CHYDENIUS, KAI (, Kuusankoski), composer, known for politically inspired songs and show music, was active in the Finnish Musical Youth society of the 1960s for avant-garde composers.
Chydenius studied languages at the Economics High School and also studied music at the Sibelius Academy and at the University of Helsinki, from 1957 to 1964. From 1962 to 1966 he was a music critic for the Hufvudstadsbladet (Capital City News), the leading Swedish-language newspaper in Helsinki. From 1963...