WASENIUS, CARL GUSTAV (, Lieto–, Turku), orchestral and choral conductor, voice teacher, composer, and violinist, for several decades a central figure in the musical life of Turku.
Wasenius was among the first Finnish musicians to receive a thorough training abroad, first at the Stockholm Music Academy in 1846 and until 1848 at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he studied violin with Ferdinand David and composition with E. F. Richter. He served as a violinist and conductor in...