On Feb. 20, 2025, Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto died at the age of 91. Kuusisto was born in Helsinki on April 26, 1933, and became interested in music as a teenager when he first heard jazz. He went on to study at the Sibelius Academy and studied composition with Aarre Merikanto and Nils-Eric Fougstedt. Kuusisto began his career as a {…}