Kalevi Aho (born 9 March 1949 in Forssa, Finland) is a Finnish composer. Career Born in Forssa, he studied composition at the Sibelius Academy under Einojuhani Rautavaara, receiving a diploma in 1971. He continued his studies for a year in Berlin with Boris Blacher. His teaching positions include music theory at the University of Helsinki from 1974 to 1988, and a professorship at the Sibelius Academy from 1988 to 1993. He became composer-in-residence for the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in 1992, and conductor Osmo Vänskä has recorded many of his recent large-scale works with the orchestra. Aho has worked as a freelance composer, with a state scholarship, since 1993. He lives in Helsinki. Music Known principally as a composer of large-scale works, to date Aho has composed fourteen symphonies[LINK: http://www.fennicagehrman.fi/comp_aho.htm] [1] twelve concertos, four operas and several vocal

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