Background
Tulindberg was born in Vähäkyrö in Western Finland.
composer politician violinist civil servant
Tulindberg was born in Vähäkyrö in Western Finland.
He studied in Turku and then worked as a civil servant in Oulu from 1784 to 1809 and thereafter in Turku.
He died in Turku at the age of 53. Tulindberg was a contemporary of Mozart and, like Mozart, he was part of the Classical era in music His importance stems largely from his pioneering position in the music of Finland.
Number Finnish composer is known from the Renaissance or Baroque eras.
The compositions of Tulindberg were not rediscovered until 100 years after his death.
He played the violin and cello and was appointed a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of in 1797.