NEVANLINNA, TAPIO (, Helsinki), composer.
Nevanlinna studied composition at the Sibelius Academy with Paavo Heininen, receiving his diploma in 1986. He has been a teacher of music theory at the Sibelius Academy since 1982.
Some of Nevanlinna's earliest compositions include: Pst! (1981) for female voice and vibraphone, Duetto (1982) for accordion and viola, and Yli kirkkaan (Over Brightness, 1983) for violin, included in the required repertoire for competitors in the 1995 Sibelius...