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Mikko Ivars
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Playing #Cello for living.
Also #Cycling & part time producing.
https://hauhofestival.fi/mikko
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Näillä mennään 🇫🇮
Some orchestral parts for finnish music
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Mahtava keikkapaikka, vanha teknillisen korkeakoulun sali Hietalahdentorilla.
Toivotaan että täällä soi tulevaisuudessakin.

(📷 Maarit Kytöharju)
Avanti! String Quartet, Emil Holmström, piano & Topi Lehtipuu, reciter performing Arnold Schönberg's "Ode to Napoleon"
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Fabulous Bengali meal @ Rannagor, near Tripla. Aromatic, fresh & spicy 🔥 at stylish surroundings with friendly service.
Chili Chicken, rice & roti bread. Restaurant Rannagor, Pasila, Helsinki
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Yesterday in New York.
#mamdani
Cello part of Pavel Haas's Quartet called "Wild Night"
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Rantakalaa Hietaniemessä kohta.
Sheet music of Schubert's Trout Quintet on a double bass, by the beach
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Quality time at the neighbourhood tavern.
Pint of lager and a paperback on a table.
October 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Tulihan se aurinkokin esiin lopulta.
#mökki
October 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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This photo almost has @dieworkwear.bsky.social written on it.
#cello
Legendary cellists Pierre Fournier, Gregor Piatigorsky, Mstislav Rostropovich and Gaspar Cassadó
July 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Holiday colors. #Finland
July 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Ready to tackle some Shaw & Bjarnason.
A smiling string quartet
June 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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A brief escape from practising, rehearsing, arranging, producing... Holiday in ten days, then more of this.
Door, stripped from paint.
June 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Summer it is.
June 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Kirjoittelin taas vähän Kulttuurimediaan.
kulttuurimedia.fi/artikkelit/k...
Kuin kukkaa kämmenellä - Kulttuurimedia
Onko sitten kymmenen miljoonan Stradivarius viisisataa kertaa parempi kuin hyvän rakentajan moderni viulu? No ei varmasti
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May 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Suomesta löytyy varmasti enemmän kuin 8000 pyöräilijää, jotka haluavat säilyä elossa pyöräillessään.

Jaa, pliis, tätä kansalaisaloitetta!

www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/15...
www.kansalaisaloite.fi
May 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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One hour from summer cottage - and suddenly the room is bit bigger... #Finland
May 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Back in business.
(Ok, will also play some Mahler in concert later today...)
Trekking route with sign on tree.
April 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Wouldn't have thought AI could be this good of a travel agent. But so it did.
Martinskirche Landshut, Germany.
April 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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There was a time when America was great.
Memorial plaque of Dachau liberation by American troops.
April 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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All set for Esa-Pekka Salonen to arrive on the podium and start the show!
#Hovantshina #SalzburgFestival #FinnishRadioSymphonyOrchestra & a great cast of singers on stage!
Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg looking from the orchestra pit towards the audience.
April 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Local espresso bar's book picks deliver a message of a serious establishment.
#cycling #coffee
Books about coffee making and bicycle power measuring.
April 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Enjoying a quite special (& extended..) time in Salzburg Osterfestspiele with FRSO & EPS.
Here´s by the way an excellent, deep interview with him:
youtu.be/p9c6JazxXJM?...
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Composer in Residence | Interview
YouTube video by Berliner Philharmoniker
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April 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
#TrumpTariffs
April 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Longer trip demands some extra effort. #democracy
Mail voting envelope.
March 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Tällaista on tullut kasailtua viime ajat.
www.hauhofestival.fi/ohjelma
Ohjelma – Hauhon musiikkijuhlat
Hauhon musiikkijuhlat
www.hauhofestival.fi
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Selailen edelleen Twitteriä silloin tällöin. Yli kymmenen kertaa olen klikannut "tämä ei kiinnosta minua" hörhöpuolueen vaalimainokseen. Ei niin MITÄÄN vaikutusta. Estämäänkään ei pysty.
#parannammeaikajanaasi
March 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM