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Tuulikki Karjalainen


Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, MA from the University of Helsinki (Nordic philology, Germanic philology, musicology, modern literature and aesthetics, English philology)

  • Teacher of languages and music at Kuhmo Coeducational Secondary School 1968-1985
  • Founder member of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and organiser since its initiation 1970-, Director 1985-1990 and 1995-
  • Chairman of the Arts Council of Finland at the Ministry of Education 1990-1994
  • Founder member of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Centre of Excellence (Virtuosi) and Chairman of the steering group 1999-
Local, regional, national and international positions and offices, chiefly in the field of culture, 1971-. These include:
  • Chairman of Kuhmo Cultural Board 1971-1992
  • Founder and project leader of the provincial culture project 1987-1998
  • Member of the Administrative Committee of the Kainuu Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation and Chairman 1978-1983
  • Member of the Province of Oulu Arts Committee 1980-1985 and 1998-
  • Member of the Board of Finland Festivals 1978-90, Vice Chairman 1996-
  • Member of the National Council for Music 1986-1988 and 1995-2000, Chairman 1989-1990
  • Chairman of the Finnish Cultural Federation 1992-2002
  • Chairman of the Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras 1994-1999
  • Member of the Board of the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare 1994-2002
  • Member of the culture division of the Association of Kalevala Women 1997-
  • Finland’s representative in the Ars Baltica cooperation organisation of the Baltic Sea states 1991-1994
  • Deputy member of the EU Committee of the Regions 1995-1997
  • Member of the Council of Europe international team of experts on the survey of cultural policy in Latvia 1997
  • Member of the cultural committee of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) 1998-2002
  • Chairman of the Iceland-Finland Cultural Foundation 2000-
  • Member of the Board of the Ondine record company 1989-
  • Director of Pro Kuhmo Oy 1.4.1996-
Articles on culture in journals; lectures, papers, speeches, training material, etc.
  • Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, The Structure of the Festival’s Economy and the Economic Impact of the Festival, Arts Council of Finland, Helsinki 1991
  • Regional Plan for Cultural Policy in Kainuu, Regional Council of Kainuu, Kajaani 1993
Order of the Finnish Lion 1986
Order of the Finnish White Rose, class I, 1993
Gold medal of the Association of Finnish Local Authorities 2000 
Kamarineuvos honorary title 2004