AHO, KALEVI (, Forssa), composer.
Aho studied composition at the Sibelius Academy with Einojuhani Rautavaara, receiving his diploma in 1971. He continued his studies in West Berlin from 1971 to 1972 with Boris Blacher. From 1974 to 1988 he was a lecturer in the musicology department at the University of Helsinki and from 1988 to 1993 also taught composition at the Sibelius Academy. In 1993 he received a fifteen-year grant from the Finnish government, allowing him to devote...