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Paavo Berglund
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist
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Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt
Swedish conductor
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Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Finnish composer of the late Romantic period
3
Jorma Hynninen
Jorma Hynninen
Finnish singer
4
Leif Segerstam
Leif Segerstam
Finnish conductor and composer
5
Okko Kamu
Okko Kamu
Finnish conductor and violinist
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Leevi Madetoja
Leevi Madetoja
Finnish composer
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Atso Almila
Atso Almila
Finnish conductor, composer and trombonist
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Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck
Finnish conductor
9
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
10
Jorma Panula
Jorma Panula
Finnish conductor and composer
11
Pekka Kuusisto
Pekka Kuusisto
Finnish musician
12
Werner Janssen
Werner Janssen
American conductor
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Eicca Toppinen
Eicca Toppinen
Finnish cellist
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Joonas Kokkonen
Joonas Kokkonen
Finnish composer
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Hannu Lintu
Hannu Lintu
Finnish conductor
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Robert Kajanus
Robert Kajanus
Finnish conductor and composer
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Jussi Björling
Jussi Björling
Swedish tenor
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Sakari Oramo
Sakari Oramo
Finnish conductor
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Leonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos
Greek violinist
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Aapo Häkkinen
Aapo Häkkinen
Finnish musician and conductor
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Per Nørgård
Per Nørgård
Danish composer
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Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
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Lilli Paasikivi
Lilli Paasikivi
Finnish mezzo-soprano
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John Barbirolli
John Barbirolli
British conductor and cellist
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Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills
American operatic soprano (1929-2007)
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Risto Lauriala
Risto Lauriala
Finnish classical pianist
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Aulis Sallinen
Aulis Sallinen
Finnish composer
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Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
British conductor
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Kalevi Aho
Kalevi Aho
Finnish composer
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Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
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Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
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Susanna Mälkki
Susanna Mälkki
Finnish conductor and cellist
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Soile Isokoski
Soile Isokoski
Finnish soprano
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Carl von Garaguly
Carl von Garaguly
Hungarian musician
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Finnish conductor
Awards Received
Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Jussi Jalas (left) with Eugene Ormandy in Helsinki in 1959.

Jussi Jalas (23 June 1908 – 11 October 1985) was a Finnish conductor and composer.