Finland mourns its leading symphonist
RIPThe composer Paavo Heininen died yesterday of cancer, aged 84.
As well as 8 symphnies and 4 piano concertos, he was prolific in almost every musical form. The last two symphonies were written during the pandemic. He was serially, seriously serialist
As professor of composition at the Sibelius Academy, Heininen’s pupils included Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jukka Tiensuu and Jouni Kaipainen.
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