About Erkki Aaltonen
Lived 1910 – 1990 (aged 79). Erkki Aaltonen was a Finnish composer, conductor and violinist.
Erkki Aaltonen (17 August 1910 – 8 March 1990) was a Finnish composer.
Biography Born in Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), Finland, he was a student of the violin at the Helsinki Conservatory and of composition in privacy with Väinö Raitio and Selim Palmgren. He directed the Kemi Music Institute from 1966 to 1973. His musical selections were often of a topical nature.
Selected works Symphonies No. 1 (1947) No. 2 (1949) Hiroshima No. 3 (1952) Popular No. 4 (1959) No. 5 (1964) Hämeenlinna rhapsody Piano Concerto 1948 Piano Concerto 1954 Folk music for orchestra 1953–1960 Ballet suites from Lapponia 1956, 1959 Violin Concerto (1966) Piano Sonata (1932, revised 1972) Oboe Sonata (1945) Preludi ja allegro (Prelude and Allegro) for viola and piano (1983) five string quartets piano pieces songs
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Finnish composer (1910–1990)
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Erkki Aaltonen was born on 17 August 1910 in Hämeenlinna.
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Erkki Aaltonen died on 8 March 1990 in Helsinki.
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Erkki Aaltonen was a composer, conductor and violinist.
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Erkki Aaltonen was Finnish.
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