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Aulis Sallinen | |
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 Aulis Sallinen at the Academic Bookstore in Helsinki, Finland, in 2009 | |
| Born | Aulis Heikki Sallinen 9 April 1935 Salmi, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Occupation | composer |
| Known for | symphonies opera |
| Notable work | Operas Ratsumies (The Horseman) and Punainen viiva (The Red Line) |
Aulis Heikki Sallinen (born 9 April 1935) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer.[1] His music has been variously described as "remorselessly harsh", a "beautifully crafted amalgam of several 20th-century styles", and "neo-romantic".[2][3] Sallinen studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, and has also written seven operas, eight symphonies, concertos for violin, cello, flute, horn, and English horn, as well as several chamber works. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies (The Horseman).
- ^ Paavilainen, Ulla, ed. (2014). Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 2015 [Who’s Who in Finland, 2015] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. pp. 800–801. ISBN 978-951-1-28228-0.
- ^ Henahan, Donal: "Music: Finnish Opera Offers Sallinen's 'Red Line.'" The New York Times. 29 April 1983.
- ^ Parsons, Jeremy: The Musical Times. Vol. 121, No. 1653 (Nov. 1980), pp. 693–695.