Liisa Linko-Malmio

Liisa Linko-Malmio (28 May 1917 — 8 December 2017) was a Finnish operatic soprano and a voice pedagog.

Early life and education Liisa Linko was born into a musical family: her father was the pianist and composer, professor , her mother singer (mezzo-soprano) ( Helén), her paternal grandfather choirmaster , and two of her uncles conductor and choirmaster .

She went to school initially at the Helsinki Finnish Co-educational School, but did not get on well, to the extent that she was sent to Tampere to complete her secondary education. She graduated in 1937, and was accepted to study at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, initially the piano, but switching soon to study singing under her mother. She later continued her studies in Berlin, at the conservatories of Vienna, Salzburg, Moscow and Leningrad, as well as through numerous study trips to Sweden, Germany, the US and the UK.

She also made numerous concert and operatic guest appearances around Europe, including Vienna, London, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Moscow.

She also taught at the Savonlinna Opera Festival's Lied masterclasses in the early 1970s.

In 1977, the honorary title of Professori was conferred on Linko-Malmio.

Personal life In 1943, Liisa Linko married architect , and the couple had two sons and one daughter.