Ilkka kuusisto biography definition
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Ilkka Kuusisto
Finnish composer (born 1933)
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| Born | (1933-04-26) 26 April 1933 (age 91) Helsinki, Finland[1] |
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Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto (born 26 April 1933) is a Finnish opera composer, conductor, choirmaster and organist.[2]
Education
Kuusisto was born on 26 April 1933.[1] He studied at the Sibelius Academy (now part of the University of the Arts Helsinki), qualifying as an organist in 1954, and a music teacher in 1958.[1] He also studied composition under Aarre Merikanto, and afterwards went on to further his studies in Vienna and New York.[1]
Career
Kuusisto started his career as a church organist, working in that role for nearly two decades.[1][3]
He conducted the Helsinki City Theatre orchestra for most of the 1960s.[1] He taught at Sibelius Academy from 1975 to 1984.[1] He