Väinö Raitio | ms

Väinö Raitio (April 15, 1891 – September 10, 1945) was part of the small group of composers who appeared in the Finnish art music scene in the 1920s with a new cosmopolitan music style, much different from the dominating conservative National Romanticism. Raitio's career as a composer reached its peak in the 1920s when eight large symphonic poems appeared from his pen. Influenced by Alexander Scriabin, his style was too modern for the Nordic music circles, and his orchestral work Joutsenet (The Swans, Les Cygnes) of 1919 remained as the sole orchestral work to be published (in 1938). Raitio's profile...

Allan Vainola (born in 1965) is an Estonian singer, guitarist and composer. From 1980 to today, he has been a member of the following bands: Ajutine Valitsus (guitars, vocals) Terendus (guitars) Ükskõik (vocals) Velikije Luki (guitars) Metro Luminal (vocals) Vennaskond (guitars, composition) Alumiinium, Sinu Sädelev Sõber (vocals and guitars, composition) Sõpruse Puiestee (vocals and guitars, composition) Kelder (vocals and guitars, composition) He has also composed music for several theatrical performances. His first solo CD 'Teatriõhtu' (2001) contained tracks of his music for theatre (Vainola did not participate there as a vocalist but as the composer and guitarist). His second solo...