Composer · Finnish composer
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Biography
Einojuhani Rautavaara was a Finnish composer born in Helsinki in 1928. He studied with Aarre Merikanto at the Sibelius Academy and continued his training in the United States and Europe, with teachers including Aaron Copland and Roger Sessions.
His music developed through neoclassicism and serial techniques towards a broad, often lyrical language. His catalogue spans orchestral, vocal, chamber and keyboard music. He taught composition at the Sibelius Academy, where his pupils included Magnus Lindberg. His piano writing forms part of Tähe-Lee Liiv’s exploration of Finnish repertoire on Idyll.