7 January – US-born Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä gives the first North American performance of the original 1904 version of Sibelius's Violin Concerto , with the Minnesota Orchestra under Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä .[1] 1 February
12 March – Melodifestivalen 2022 is won by Cornelia Jakobs with "Hold Me Closer "; at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 , it would finish fourth.[4] 5 April – It is announced that Santtu-Matias Rouvali will end his tenure as chief conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra at the end of the 2022-2023 season.[5] 12 April – Jukka-Pekka Saraste is appointed as the next chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra on a three-year contract effective with the 2023-2024 season.[6] 3 May – Swedish doom metal band Draconian change their line-up, with the departure of singer Heike Langhans and the return of Lisa Johansson on vocals, as well as the addition of Niklas Nord on guitars.[7] 27 May – The ABBA Voyage concert residency, with band members as virtual avatars, opens in London. The band make a personal appearance at the end of the first show.[8] 29 -30 July – The Uppsala Reggae Festival is scheduled to take place in Finland. Artists expected to appear include Max Romeo , Morgan Heritage and Gentleman .[9] July – A version of Swedish band Ghost 's 2019 song "Mary on a Cross " goes viral on TikTok . The band releases its own slowed-down version of the song, which tops the Billboard Hot Hard Rock streaming songs chart, and reaches the Hot 100 chart, their first such success.[10] [11]
20 September – The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Matthew Halls will replace Santtu-Matias Rouvali as its chief conductor with an initial contract of 3 years.[12] 3 November – Hannu Lintu is appointed chief conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra , effective with the 2023-2024 season.[13] 30 November – Norway's Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Julian Rachlin as its next chief conductor, in succession to Nathalie Stutzmann .[14] unknown date – The Reykjavík Recording Orchestra is founded, based at the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík , Iceland.[15] Albums released
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18 January – Paavo Heininen , Finnish composer, 84[108] 25 January – Fredrik Johansson , Swedish guitarist, 47 (cancer)[109] 20 February – Nils Lindberg , Swedish composer and pianist, 88[110] 23 February – Jaakko Kuusisto , Finnish composer, conductor and violinist, 48 (brain cancer)[111] 22 March – Tommy Tokyo [no ] , Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter, 50[112] 9 April – Birgit Nordin , Swedish operatic soprano, 88[113] 9 April – Trygve Thue , Norwegian guitarist and producer, 71[114] 6 May – Alf Hambe , Swedish writer, composer and singer-songwriter, 91[115] 10 May – Kjell Lönnå , Swedish choirmaster, conductor and composer, 85[116] 18 July – Povl Dissing , Danish singer, composer, guitarist, and harmonica player, 84[117] 6 August – Torgny Söderberg , Swedish songwriter, 77[118] 9 August – Jussi Hakulinen , Finnish musician and singer-songwriter, 57[119] 10 August – Vesa-Matti Loiri , Finnish actor and musician, 77[120] 15 August – Hans (Hasse) Magnusson , Swedish saxophonist, 73[121] 16 August – Matti Lehtinen , Finnish baritone, 100[122] August – Kimmo Blom , Finnish rock singer and musician, 52 (cancer)[123]
14 September (death announced on this date) – David Andersson , 47, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Soilwork )[124] 5 October – Ann-Christine Nyström , 78, Finnish Eurovision singer[125] 30 October (death announced on this date) – Ryan Karazija , 40, American-Icelandic musician (Low Roar )[126] 9 November – Mattis Hætta , 63, Norwegian Sami singer[127] 1 December – Tord Sjöman , 82, Swedish organist (Vikingarna ).[128] 3 December – Svenne Hedlund , 77, Swedish pop singer[129] 26 December – Lars Lönndahl , 94, Swedish singer ("The Swedish Frank Sinatra")[130] References
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