Toivo Elias Haapanen (15 May 1889 – 22 July 1950) was a Finnish conductor and music scholar.

Early life and education

Haapanen was born in 1889 in Karvia, Finland. His sister was the writer

Tyyni Tuulio Tyyni Maria Tuulio (née Haapanen; 28 August 1892, in Karvia – 9 June 1991, in Helsinki), was a Finnish writer and translator. Tuulio was the daughter of vicar Jaakko Haapanen and Hilma Antoinette Rikberg. She graduated from high school in 191 ...

.Rajala, Panu: ''Tulisoihtu pimeässä'', p. 374. WSOY 2014. His son is the violinist Tuomas Haapanen. After high school, he began playing the

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. Starting in 1907 studied the violin and

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at the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra school. He completed in his studies in 1911. In 1918, he graduated from the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the R ...

with a

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. In 1925, he received his Ph.D.Toivo Haapanen at Klassinen.fi.
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Career

Haapenen became Chief Conductor of the

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: ''Radion sinfoniaorkesteri'', Swedish: ''Radions symfoniorkester'') is a Finnish broadcast orchestra based in Helsinki, and the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). The orchestra pri ...

in 1929. He served in this position until 1951. Starting in 1946, he also served as Music Manager of the

Finnish Broadcasting Company Yleisradio Oy ( Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, found ...

. He was also a professor at the University of Helsinki. As a conductor, Haapanen traveled throughout Europe, including Germany, Poland, Hungary and Italy. As a musical scholar, he collected and studied Medieval Finnish music, dating from 1050 to 1522. The collection is held by the University of Helsinki Library. He wrote a history of Finnish music in 1940. He also worked as a magazine music critic from 1919 to 1929. He served on two committees, including chairman of the Finnish council on music from 1943 until 1950.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haapanen, Toivo 1889 births 1950 deaths People from Karvia People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 20th-century conductors (music) Finnish conductors (music) University of Helsinki alumni Academic staff of the University of Helsinki