when the dream becomes real.” 3 – The Notodden Blues Festival opens in Notodden, Norway, running until 6 August. 8 – The 19th Øyafestivalen opens in Oslo, running until 13 August. 20 – Sofi Jeannin makes her Proms debut, conducting the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in a Reformation Day concert. 31 – The 12th Punktfestivalen starts in Kristiansand, Norway, running until 2 September. September 6 – The Copenhagen World Music Festival opens, running until 10 September. 8 – Sebastian Fagerlund’s new opera, Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata) is premièred by Finnish National Opera. 11 – Our Festival (Meidän Festivaali in Finnish) starts by Lake Tuusula, Finland, running until September 17. October 5 – Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men announce that they have become the first Icelandic band to achieve 1 billion Spotify Plays. 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, running until 15 October. 15 – Svitlana Azarova's opera Momo and the Time Thieves, commissioned by the Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, receives its world première. It is based on the children's book Momo by Michael Ende. 19 – The 34th DølaJazz festival opens in Lillehammer, Norway, running until 22 October. 22 – Finnish band Brother Firetribe scheduled to appear at the Rockingham Festival in the UK. 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival opens in Umeå, Sweden, running until 29 October. November 1 – The Iceland Airwaves festival opens in Reykjavík, running until 5 November. 24 – Björk releases her ninth album Utopia. Albums released January February March April May June July August September October November December Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Classical works Teitur Lassen - Chinese Whispers (Hviskeleg) for guitar quartet Frederik Magle - The Fairest of Roses - fanfare for two trumpets and organ Film scores and incidental music Vladislav Delay and Jon Ekstrand - Borg vs McEnroe Deaths 18 January - Ståle Wikshåland, 63, Norwegian musicologist (blood clot) 7 February - Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist 14 February - Tony Särkkä, 45, Swedish musician (Abruptum, Ophthalamia) 22 February – Dag Østerberg, 78, Norwegian sociologist and musicologist 27 February - Jórunn Viðar, 98, Icelandic pianist and composer 6 March - Lars Diedricson, 55, Swedish singer (Snowstorm) and songwriter