PALMGREN, MINNA (TALWIK) (, St. Petersburg—), soprano singer, married to composer-pianist Selim Palmgren (see PALMGREN, SELIM).
Minna Palmgren studied voice in Helsinki from 1919 to 1929 with Rosina Tengén, Anna Hagelstam, Hermann Guran, and later with Maikki Järnefelt-Palmgren. She gave her first recital in 1927 and later concertized through Finland, Scandinavia, and Estonia. In 1930 she married the composer Selim Palmgren, though he was twenty-four years...