SIUKONEN, WILHO
(1885–1941)> CANTOR-ORGANIST · CHORAL DIRECTOR · CHORAL COMPOSER · EDUCATOR
SIUKONEN, WILHO (Sep. 12, 1885, Valkeala–Apr. 16, 1941, Helsinki), cantor-organist, choral director, choral composer, and educator, who emphasized the need for improving the quality of children's singing in Finland, uncle of Inkeri, Leena, and Varpu Suikonen, sisters who formed the Suikonen Trio. Siukonen received both his master's and Ph.D. degrees from University of Helsinki, where his doctoral dissertation in 1935, “Koululasten laulukyvystä” (Concerning the Singing Ability of Schoolchildren)…