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The festival is part of the Oulu2026 cultural programme.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Are you interested in exploring a new art form? Are you curious and open to new experiences? Would you like to listen to more classical<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cThis year, Oulu is rightfully at the heart of European cultural life.\u201d This summer’s Oulunsalo Soi festival program systematically explores all the countries that make<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Marianne Kauppila, an Oulu-based visual artist and designer specializing in murals, has been chosen as the Visual Artist of the Year for the Oulunsalo Soi<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Oulunsalo Soi is on the Oulu Festival Audience Panel! Oulunsalo Soi is on its way to making cultural events more accessible, and is looking for<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Welcome to the Centre of Europe!

This year, Oulu rightfully stands at the heart of European cultural life. The Oulunsalo Soi festival programme explores, in a systematic way, all the countries that make up our continent \u2014 it\u2019s time to start collecting stamps in your passport! We won\u2019t quite make it to every country, and some regions will be covered in broader strokes, but I\u2019m confident the journey will be an enjoyable one. In the spirit of EcoCompass, we favour rail travel \u2014 and soon you\u2019ll be able to travel from Oulu to Sweden and onward to continental Europe, right?

As our guides, I\u2019ve invited a sharp lineup of leading artists from Finland and abroad. The vocal ensemble Theatre of Voices is a nearly genre-defying group of versatile performers, and we\u2019ll enjoy them in two concerts. Another hard-to-categorize group is Red Nose Company, whose performances always prepare you for bursts of laughter \u2014 though their new piece centres on Jean Sibelius\u2019s fear of death, so a few tears may fall as well. Actor-singer Vuokko Hovatta will delight us by reflecting on her relationship with Sweden (and the Swedish language), as our beloved neighbouring country is honoured with an entire concert. The true workhorse of the festival is my own string quartet, Meta4, from whom every last ounce will be drawn.

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