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Tommi Hakala (born 9 August 1970) is a Finnish operatic
baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...
and winner of the 2003
BBC Singer of the World Competition BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition (known as Cardiff Singer of the World from 1983–2001 and BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff in 2003) is a competition for classical singers held every two years. The competition was started by BBC ...
in
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. He was born in
Riihimäki Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to ...
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"Finnish flourish for song contest"
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Biography: Tommi Hakala
1970 births Living people People from Riihimäki 21st-century Finnish male opera singers {{Finland-opera-singer-stub