Kaj Chydenius is dead – 2024-04-21 07:28:43

Kaj Chydenius in 2015. Evening newspaper

Composer Kaj Chydenius has died on Saturday, April 20. Chydenius was 84 years old when he died. Hufvudstadsbladet reports about it.

According to the news, the composer slept peacefully at home in Helsinki. He passed away surrounded by his loved ones.

According to Hufvudstadsbladet’s article, the man will be missed by his wife, children, grandchildren and other relatives, as well as a wide circle of friends.

Chydenius’ most famous works include, among others Lapland opera, On a rocky hill, Youth bar and I love you, you, you. The versatile musician created theater works, film music, love music and classical music as well. He also composed music for artists such as Vesa-Matti Loir.

Chydenius is one of the most famous figures of the political song movement of the 1960s and 1970s. For example From the Lapua opera became a great work in its time.

In the 1970s, Chydenius was involved in founding the KOM theater, which still stands today in Helsinki’s Ullanlinna.

Chydenius was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 1996. in 2003, the composer received the golden medal of the Central Association of Finnish Theater Associations, and in 2006, the state award for art.

In 2009, Chydenius was granted an artist’s pension.