KOKKONEN, JOONAS (, Iisalmi–) composer, sometimes called Järvenpää's second master (after Jean Sibelius, who also lived in that town), appointed to the Finnish Academy in 1963 to replace composer Uuno Klami. Kokkonen was the first symphonist appointed to the Academy; prior Academy composers had been Uuno Klami (see KLAMI, UUNO), a composer of orchestral tone poems, and Yrjö Kilpinen (see KILPINEN, YRJÖ), a Lied composer.
Kokkonen studied at the University of...