Tauno Heikki Hannikainen (February 26, 1896 – October 12, 1968) was a Finnish

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and conductor. Born in

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Central Finland. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Jyväskylä is approximately , while the Jyväskylä sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately ...

, he was the son of the composer Pekka Juhani Hannikainen. The pianist Ilmari Hannikainen and the harpist Väinö Hannikainen were his brothers. He studied first as a cellist in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

and abroad. From 1922 he became the second conductor in the Finnish Opera House in Helsinki. He conducted the music at Sibelius's funeral. He went to the USA in 1940, becoming music director of the Duluth Symphony Orchestra (1942–47). He was an assistant conductor (1947–49) and associate conductor (1949–50) with the

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, and was principal conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

Discography

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius (; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic music, Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his countr ...

, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 – Sinfonia of London ( World Record Club) (1959) *Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 - USSR S.S.O. (Melodiya) *Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 – Sinfonia of London (World Record Club T 42) (1959) *Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 – Tossy Spivakovsky / London S.O. (Everest records/World Record Club T 94) *Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor – Oleg Kagan / Finnish R.S.O. (Live Class) *Jean Sibelius, '' Karelia Suite'', Op. 11 – Sinfonia of London (World Record Club T 42) *Jean Sibelius, ''Lemminkäinen Legends (Four Legends from the Kalevala)'', Op. 22 – USSR R.S.O. (Melodiya) *Jean Sibelius, ''

Finlandia ''Finlandia'', Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the R ...

'', Op. 26 – USSR R.S.O. (Melodiya) *Jean Sibelius, '' Valse Triste'', Op. 44, No. 1 – USSR R.S.O. (Mosoblsovnarhoz) *Jean Sibelius, ''

Tapiola Tapiola (; ) is a district of the municipality of Espoo on the south coast of Finland, and is one of the major urban centres of Espoo. It is located in the western part of Helsinki capital region. The name ''Tapiola'' is derived from ''Tapio (spi ...

'', Op. 112 – London S.O. (Everest records/World Record Club T 94)(1960) * Uuno Klami, "Terchenniemi" from ''Kalevala Suite'' Op. 23 – USSR R.S.O. (Mosoblsovnarhoz) * Armas Järnefelt, Lullaby – USSR R.S.O. (Mosoblsovnarhoz)

Sources

* Eaglefield-Hull, A. ''A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians''. Dent, London 1924.

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