RAITIO, VÄINÖ (, Sortavala–, Helsinki), avant-garde composer of orchestral works and operas of the 1920s and 1930s.
Väinö Raitio's father was head of the Teachers' Seminary in Sortavala and his mother was his first teacher. Most of the eleven Raitio children played the piano or some other instrument, making possible family chamber music performances and a family choir. His brother Eino became a concert violinist. During his secondary school studies, young Väinö was encouraged...