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Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen (March 22, 1918, Helsinki – March 13, 1980, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer. He was a popular opera composer and was nicknamed during his lifetime as Northern Puccini. Pylkkänen was a red orphan born during the Civil War whom actor Hilma Rantanen and office manager Väinö Veikko Pylkkänen adopted as their foster son from a newspaper advertisement. His real father, Heikki Pakarinen, who had fallen into the Red Guard against his will, died in the Hämeenlinna prison camp in August 1918.

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  • Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen (* 22. März 1918 in Helsinki; † 13. März 1980 ebenda) war ein finnischer Komponist. Pylkkänen war Schüler von Leevi Madetoja und Selim Palmgren und studierte am Konservatorium von Helsinki, danach auch in Paris, Rom und Wien. Seinen Durchbruch als Komponist hatte er mit der Oper Mare und ihr Sohn (Mare ja hänen poikansa, 1943) nach Aino Kallas, die 1945 in der Finnischen Oper uraufgeführt wurde. Es folgten etwa zehn weitere Opern, darunter die international erfolgreiche Wolfsbraut (Sudenmorsian, 1950). Von 1960 bis 1967 war er künstlerischer Leiter der Finnischen Oper. Neben den Opern komponierte er eine Sinfonie, eine sinfonische Fantasie, sechs sinfonische Dichtungen, ein Cellokonzert, kammermusikalische Werke, eine Kantate, Filmmusiken, einen Chorzyklus für Frauenstimmen, Lieder und zwei Liederzyklen. (de)
  • Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen (March 22, 1918, Helsinki – March 13, 1980, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer. He was a popular opera composer and was nicknamed during his lifetime as Northern Puccini. Pylkkänen was a red orphan born during the Civil War whom actor Hilma Rantanen and office manager Väinö Veikko Pylkkänen adopted as their foster son from a newspaper advertisement. His real father, Heikki Pakarinen, who had fallen into the Red Guard against his will, died in the Hämeenlinna prison camp in August 1918. Pylkkänen was a student of Leevi Madetoja and Selim Palmgren, and studied at the Helsinki Conservatory, then in Paris, Rome, and Vienna. He made his breakthrough as a composer with the opera Mare ja hänen poikansa (1943) after Aino Kallas, which was premiered in the Finnish Opera in 1945. It was followed by ten more operas, including the internationally successful Sudenmorsian (1950). From 1960 to 1967 he was artistic director of the Finnish Opera. In addition to the operas he composed a symphony, a symphonic fantasy, six symphonic poems, a cello concerto, chamber music works, a cantata, film music, a choir cycle for women's voices, songs and two song cycles. (en)
  • Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen, född 22 mars 1918 i Helsingfors, död 13 mars 1980 i Helsingfors, var en finländsk kompositör och musikkritiker. (sv)
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  • Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen, född 22 mars 1918 i Helsingfors, död 13 mars 1980 i Helsingfors, var en finländsk kompositör och musikkritiker. (sv)
  • Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen (* 22. März 1918 in Helsinki; † 13. März 1980 ebenda) war ein finnischer Komponist. Pylkkänen war Schüler von Leevi Madetoja und Selim Palmgren und studierte am Konservatorium von Helsinki, danach auch in Paris, Rom und Wien. Seinen Durchbruch als Komponist hatte er mit der Oper Mare und ihr Sohn (Mare ja hänen poikansa, 1943) nach Aino Kallas, die 1945 in der Finnischen Oper uraufgeführt wurde. Es folgten etwa zehn weitere Opern, darunter die international erfolgreiche Wolfsbraut (Sudenmorsian, 1950). Von 1960 bis 1967 war er künstlerischer Leiter der Finnischen Oper. (de)
  • Tauno Kullervo Pylkkänen (March 22, 1918, Helsinki – March 13, 1980, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer. He was a popular opera composer and was nicknamed during his lifetime as Northern Puccini. Pylkkänen was a red orphan born during the Civil War whom actor Hilma Rantanen and office manager Väinö Veikko Pylkkänen adopted as their foster son from a newspaper advertisement. His real father, Heikki Pakarinen, who had fallen into the Red Guard against his will, died in the Hämeenlinna prison camp in August 1918. (en)
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  • Tauno Pylkkänen (de)
  • Tauno Pylkkänen (en)
  • Tauno Pylkkänen (sv)
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