New Turku Music Hall named Fuuga

The name competition for the Turku Music Hall has come to a conclusion. The competition was open from 15 November to 15 December in the Kerrokantasi service, receiving a total of 1730 votes. Turun musiikkitalo Fuuga, or Turku Music Hall Fuuga, received 635 votes, making up 37 per cent of the votes.

Rory Pilgrim opens WAMx's new exhibition series Hop to Hope

Rory Pilgrim’s show opens the next year’s exhibition series, Hop to Hope, at WAMx, in which togetherness, friendship, love and hope are explored. Rory Pilgrim’s show examines how the climate crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic affect the support structures in our everyday lives.

Idea and implementation competition for the artwork of the bike garage next to the Logomo bridge in Turku

The city of Turku is inviting visual arts professionals and students to make proposals for the facades of the bicycle garage which will be placed next to the Logomo bridge in Turku. The competition period starts on November 25, 2022 and ends on February 10, 2023.

The Path of Light glows and charms visitors in Turku from 3 to 6 December

This year’s light event in Turku will be bigger and more international than last year. The spectacular works of light art will be located near the River Aura. They will draw on the maritime nature of the city and take advantage of the open landscape along the riverbed and views opening up from different directions.

Jere Pensikkala appointed CEO of the Taiteen talo Oy in Turku

Master of Culture and Arts, Jere Pensikkala has been elected the first CEO of Taiteen talo Oy in Turku. The limited company was founded in early 2022 to develop the complex on the site of the former Rettig tobacco factory into a brand new arts centre.

Turku Philharmonic enters into Composer-in-Residence arrangement with Sebastian Fagerlund

Sebastian Fagerlund, one of the most successful and significant European composers working today, will become Composer-in-Residence of the Turku Philharmonic in autumn 2022. During this three-year appointment, the orchestra will perform his works in concerts whose programmes he will also design. The appointment further includes a commission for a new work.

Freedom and stability wanted from Taiteen talo

Taiteen talo will be hatched this year from Rettig's old tobacco factory. The City of Turku bought the property to secure the conditions for the arts and creative industries and to provide permanent facilities for cultural operators.

Common Cultural Promise of City of Turku guides the Cultural spearhead project

Turku's common Cultural Promise: “A Time of Art and Culture!” is the product of a participatory process and provides a direction for the future Cultural spearhead project. After the launch of an extensive planning phase in the autumn, a strategic and visionary view of the development of culture in Turku has been created. The Cultural and Youth Committee will discuss the Cultural Promise at its meeting on 24 March. After it has been discussed in the committee, the matter will proceed to the Turku City Council for approval.