KAIPAINEN, JOUNI (, Helsinki), composer.
Kaipainen studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Aulis Sallinen from 1973 to 1976, and with Paavo Heininen from 1976 to 1980. He was a member of the Korvat Auki (Ears Open) (see KORVAT AUKI) young composers' group in the late 1970s. A freelance composer and writer since 1980, he has also served as program director and then artistic director since 1993 of the Helsinki Biennale (see HELSINKI BIENNALE), a festival which features...