U.S. Embassy Finland Celebrates
100 Years of Diplomatic Relations
Through Music
The U.S. Embassy celebrated
TEXT: U.S. EMBASSY FINLAND, PHOTOS: JARI FLINK
the 100th anniversary of
the U.S.-Finnish diplomatic
relations at Musiikkitalo on
April 17, 2019. The program
featured a joint concert by a clarinet
quartet from the United States Air Forces
in Europe (USAFE) Band and a clarinet
ensemble from Kaartin Soittokunta. We
also made the Finland debut of the “100
years of diplomatic relations” photo exhibition,
a joint project with the Finnish
Embassy in Washington DC.
At the anniversary event, U.S. Ambassador
to Finland Robert Pence, the
Finnish Defense Forces Communications
and Public Affairs Director Colonel Sami
Nurmi, and the Commander of the
United States Air Forces in Europe Band
Lt. Colonel Cristina Urrutia delivered
Ambassador and Mrs. Pence with the
musicians from the United States Air
Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Band and Kaartin Soittokunta.
welcome remarks. U.S. Embassy Deputy
Public Affairs Officer Ethan Tabor
highlighted several key moments of the
U.S.-Finnish diplomatic history, focu-
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