Rautavaara is a Finnish composer writing in a variety of forms and styles.

The work of living Finnish composers has been embraced in concert halls around the world, including the United States.

Perhaps this explains why Finnish composers so easily identify with the dark tonalities that dominate the palette of 20th-century music.

The programmes included three works by Finnish composers whose music may not be widely known in Britain, but who were certainly all highly distinctive.

He wrote eight symphonies (1902-1924) and was the first Finnish composer to bear Mahler's influence.

For its concert at Scandinavia House, the group is offering works by Finnish composers.

It was the third time in a row a Finnish composer won the senior category.

No Finnish composer is known from the Renaissance or Baroque eras.

This ensured the spread of the young composer's reputation far beyond the borders of his homeland, the first Finnish composer to receive such attention.

Pingoud was the first Finnish composer to write modernist music.