TIKKA, KARI (, Siilinjärvi), conductor and composer.
Tikka completed his diploma in oboe with Asser Sipilä in 1968 and a diploma in orchestral conducting with Jorma Panula in 1979. He also studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara. He did further study of conducting abroad in Leningrad, Rome, Salzburg, and Weimar. He was oboist with the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Tampere Theater, the Finnish National Opera, and the Radio Symphony. From 1975 to 1977 he was conductor of the Stockholm...