I already knew (and heralded) Finland's status in having the world's
highest rate of wireless communication (and yes, I love my Nokia with
its 8-day standard battery on standby), but found out today from NPR that
the country also has -- by far -- the greatest per-capita concentration
of symphonic music:  30 professional orchestras in a nation of 5 million.
A major share of their standard repertory is contemporary music written
by Twenty-somethings fresh out of the music school named for the great
Swede, Sibelius <G>.  These are relatives a Magyar can be proud of.  (And
man!  do they dance a mean tango too.)

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