TAWASTSTJERNA, ERIK (, Mikkeli–), musicologist and pianist, known for his definitive five-volume study of Jean Sibelius (see SIBELIUS, JEAN), grandson of singer and composer Frans August Tavaststjerna (see TAVASTSTJERNA, FRANS AUGUST), and father of pianist Erik T. Tawaststjerna (see TAWASTSTJERNA, ERIK T.).
Erik Tawaststjerna studied piano at the Helsinki Conservatory from 1934 to 1937 and abroad in Stockholm and Moscow. He gave his first piano recital in Helsinki...