ALMILA, ATSO (Helsinki, ), composer, conductor.
Almila studied trombone, orchestral and choral conducting with Harald Andersén and Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy, earning his diploma in orchestral conducting in 1979. In 1981 he shared the first prize in the Nordic conductor's competition with Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Almila served as conductor of the Tampere city orchestra from 1987 to 1989, musical director of the National Theater from 1982 to 1995, was appointed conductor of...