Helvi Leiviskä

Helvi Lemmikki Leiviskä (25 May 1902 — 12 August 1982) was a Finnish composer, writer, music educator and librarian at the Sibelius Academy.

Helvi Lemmikki Leiviskä
Helvi Leiviskä in the music library.
Born25 May 1902
Helsinki, Finland
Died12 August 1982
Helsinki, Finland
OccupationComposer

Life

Helvi Leiviskä was born in 1902 in Helsinki, Finland, and in 1927 graduated in composition from the Helsinki Music Institute (Sibelius Academy) where she studied with Erkki Melartin. She continued her studies in Vienna, and then returned to Finland where she studied with Leevi Madetoja.[1][2][3]

She began work as a composer with a debut in 1935 and also worked as a music teacher privately and in public schools from 1922 to 1938. In 1933 she took a position as librarian at the Sibelius Academy.[1]

Leiviskä in 1972.

After World War II, Leiviskä furthered her studies with Leo Funtek and wrote reviews for periodicals including Ilta Sanomat (Evening News) as well as articles for several publications.[1]

She died in Helsinki at 80 years of age.[2][3][4]

Selected works
  • Piano Concerto, 1935
  • Triple Fugue for Orchestra, 1938
  • Symphony No. 1, 1947
  • Symphony No. 2, 1954
  • Symphony No. 3, 1971
  • Sinfonia Brevis, 1962
  • Folk Dance Suite (Kansantanssisarja), 1934
  • Hobgoblin of Darkness (Pimeän peikko), 1942
  • The Lost Continent (Mennyt manner) for choir and orchestra, 1957
  • Juha (film music), 1937
  • Violin Sonata, 1945[5]
  • Piano Quartet, 1926

Discography
  • Helvi Leiviskä: Violin Sonata, Piano Quartet, Symphony No. 3. Finlandia Classics FINCLA-1 (2012).

Awards

References
  1. Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-27728-3.
  2. Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). Historical dictionary of the music and musicians of Finland.
  3. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. Helvi Leiviskä at Music Finland.
  5. "Leiviskä at last". FMQ. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
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