WESSMAN, HARRI (, Helsinki), composer.
Wessman studied musicology at the University of Helsinki and also composition with Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy. He began composing at the end of the 1970s and is sometimes called a neo-romantic. Kolme kappaletta kahdelle huilulle ja kitaralle (Three Pieces for Two Flutes and Guitar, 1976) and a duo for flute and guitar of 1978 are examples of his earliest works. They show traces of jazz and popular music. Larger works, the...