KASKI, HEINO (, Pielisjärvi–, Helsinki), teacher of music and composer known for his melodic miniatures.
As a child Heino Kaski was taught the violin by his cantor father, who later did not object when his son dropped out of secondary school to study music full-time in Helsinki. Kaski first studied at the Helsinki Cantor-Organist school, then at the Philharmonic's Orchestra School, where he studied theory with Ilmari Krohn and violin. He was also...