HELASVUO, VEIKKO
(*1916)> MUSIC EDUCATOR
HELASVUO, VEIKKO (Oct. 2, 1916, Savonlinna), music educator. Helasvuo studied piano and organ at the Helsinki Conservatory from 1935 to 1939, and received a master's degree from University of Helsinki in 1943. He did further study abroad in France and Belgium. He taught music history at the Sibelius Academy from 1944 to 1959 and was vice-president of the school from 1959 to 1971 and its president from 1971 to 1981. Helasvuo served as a music critic for the Ilta-Sanomat (Evening News) from 1945…