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Name
  
Tauno Hannikainen

Role
  
Conductor

Parents
  
Pekka Hannikainen


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Died
  
October 12, 1968, Helsinki, Finland

Albums
  
Sibelius Symphony No. 5, Sibelius Symphony No 2

Similar People
  
Tossy Spivakovsky, Pekka Hannikainen, Sixten Ehrling, Jean Sibelius, Tapani Valsta

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

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Born in Jyväskylä, he was the son of the composer Pekka Juhani Hannikainen. The pianist Ilmari Hannikainen and the conductor Väinö Hannikainen were his brothers. He studied first as a cellist in Helsinki 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 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was principal conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

Discography

  • Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op.43 – The 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 – The 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 – The Sinfonia of London (World Record Club T 42)
  • Jean Sibelius, Lemenkainen Legends (Four Legends from the Kalevala), Op.22 – USSR R.S.O. (Melodiya)
  • Jean Sibelius, Finlandia, Op.26 – USSR R.S.O. (Melodiya)
  • Jean Sibelius, Valse Triste, Op.44, No. 1 – USSR R.S.O. (Mosoblsovnarhoz)
  • Jean Sibelius, Tapiola, 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)

    • References

    Tauno Hannikainen Wikipedia
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