LINKO, ERNST (, Tampere-, Helsinki), composer, concert pianist, teacher, administrator, and a towering figure in Helsinki's musical life for over forty years.
Two events during his school years were decisive in Linko's choice of a career in music. The first was a recital by Polish pianist Josef Sliwinski (–) and the second, a recital by pianist Selim Palmgren (see PALMGREN, SELIM) of his own works, including some of the 1906 Preludes,...