HANNIKAINEN, ILMARI (, Jyväskylä–, Kuhmoinen), concert pianist and composer, professor of piano at the Helsinki Institute of Music, son of music educator Pekka Juhani (P. J.) Hannikainen (see HANNIKAINEN, PEKKA JUHANI [P. J.]).
Ilmari was one of the four famous musical Hannikainen brothers, the other three being Arvo, violinist, Tauno, cellist and conductor, and Väinö, harpist. Ilmari studied Latin, musicology, and aesthetics at the University of Helsinki and also piano with...