Ilmari Hannikainen Finland

Biography

Toivo Ilmari Hannikainen (October 19, 1892, Jyväskylä – July 25, 1955, Kuhmoinen) was a Finnish composer. Hannikainen was the son of Pekka Juhani Hannikainen and the brother of Väinö Hannikainen, both of whom were composers. After studying at the University of Helsinki (1911-14), he became a pupil of Franz Schreker at the Musikakademie in Vienna, and continued his studies with Alexander Siloti in Saint Petersburg (1915–17) and with Alfred Cortot in Paris (1919).