List of Finnish composers

This is a list of Finnish composers, organized by date of birth.

[edit] 18th century

Name	Birth	Death	Styles
Erik Tulindberg	1761	1814	classical
Bernhard Henrik Crusell	1775	1838

Name	Birth	Death	Styles
Fredrik Pacius	1809	1891	opera
Jean Sibelius	1865	1957	choir classical
Erkki Melartin	1875	1937	classical opera
Ernst Mielck	1877	1899	classical
Selim Palmgren	1878	1951	classical
Toivo Kuula	1883	1918	classical
Armas Launis	1884	1959	opera
Leevi Madetoja	1887	1947	classical opera
Ernest Pingoud	1887	1942	classical first modernist
Väinö Raitio	1891	1945	classical modernist
Aarre Merikanto	1893	1958	classical modernist

Name	Birth	Death	Styles
Uuno Klami	1900	1961	classical
Erik Bergman	1911	2006	classical
Sven Einar Englund	1916	1999	classical
Joonas Kokkonen	1921	1996	classical neo-classical opera
Einojuhani Rautavaara	1928	—	neo-romantic, opera, mystic
Usko Meriläinen	1930	2004
Aulis Sallinen	1935	—	neo-classical
Teppo Hauta-Aho	1941	—
Erkki Salmenhaara	1941	2002	classical
Herman Rechberger[1]	1947	—	modernist vocal ethnic opera
Mikko Heiniö	1948	—	classical
Kalevi Aho	1949	—	modernist neo-classical
Kaija Saariaho	1952	—	classical
Juhani Komulainen	1953	—	classical
Olli Kortekangas	1955	—	choir classical opera
Magnus Lindberg	1958	—	classical
Esa-Pekka Salonen	1958	—	classical
Timo Alakotila	1959	—	classical jazz pelimanni tango
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi	1963	—	classical folk
Arto Järvelä	1964	—	folk
Maria Kalaniemi	1964	—	classical folk
Osmo Tapio Räihälä	1964	—	classical post-modernist
Sampo Haapamäki	1979	—	classical modernist