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Name
  
Ann-Elise Hannikainen

Role
  
Composer

Died
  
2012


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Ann-Elise Hannikainen (14 January 1946 – 19 November 2012) was a Finnish composer. She was born in Hanko, Finland, the daughter of Heikki and Marianne Hannikainen. She studied music in Finland at the Sibelius Academy with Einar Englund for composition and Tapani Valsta for piano. In 1972 she moved to Spain, where she studied composition with Ernesto Halffter Escriche at the Academia Moderne de Musica.

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Hannikainen became Halffter's companion during his later life. After his death she moved back to Finland in 1989, and died in Helsinki in 2012.

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Selected works

Hannikainen composed mainly instrumental works. Selected compositions include:

  • Anerfálicas: Tema y 11 variaciones (1973)
  • Pensamientos 1974 (1974)
  • Toccata-fantasia for piano (1975)
  • Concerto (in memory of Manuel de Falla's 100th anniversary) (1976)
  • Cosmos for orchestra (1977)
  • Sextet for wind quintet and piano (1980)
  • Trio for flute, viola and piano (1985)

    • References

    Ann-Elise Hannikainen Wikipedia
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