HALAVA, MAIRE (, Helsinki), pianist.
Maire Halava studied at the Helsinki Conservatory from 1927 to 1931 with Ingeborg Hymander and from 1931 at various times with Nadia Boulanger and Paul Roes in Paris, with Eduard Erdmann in Germany, and with Jan Hoffman in Poland. From 1931 she performed as a recitalist and as a soloist with orchestras in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. She taught at the Sibelius Academy from 1967 to 1974.