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Usko Kantola
Usko is the given name of the following people *Usko Kemppi (1907–1994), Finnish composer and author * Usko Meriläinen (1930–2004), Finnish composer *Usko Nghaamwa, Namibian politician *Usko Nyström (1861–1925), Finnish architect *Usko Santavuori Usko Volmar Abel Santavuori (16 January 1922, in Viipuri – 1 June 2003, in Espoo) was a Finnish sensationalist radio reporter. He achieved fame by groundbreaking programs where he took himself and the microphone to participate in various extrao ... (1922–2003), Finnish sensationalist radio reporter See also * Estadio Hanz Usko, stadium in Guazapa, El Salvador {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usko Kemppi
Usko Urho Uljas Kemppi (until 1943 Hurmerinta, 12 February 1907 – 13 May 1994) was a Finnish composer, lyricist, author and screenwriter. His body of work consisted of songs, plays and manuscripts. Selected filmography as a screenwriter * ''Linnaisten vihreä kamari ''Linnaisten vihreä kamari'' (''The Green Chamber of Linnais'') is a 1945 Finnish film directed by Valentin Vaala. Mixing elements of horror and romance, it is based on an 1859 novel ''The Green Chamber of the Linnainen Mansion'' (''Linnaisten ka ...'' (1945) * ''Maaret – tunturien tyttö'' (1947) * ''Sillankorvan emäntä'' (1953) * ''Siltalan pehtoori'' (1953) * ''Nuoruus vauhdissa'' (1961) References External links Usko Kemppi Seura* 1907 births 1994 deaths People from Oripää People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) {{finland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usko Meriläinen
Usko Aatos Meriläinen (January 27, 1930 – November 12, 2004) was a Finnish composer. He was born in Tampere. Usko Meriläinen studied orchestral conducting with Leo Funtek and composition with Aarre Merikanto at the Sibelius Academy. Meriläinen conducted the Finnish Opera Choir from 1954 to1956, the Kuopio City Orchestra from 1956 to 1957, and the Tampere Workers' Theater Orchestra from 1957 to 1961. He was chairman of the Finnish Composers' Association from 1981 to 1992 and served as artistic advisor of the Tampere Biennale. In 1954 his ''Partita for Brass'' won second prize in the Thor Johnson Brass Composition competition in Cincinnati, Ohio.Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). , pages 260–1. Greenwood Publishing Group. . Meriläinen won an award for Jussi's film ''Private Area'' in 1963. He was also awarded the Pro Finlandia Prize in 1987. Meriläinen was married to choreographer Ruth Matso, who choreographed the premiere of his ballet ''Arius''. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usko Nghaamwa
Usko Nghihepavali Nghaamwa is a Namibian businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He's originally from Oipapakane Village in the Ohangwena Region. A member of SWAPO, Nghaamwa has been the Governor of the northern Ohangwena Region Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns Eenhana and Helao Nafidi aa well as the self-governed village of Okongo. , Ohangwena had 150,724 registered voters. Ohang ... since 2005. In December 2010, he was reappointed to the position where he served until 2020. The Southern Times, 9 December 2010 Nghaamwa is well known in the North of Namibia where he has donated to the communities by giving school infrastructure, food to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usko Nyström
Zachris Usko Nyström, known as Usko Nyström, (6 September 1861 – 6 January 1925) was a Finnish architect and one of the most influential professors of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology; among his students were later notable architects Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto. One of the pioneering architects of the early Art Nouveau or Jugendstil style in Finland at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, he continued to influence generations of students by introducing them to the style. Many of his key architectural works were made while he was in the architectural partnership Usko Nyström─Petrelius─Penttilä which operated from 1895 to 1908. His most famous work is the Grand Hôtel Cascade (1903) (nowadays known as the Imatran Valtionhotelli) in Imatra. Life and career Usko Nyström was born in Virrat, Finland, at a time when Finland was a Grand Duchy of Finland, Grand Duchy under the rule of Russia. His parents were Johan Abraham Nyström, a ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usko Santavuori
Usko Volmar Abel Santavuori (16 January 1922, in Viipuri – 1 June 2003, in Espoo) was a Finnish sensationalist radio reporter. He achieved fame by groundbreaking programs where he took himself and the microphone to participate in various extraordinary events, such as diving and parachuting, instead of remaining a passive observer. Santavuori's most significant feat was his early reality show in 1950, where he committed a fake burglary, and was arrested by the police, who had no idea of that the criminal they'd come to arrest was a journalist and everything they said was being recorded and later broadcast. The only official who was notified of the event in advance was the chief of police, who had given his blessing. Santavuori's program aroused discussion due to the violence and uncouth language used by the arresting officers. The fake burglary was used as a basis for the 1951 comedy, ''Radio tekee murron'', where the protagonist is a young reporter with a penchant for the kind o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
