Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Research in Finland

Taken from http://sciencenordic.com/, a site gathering most research news on Health, Society & Culture, Environment, Technology, Agriculture & Fisheries, and Natural Sciences. Link to the article: http://sciencenordic.com/about/research-finland





This article is a detailed summary of the primary research areas in Finland. The different groups of study of the Finnish science system, the divisions of institutions for every research system and the details on the way of working for the research center in Finland. There is a list of all the research firms of the country, and also a list of all the research institutions. It aims every people interested in making part of the great research system of a Nordic Country. Indeed, the site can also inform you about the research institutions of Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. There is also a tab on the way of studying in a Nordic country, explaining shortly what you will go through if you want to study in the North of Europe.

I chose this theme because I was interested in the domains of research developed by the Finnish people. It taught me some on the other Nordic Country also, and it was still attractive.


I taught me the different domains on which the consideration of Finland was, scientifically speaking. It explained the division of the studies, and the levels of framework accorded to the development of a research, with the agreement of the Finnish government and the Research and Innovation Council (because it still represents a certain amount of money given to research). Then I learned about the four-stage career system of someone working in the research system, which was like ranks. They also detail the Finnish working system (40 hours a week) and their holiday credit year which is like the French one. Almost every card is given to the interested in studying and working in the research domain, a very convenient article.

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Music Task


I came to Finland in summer and I live in Kokkola 3 months, so I have attended many events in Kokkola, especially a music event in the church. That was the first time I went to the church and listened to choral such as Jesus at the center, God so loved, With Jesus through the shadows, Man of sorrows king of glory, etc. I was so impressed by Jesus at the center, which was sung by Mrs. Teija, Mr. Odudu Equere, Ms. Rebecka. This song has a great tune and the lyric is about Jesus. Jesus at the Center is a contemporary worship recorded and performed by Israel and New Breed. I do not have a religion, but I really like the church atmosphere, which is warm and relaxed.
MUSIC TASK



On the 5th of November, I had a chance to attend a Finnish concert in Kokkolan Conservatory with some of my friends. That was my first time to participate such a great concert since the day I came to Finland. That concert was held by the music school, with the participation of its teachers and students. I was so impressed by their talents and the emotions they gave into each performance. They even showed the lyrics of the songs through small pamphlets.

Most of the songs used in the concert were written by Erkki Melartin, a famous Finnish composer. As well as composing, Melartin (1875-1937) also taught and directed music at the Helsinki Music College, later the Helsinki Conservatory. He wrote six symphonies (1902–1924) and was the first Finnish composer to bear Mahler's influence. The Juhlamarssi from his ballet Sleeping Beautiful is the most popular wedding march in Finland.

We have had a wonderful time there with such beautiful performances. That was the experience which I never forget.

There are a lot of the works of many composers performed by many students. They are Allegro by S. Suzuki, Kiinalaiset Kengät by T. Marttinen, Symphony no. 4 by Mozart, Ode to Joy be Beethoven and so on.
I really enjoyed the work "Ode to Joy" performed by Beethoven with the contrabass. It's so amazing and generally the concert was so interesting. I loved it very much!


Music Task

I had a special opportunity to participate in music performance so called Centria Night Music taking place on the 8th October. My first impression on the concert was not good because it is the first time I have attended to a Finnish Music performance and I could not understand what they were singing about; however, this feeling had changed since the Opera Performance. It was a perfect combination of melody and vibrant sound from many musical instruments, such as violins, harmonium… I enjoyed a lot during that interesting memory. After that, there was a man who came to the stage and performed a self-composed song. His powerful voice combined with the guitar made a wonderful performance. To be honest, I could not understand the lyric but in overall, it was about a Berry girl. Next, I could enjoy many English-covered songs performed by some bands. That time is one of memorable times I have had in life. In my opinion, it does not matter what language of the music is, music can go deeply through audiences’ heart.

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Ieva's polka




IEVA'S POLKA

On 10 July 2006, one of the news reported on Finnish newspaper Helsinin Sanomat is that loituma Girl has caused a huge influence of loitumas popularity, and the band had received thousands of fans letters all over the world. Since then, this song has been used on ads, films, TV shows and sports events.

And at that time, some of my classmates are the big fan of this song, and they translated it into our own language with the special style of our generation. We sang it on the New Years Art Festival evening concert, guess what, we won the third prize at that time which impressed me a lot.
To be honest, I dont know where it came from, and by this task, I understand that its a Finnish quartet, what a surprise! I cannot say Finnish, but I love this brisk tone which makes me feel like a busy bee working in the sunny Spring morning. Wo~, here, I have to declare that I cannot make sure whether I got what this song is going to express or not, all the feelings are just expressed by a music idiot^^

Finally, I got to say that I am not following the orders of this task. I know it is not right to make excuse for this, but ... I am a super lazy IT person who loves staying at home all day, and when I realize that I have to visit the concert, its already too late(T.T), so I choose to listen on the internet, the available website is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygdAiDxKfI