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Erkki Salmenhaara

1941 - 2002

Finnish

Summary

Erkki Salmenhaara studied composition with Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy (diploma 1963), and with György Ligeti in Vienna in autumn 1963. He also held a doctorate in musicology (1970) at the University of Helsinki, where he had been a lecturer since 1966 and Associate Professor since 1975. Salmenhaara was a prolific, versatile writer on music and was a critic for the leading Finnish daily, Helsingin Sanomat, 1963-1973. He was Chairman of the Society of Finnish Composers 1974-1976 and of the Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras 1974-1978. Salmenhaara died at the age of 61 in Helsinki on Tuesday 19 March, 2002.

Biography

Erkki Salmenhaara studied composition with Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy (diploma 1963), and with György Ligeti in Vienna in autumn 1963. He also held a doctorate in musicology (1970) at the University of Helsinki, where he had been a lecturer since 1966 and Associate Professor since 1975. Salmenhaara was a prolific, versatile writer on music and was a critic for the leading Finnish daily, Helsingin Sanomat, 1963-1973. He was Chairman of the Society of Finnish Composers 1974-1976 and of the Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras 1974-1978. Salmenhaara died at the age of 61 in Helsinki on Tuesday 19 March, 2002.