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Pekka Kostiainen

Born: 16th March 1944, Jyväskylä, Finland

Nationality: Finnish

Pekka Olavi Kostiainen is a Finnish composer and choral conductor.

Kostiainen was born in Jyväskylä, Finland, and graduated from the Sibelius Academy in 1968. He continued his composing studies with Professor Jouko Tolonen and completed his composing diploma in 1973. He completed postgraduate studies with Einar Englund, Joonas Kokkonen and Einojuhani Rautavaara.

He served as a cantor at the Pohja Finnish Parish from 1969 to 1971, and as a lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä from 1971 to 2000. Since 2000 he has worked as a composer and choral conductor.

He is widely known abroad, especially as a choral music composer.

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