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Heimo Haitto
vn, 1925-1999 US, Ruokolahti
Musician of Classical
Heimo Haitto (22 May 1925 – 9 June 1999) was a Finnish-American classical violinist who played in several U.S. symphony orchestras. A child prodigy, he was characterized as “Finland’s Jascha Heifetz”.Heimo Haitto was born in Ruokolahti, Finland, to a family in which the father, a locomotive driver, was an amateur violinist. The son started to play violin as well, and the Russian-born pedagogue Boris Sirpo (1893–1967) took him not only as a student but as a foster son and raised him in Vyborg.Another film about his life followed in 1985: Da Capo by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto.
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato on Heimo Haitto Plays Sibelius by Jean Sibelius, Heimo Haitto, Paavo Berglund & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Ellens Gesang III, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 "Ave Maria" on Chaconne and Other Favourites by Heimo Haitto Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne on Chaconne and Other Favourites by Heimo Haitto Two Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 87: No. 1 in D Minor on Heimo Haitto Plays Sibelius by Jean Sibelius, Heimo Haitto, Paavo Berglund & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sibelius : Humoreski Op. 89 No. 4 on Jean Sibelius rakkaudella by Various Artists Two Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 87: No. 2 in D Major on Heimo Haitto Plays Sibelius by Jean Sibelius, Heimo Haitto, Paavo Berglund & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on Chaconne and Other Favourites by Heimo Haitto Four Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89: No. 2 in G Minor on Heimo Haitto Plays Sibelius by Jean Sibelius, Heimo Haitto, Paavo Berglund & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 47: III. Allegro, ma non tanto on Heimo Haitto Plays Sibelius by Jean Sibelius, Heimo Haitto, Paavo Berglund & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Four Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89: No. 3 in E-Flat Major on Heimo Haitto Plays Sibelius by Jean Sibelius, Heimo Haitto, Paavo Berglund & Finnish Radio Symphony OrchestraTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heimo Haitto Plays Sibelius | Heimo Haitto, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Paavo Berglund | 2013 | Album |
| Heimo Haitto | Heimo Haitto | 1977 | Album |
| Heimo Haitto | Heimo Haitto | 1963 | Album |
| Soittaa Ja Puhuu | Heimo Haitto | 1960 | Single |
| Det Urgamla Korset | Heimo Haitto Och Beverly LeBeck | 1958 | Single |
| Heimo Haitto | Heimo Haitto | 1958 | Album |
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