Vilho Luolajan-Mikkola
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Vilho Luolajan-Mikkola (22 December 1911 – 14 November 2005) was a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music.
Luolajan-Mikkola studied composition under Aarre Merikanto and Selim Palmgren. One of his most famous works is the song cycle Koiruoho, RUUSUNKUKKA, which was completed in 1977.
Luolajan-Mikkola's other musical output includes woodwind music among others. He was an active composer until his last years, and the song "Hiljentyen" dates from 2001. Luolajan-Mikkola died in 2005, at the age of 93 in Helsinki.
References
- Ruth-Esther Hillila; Barbara Blanchard Hong (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-0-313-27728-3.
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