Music consultant Danny is one of the recipients of the extra artist pension.
Art Promotion Center Taike has admitted To Danny79, and a number of other artists on artist retirement.
Danny first applied for an artist’s pension in 2007 when he turned 65. The artist pension has still not risen until now.
The amount of the pension is EUR 1,419 per month. The amount of the pension granted is affected by the applicant’s pension income and other permanent income.
Danny, aka Ilkka Lipsanen, is a musician who has had a long career. Mikko Räsänen
The highest number of artist pensions was awarded to applicants for visual arts and music. The number of applicants in these fields was also the highest, and the number of applicants has increased with the retirement of large age groups. A total of 605 applications were received.
The artist’s pension is awarded to an artist in recognition of meritorious activity as a creative or performing artist.
In the field of music, in addition to Danny, they receive an artist’s pension, among other things Sami Hurmerinta, Ile Kallio, Sakari Kuosmanen and Esa Nieminen.
In the field of literature, one of the recipients of a pension is Rosa Liksom.
In the field of cinematography, among other things, a director Kaisa Rastimo receive a pension.
– Artists’ earnings-related pension income is often low, says the director of the Center for the Promotion of the Arts Paula Tuovinen says in a press release.
– It is important that artists are paid for their work on the same principles as in other professions in order to accumulate a pension, Tuovinen continues.
Taike’s decision on pensioners is based on an assessment of the applicants ‘artistic activities as well as the applicants’ pension income and other fixed income.