HEININEN, PAAVO (, Helsinki), composer, important composition teacher of a whole generation, pianist, essayist.
Heininen studied music theory at the University of Helsinki, receiving his degree in 1959, studied composition, piano and conducting at the Sibelius Academy from 1957 to 1960 with Aarre Merikanto, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Einar Englund, and Joonas Kokkonen, and received a diploma in composition. Heininen did further studies in Cologne in 1960 and 1961 with B. A...