AKATEEMINEN LAULU (Academic Song), a chorus founded in 1952 by Simon Parmet.
The chorus gives one or two concerts a year in Helsinki, mainly large vocal works accompanied by orchestra and also augments the National Opera chorus when needed. The chorus has presented many first performances of Finnish works, such as Einojuhani Rautavaara's Meren tytär (Daughter of the Sea, 1971). The conductors have included Tauno Hannikainen, Paavo Berglund, Jorma Panula, Ilkka Kuusisto, Reijo Norio, and Ulf Söderblom,...