Paavo Heininen

Paavo Heininen studied at University of Helsinki, Sibelius Academy and Juilliard School. He trained under Aarre Merikanto, Joonas Kokkonen, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Einar Englund.

As a teacher, Paavo Heininen is recorded in connection with Kaija Saariaho, Harri Vuori, Seppo Pohjola, Magnus Lindberg, Jukka Tiensuu and Veli-Matti Puumala. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Paavo Heininen received Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Heininen, Paavo, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Heininen, Paavo (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002. Paavo Heininen, The Musical Times, 1978. Paavo Heininen (b.1938) Challenging Tradition, After Sibelius: Studies in Finnish Music, 2017. <i>Love,s Philosophy</i> op. 19 (1968-73) Paavo Heininen (born 1938), New Vocal Repertory, 1994. Vocal characterisation of the dramatis personae in Paavo Heininen’s Silkkirumpu op. 45 and Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana mater, Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2023.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 5 catalogued release groups (MusicBrainz). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 19 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Paavo Heininen studied at University of Helsinki, Sibelius Academy and Juilliard School. training under Aarre Merikanto, Joonas Kokkonen and Einojuhani Rautavaara is recorded. Kaija Saariaho, Harri Vuori and Seppo Pohjola are recorded as having studied under Paavo Heininen. the recorded working language is Finnish.

The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera, contemporary classical, classical and electronic.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki. Employment is recorded with Sibelius Academy. Positions recorded include professor.

Distinctions recorded are Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.