I’m against racism or any other kind of discrimination. Period.

A while ago I released a little peaceful piano track on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4ngfOsahj64qEDC4mwCtGf?si=t1IGAIw7SM6J2MOe8lz0Gw … I hope you enjoy it! I hope it also gives you comfort during these uncertain times… my country, Finland, is also affected by the COVID-19 outbreak… (although not as much as eg China, Iran, Italy, Spain or USA – our government

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Hello everybody! And sorry for not writing anything in a loooooong time… I just want to let you know that I’m still here, breathing, living and playing the piano! Sincerely yours, Mikey A

Hi everybody! And sorry for not writing for you in a looooong time… I try to write more stuff here and keep you updated 🙂 I just want to wish you all a Happy New Year 2016! -Mikey

I saw the terrible news about the terrorist attacks in Paris in early Saturday morning… and I was shocked. These kind of attacks are TOTALLY uncalled for and NOT needed. Many innocent lives were lost that night… My deepest condolences for the families, friends and relatives of those who were killed. Terrorism should be put

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I made this video about my recent visit to Vancouver, BC, Canada… It’s quite a beautiful city, isn’t it? 🙂 Watch the video Beautiful, isn’t it? I like the view to the city from the Alex Fraser bridge…

Happy Midsummer Day for everybody! Or, as we say in Finnish, “hyvää juhannusta!” Here’s a song of mine to accompany your Midsummer: http://open.spotify.com/track/7E6j0ZV5C6hfXL3sk3Syc8 Enjoy!

Such sad news from France… Lots of people killed in an airplane disaster… My deepest condolences for the relatives, families and friends of those who died! Requiescat in pace. Here’s a beautiful song for th memory of the victims: http://youtu.be/NKYyiD8ypCo (Busoni’s beautiful piano transcription of the last movement of Bach’s Violin Partita in D minor – played

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A total solar eclipse is expected to occur today… In herr it will be only a partial eclipse and it will occur around 11 am or something like that… Let’s see what is going to happen…

Just read from today’s news that 3 people have been killed in a pizzeria today in the town of Laukaa, Central Finland… My deepest condolences for the families and relatives of those who died. Just wondering what’s going on in this country? It’s not that long ago when a similar attack happened in the town

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Last night I saw my first aurora borealis (the Northern Lights) in over 10 years! They were just the usual green-colored ones, and very faint, but it was still nice to see them after such a long time. One of the most beautiful natural phenomena in the world in my opinion!

Haha, I just found this so crazy that I had to follow it on Twitter: www.runolehma.fi A cow in Finland that makes poetry. In Finnish. Oh my. 🙂

Yesterday I had a very nice evening – me and some of my friends went to Rauma to listen to a tango concert The concert was part of the Rauma Festivo music festival and consisted of real Argentine tango music (well, there were some tangos by European classical composers too, for example from Kurt Weill

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I attended a concert by the world-famous Christian artist Russ Taff yesterday night… He had a concert in Keuruu, Finland, with a Finnish band and Finnish background vocals. It was a quite nice concert, although there were not so many people in the audience… In recent years the Bible College of the Finnish Pentecostal movement

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On Tuesday I was at a cruise with my parents… We left from Turku, then we came to Mariehamn (in the Åland Islands, which is an autonomous province in Finland) and came back to Turku. We went to Mariehamn by Vining Amorella and came back to Turku by Vining Grace, the newest (and probably the

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I was quite shocked on Friday evening when I first read the news about that horrible shooting in an American elementary school. Yet another massacre too much (these things just shouldn’t happen, especially not for little kids). As a Finn, I really want to share my deepest condolences for the parents, family members and relatives

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