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Published in print: 20 January 2001, Published online: 2001; updated and revised, 22 September 2015 (b Turku, Finland, May 16, 1955). Finnish composer. He studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Eero Hämeenniemi at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (1974–81) and with Dieter Schnebel in West Berlin (1981–2). In 1977 he was one of the … Continue reading →

Published in print: 20 January 2001, Published online: 2001; updated and revised, 22 September 2015 b Jyväskylä, July 27, 1958). Finnish composer. He took private lessons in composition from Einojuhani Rautavaara before enrolling at the Sibelius Academy in 1981. There he studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara, Eero Hämeenniemi, and Magnus … Continue reading →

Published in print:20 January 2001, Published online:2001; updated and revised, 1 July 2014 (b Helsinki, Jan 13, 1938). Finnish composer. After taking private lessons in composition from Meriläinen he studied at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (1956–60), with Aarre Merikanto, Rautavaara, Englund and Kokkonen, at … Continue reading →

Published in print: 20 January 2001, Published online: 2001; updated, 31 January 2014 (b Björneborg [now Pori], Feb 16, 1878; d Helsinki, Dec 16, 1951). Finnish composer, pianist and conductor. He was a pupil of Wegelius (harmony and counterpoint) and of Petzet, Melcer-Szczawiński and Ekman (piano) at the Helsinki Music Institute (1895–9), … Continue reading →

Published in print: 20 January 2001, Published online: 2001; updated, 31 January 2014 b Helsinki, March 22, 1918; d Helsinki, March 13, 1980). Finnish composer. He studied composition with Madetoja, Palmgren and Ranta at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (1937–40) and musicology at Helsinki University (MA 1941). Appointments followed … Continue reading →

Published in print:20 January 2001, Published online:2001; updated, 31 January 2014; updated, 23 February 2011 (b Uusikaarlepyy, Nov 24, 1911; d Helsinki, April 24, 2006). Finnish composer. He studied musicology with Ilmari Krohn and literature with Yrjö Hirn at Helsinki University (1931–3) and attended the Helsinki Conservatory … Continue reading →

Published in print: 20 January 2001, Published online: 2001; updated bibliography, 31 January 2014 (b Iisalmi, Jan 3, 1828; d Helsinki, Sept 12, 1871). Finnish composer. He studied linguistics and literature at the University of Helsinki, collected and published Finnish folksongs (Valituita Suomalaisia Kansan-Lauluja, 1854–5), wrote a dissertation on Serbian … Continue reading →

Published in print: 20 January 2001, Published online: 2001; updated bibliography, 31 January 2014 (b Viipuri, Finland [now Vyborg, Russia], Oct 24, 1877; d Locarno, Oct 22, 1899). Finnishcomposer. He studied the piano with Albert Tietze in Viipuri for some years and from the age of 14 studied … Continue reading →