LINJAMA, JOUKO
(*1934)> COMPOSER · CHURCH MUSICIAN
LINJAMA, JOUKO (Feb. 4, 1934, Kirvu), composer and church musician, son of Jaakko Linjama, and uncle of composer Jyrki Linjama. Jouko Linjama studied organ and composition at the Sibelius Academy, completing his cantor-organist training there in 1960. In 1962 he earned a humanities degree from the Univerisity of Helsinki. He continued his composition studies in Germany from 1962 to 1964, with Karlheinz Stockhausen, among others. Linjama worked as the organist for the St. Henry Roman Catholic…