Leevi Antti Madetoja was a Finnish composer, music critic, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as one of the most significant Finnish contemporaries of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1908 to 1910.
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Madetoja (c. 1908)
Paris (c. 1890s), where Madetoja studied from 1910 to 1911; he fell in love with the city and returned many times
Robert Kajanus, to whom Madetoja dedicated his First Symphony
Friend and fellow composer, Toivo Kuula, who encouraged Madetoja's early travels to France
Okon Fuoko, a tragic love story set in ancient Japan, illustrates the West's appetite for oriental themes
The Finnish soprano, Aino Ackté, with whom Madetoja collaborated for his second opera, Juha
Madetoja (c. 1940s)Awards 2
In their orbit 1
Musicians born in the 1880s 6
About this person
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1887 to 1947 · aged 60
Written about in
18 languages
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