Dear readers, let me first wish you all a happy and successful working year 2017! And having said that, I can share with you a great piece of news. Already before the ITB office building was opened to start the new working year, our professor Michael Gessler had a great ...

In my two previous posts I have reported on my/our cultural highlight of this year - the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, July 2017. This was a shared experience between my partner Johanna (who has been a regular visitor since the early days of the festival) and myself (a latterly joined ...