Pekka Jalkanen

Pekka Jalkanen first became known as a composer of children's music fo radio and TV, but went on to compose a broad output reaching from vocal and choral music to chamber music and solo pieces, also for instruments like kantele and decacorde.

Stylistically he has been strongly influenced by minimalism and has a strong interest in folk music and particularly in the music of the Roma people. He is also well-known as a musicologist.

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