Ajassa soi, Yle Radio 1’s established contemporary music program, is now a three-hour evening program that is broadcasted once a month. We play our own productions from Finnish festivals and contemporary music ensemble’s concerts and concerts offered by the EBU worldwide, plus offer composer profiles and interviews of mainly Finnish composers. Finnish Broadcasting Company’s Yle Radio 1 offers contemporary music also through the Radio Symphony Orchestra’s concerts.

Presented Works 2024

Cecilia Damström              Permafrost, Op. 87
I. Retrogressive Thaw Slumps
II. Thermokarst Lakes
III. Methane Craters

Presented Works 2023

Tara Jovana Valkonen              La Musique Comprend-elle le Compositeur?
Mioko Yokoyama                       Talking Metals, Talking Drums

Presented Works 2022

Jarkko Hartikainen       puiden
Markku Klami                Elegy

Presented Works 2021

Lara Poe                   Kaamos

Presented Works 2019

Ville Raasakka            Black cloud, under ground
Outi Tarkiainen         Soai vácciiga buohtalaga

Presented Works 2018

Minna Leinonen        Kaarne
Matthew Whittall      The City in the Sea

Presented Works 2017

Hilli Sebastian            Reachings
Zinovjev Sauli             Batteria

Presented Works 2016

Supponen Lauri         Ti-ti-uuu
Vilagi Adam                 Directions

Presented Works 2015

Haapamaki Sampo        Conception