Education
Sibelius Academy.
composer trumpeter jazz musician
Sibelius Academy.
His musical styles varied from popular and rock music to jazz, electronic music and contemporary classical music Donner"s personal instrument was trumpet. 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. West. Yrjänä, Hasse Walli and Dave Lindholm.
He was a film score composer for more than 50 movies and television-series. Henrik Otto Donner was found dead at the marina of Jakobstad early on 27 June 2013.
lieutenant is yet uncertain whether he was drowned or died of a heart attack.
He was a member of the famous Finland Swedish Donner family.