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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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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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 |