Career Highlights
- 1960 - awarded diploma from the Sibelius Academy.
- 1960-70 - administrator of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
- 1978 - Nordic Council Music Prize for The Horseman.
- 1981 - became the first person to be made a Professor of Arts for life by the Finnish Government, enabling him to concentrate on composing full-time.
- 1983 - Wihuri International Sibelius Prize.
- 2004 - first in series of recordings of complete orchestral music released on the CPO label.
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