Walk of Fame

In the afternoon I had my art class, where artist Janne Laine presented us his works and ways of working. It was very fascinating lecture.

Next to the university there is Finland’s first walk of fame for music, which was opened on October 4. In the first phase, eleven star plates were embedded in the walk of fame street route, located on Åkerlundinkatu street in the Tulli region of Tampere.

Walk of Fame Finland recognises Tampere’s legacy as a music city and  is a special tribute to professionals in the music industry. The music industry professionals that received their own star on the street are:

- Rap artist Cheek
- Manserock pioneer and musician Juice Leskinen
- Manserock band Popeda
- Singer Katri Helena
- Finland’s internationally most successful contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho
- Finland’s national composer Jean Sibelius
- Music entrepreneur Epe Helenius

In addition there are four stars for internationally operating persons in the music industry that have been awarded by Music & Media Finland with a Tampere Music Award recognition between the years 2010 and 2018. Two names are immortalised on each of the four stars on Walk of Fame Finland:

- Anna Hildur (2018), promoter of Nordic music export and Rein Lang (2010), Estonian cultural influencer
- Pelle Lidell (2017), successful Swedish music publisher and Onta Shiroh Kawaguchi (2016) who has a history of exporting Finnish music groups to the Japanese market
- Holger Tiefenbach (2015), messenger of Finnish metal music and Helen Sildna (2014), founder of Tallinn Music Week
- Jonas Sjöström (2013), advocate for indie music groups and Jan Sneum (2012), music photographer and journalist.

The stars of Walk of Fame Finland are placed on the street in a formation that follows Dave Lindholm’s song Pieni ja hento ote. The song was recorded at Headlines Recording Studio in the Tulli region of Tampere.


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