Erkki Salmenhaara

Erkki Salmenhaara studied composition at the Sibelius Academy with Joonas Kokkonen (diploma 1963) and in Vienna with György Ligeti in the early 1960's. Salmenhaara began his career as an avant-grade composer but discovered his personal style with a return to tonality. Salmenhaara was also a distinguished music historician. He worked as a professor in musicology at the Helsinki University.