Finnish music godfather up for a Grammy

Photo: Sakari Viika
Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s opera “Kaivos,” censored during the Cold War, has been rediscovered and nominated for a Grammy.

Lost for half a century, the first opera by Finland’s leading contemporary composer is rediscovered and nominated for a Grammy award. In an exclusive interview with thisisFINLAND, Einojuhani Rautavaara recalls a work considered so inflammatory that it was suppressed during the Cold War

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