to the United States in March
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Analía Capponi-Savolainen uncovers the hidden meanings of children’s singing
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Uniarts Helsinki’s goals for 2025 municipal and county elections
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Professor Heidi Partti appointed as a member of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK for the term 2025–2027
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Alumni call open for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
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Visa-Pekka Mertanen offers new perspectives on synthesizer-improvised jazz
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Uniarts Helsinki’s sustainability fund accumulated 16,000 euros in 2024
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Sibelius Academy presents Siba Talks – stories of life, career and music with leading artists
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Visual artist Jade Kallio selected for ISCP residency in New York in spring 2026
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Outi and Jan Vapaavuori select Liisa-Irmelen Liwata as the winner of the Young Visual Artist Award
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The Praxis master’s programme provides the skills to work as an expert in contemporary art
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Uniarts Helsinki concluded its change negotiations
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Kaarlo Hildén to continue as the rector of Uniarts Helsinki
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Over Five Million Euros in Continued Funding for the MAGICS Initiative from Research Council of Finland
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Rector of Uniarts Helsinki Kaarlo Hildén and Professor Sakari Oramo honoured as the Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
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Pacius Fund grants follow-up funding for preparing a master’s programme in musical theatre
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Recent studies highlight the positive impacts of artistic and cultural activities on physical and mental health
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A new master’s programme to support the export and growth opportunities of Finnish music
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Get inspired – register now for the Open University’s spring 2025 courses at Uniarts Helsinki!
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The Role of Interculturalism in higher music education – Global artistic citizenship
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The new theoretical research option in choreography is unique in the Nordics
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New research: Language learning should be embodied and creative
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Fuel for the creativity highway: J-P Piirainen aims to create space for everyday artistic work
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Examining contemporary clarinet repertoire
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Latest addition to the art collection of the Academy of Fine Arts displayed in Mylly’s courtyard
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Finland’s first professor of musical theatre is J. Martina Roos
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Call for Alumni: apply to a funded residency at ISCP in New York
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Naiara De La Puente offers new approaches to the traditional perception of the accordion in modern chamber music
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Rector Kaarlo Hildén: “As a university community, we have a duty to create experiences that strengthen good everyday life and faith in the future”
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Sofia Haapamäki, Jakob Höglund and Maija Kauhanen are Uniarts Helsinki’s Alumni of the Year 2024
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Experimental and playful works in the BFA Exhibition
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Ville Aslak Raasakka highlights environmental disasters through his compositions
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Uniarts Helsinki receives the quality label – the university’s asset is its close link to the working life
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Meet specialists from Jan van Eyck Academie and Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Helsinki on 19 September 2024
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BFA exhibition, fears, affection, points of return and spatiality in Kuva/Tila’s autumn exhibition programme