Henrik Otto Donner

Henrik Otto Donner
File:HenrikOttoDonner.jpg Henrik Otto Donner in the 1960s
Background information
Birth name	Henrik Otto Donner
Also known as	Otto Donner
Born	(1939-11-16)16 November 1939 Tampere, Finland
Died	Jakobstad, Finland
Genres	pop, rock, jazz, electronic music, contemporary classical music
Occupation(s)	Composer, arranger, musician
Instruments	trumpet
Associated acts	Otto Donner Treatment, UMO Jazz Orchestra, Akademiska Sångföreningen

Henrik Otto Donner (16 November 1939 – 26 June 2013) was a Finnish composer, musician and all-round music personality. His musical styles varied from pop and rock music to jazz, electronic music and contemporary classical music. Donner's personal instrument was trumpet. He was a member of the famous Finland Swedish Donner family.

Donner was one of the pioneers of Finnish avant-garde and experimental music as well as an important figure in Finnish left-wing "song movement" of the 1960s and 1970s. He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and later in Vienna as a student of György Ligeti. In 1966 Donner was one of the founders of record label Love Records which was a pioneering label in Finnish rock music. Donner collaborated with many Finnish musicians and artists such as Erkki Kurenniemi, Juhani Aaltonen, A. W. Yrjänä, Hasse Walli and Dave Lindholm. He was a film score composer for more than 50 movies and TV-series.

Henrik Otto Donner was found dead at the marina of Jakobstad early on 27 June 2013. It is yet uncertain whether he was drowned or died of a heart attack.

See also

• Finnish jazz musicians
• Music of Finland

External links

• Henrik Otto Donner at the Internet Movie Database
• Jazz Finland

*2014 MWE3.com interview with Jim Pembroke remembering Otto Donner:

• http://www.mwe3.com/archive/pastfeature/featureJimPembroke2014.htm