KYLLÖNEN, TIMO-JUHANI (, Saloinen), accordionist, composer.
Kyllönen was born in Finland, but moved with his parents to Sweden. He studied music in Sweden where he won several prizes in accordion competitions, and moved back to Finland in 1974. In 1976 he won a scholarship to study accordion at the Gnesin Institute in Moscow, graduating in 1982. At Moscow's Tchaikovsky Conservatory, he earned his diploma in conducting and composition in 1986 and presented the first composition...