Ann-Elise Hannikainen
Ann-Elise Hannikainen (14 January 1946 – 2012) was a Finnish composer. She was born in Hanko, Finland, the daughter of Heikki and Marianne Hannikainen. She studied music in Finland at the Academia Moderne de Musica and at the Sibelius Academy with Einar Englund for composition and Tapani Valsta for piano. In 1972 she moved to Spain, where she studied composition with Ernesto Halffter Escriche.[1][2]
Hannikainen became Halffter's companion during his later life.
Selected works
Hannikainen composed mainly instrumental works. Selected compositions include:
- Pensamientos 1974 (1974)
- Toccata-fantasia for piano (1975)
- Concerto (in memory of Manuel de Falla's 100th anniversary) (1976)
- Cosmos for orchestra (1977)
- Sextet for wind quintet and piano (1980)
- Trio for flute, viola and piano (1985)
References
- ↑ Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900.
- ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.