| / Education and studies |
Helsingin Normaalilyseo (Helsinki Normal Lyceum) and Turun klassilinen lyseo (Turku Classical Lyceum); matriculation 1948
University of Helsinki, MA 1953
Sibelius Academy: composition (teacher: Aarre Merikanto); diploma in 1957
1955: further studies in Vienna 1955
1955-1956: further studies in the USA on Sibelius grant from the Koussevitzky Foundation: Juilliard School of Music, New York (teacher: Vincent Persichetti); Tanglewood Music Center (teachers: Roger Sessions and Aaron Copland, both 1955)
1957: Ascona with Wladimir Vogel
1958: Cologne Music Academy, Germany, with Rudolf Petzold |
| / Posts and offices |
1957-1959: non-tenured teacher, Sibelius Academy
1959-1961: music archivist, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
1965-1966: rector, Käpylä Music Institute, Helsinki
1966-1976: tenured teacher, Sibelius Academy
1971-1976: Artist Professor (government appointment)
1976-1990: Professor of Composition, Sibelius Academy |
| / Memberships and honours |
Arnold Bax Composition Medal 1955
Wihuri Foundation Sibelius Prize 1965
Pro Finlandia medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland 1968
Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music since 1975
Composition prize of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland 1982
FT (PhD) h.c., University of Oulu, Finland 1983
Finnish Government Music Award 1985
Commander of the Order of the Lion in Finland 1985
Finland Prize 1997 |
| / First prizes in composition competitions |
Thor Johnson Contest 1954 (A Requiem in Our Time)
Independence cantata composition competition 1966
Camden Composition Contest, London 1966 (String Quartet No. 3)
Cathedral organ composition competition 1967 (Ta Tou Theou)
Helsinki fanfare composition competition 1967
Lahti fanfare composition competition 1968
Sibelius Violin Competition composition competition 1970 (Dithyrambos)
Finnish National Opera ballet composition competition 1971 (Kiusaukset; Temptations)
Finnish National Opera composition competition 1971 (Apollo & Marsyas)
Finlandia Hall composition competition 1971 (Meren tytär; Daughter of the Sea)
Finnish Broadcasting Company song composition competition 1973 (October)
City of Espoo composition competition for children's choirs 1973 (Lapsimessu; Children's Mass)
SULASOL composition competition for children's choirs 1973 (Lorulei)
Sibelius Violin Competition composition competition 1975 (Variétude)
Scandinavian choral competition composition 1975 (Hammarskjöld Fragment) |
| / Recording awards |
Midem Classical Award, Cannes, France 1997 (Symphony No. 7 "Angel of Light")
Grammy Nomination, New York 1997 (Symphony No. 7 "Angel of Light")
Midem Classical Award, Cannes, France 1998 (Violin Concerto)
AFIM 1998 (Violin Concerto)
ABC Classica FM Award 1998 (Symphony No. 7 "Angel of Light")
Gramophone Nomination 1998 |
| / International productions and guest performances of operas |
Vincent (in German) at the opera houses of Kiel (1991), Hagen (1991) and Innsbruck (1998)
Thomas in Hagen 1994
Auringon talo (Sonnenhaus) in Greifswald and Stralsund (1994-1995) and the Theater Vorpommern in Mönkengladbach (1995); guest performances by the Finnish national Opera in Stockholm (1992)
Aleksis Kivi (in English) in Minneapolis (1999); guest performances by the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Strassbourg and Mulhouse (1998) and Cosenza, Italy (1999) |
| Updated April 2002 (Fennica Gehrman) |