Eero Selin

Conductor from Finland
1893, July 11th in Vaasa, Finland - 1960, November 12th in Helsinki, Finland

Eero Selin (1893–1960) was a Finnish violinist, conductor and instrument maker. Born in Vaasa, he studied the violin in Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Paris and Berlin.

From 1923 to 1939 he taught at the Viipuri (Vyborg) Conservatory, and from 1929 to 1939 he was concertmaster of the orchestra of the Viipuri Friends of Music Society. For the 1940–1941 season he was engaged as conductor of the Turku City Orchestra (today's Turku Philharmonic Orchestra), standing in while its chief conductor Tauno Hannikainen was on a wartime concert tour of the United States; Ole Edgren succeeded him in 1941. From 1945 until his death he directed the Munkkiniemi music school and its orchestra in Helsinki, and he received the honorary title of director musices in 1953.

A skilled craftsman, Selin built violins, at least one viola, a viola d'amore, a harpsichord and other keyboard instruments, as well as the device that produced the early interval signal of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yleisradio). He was the brother of the cellist Yrjö Selin. Source: Rondo DB

Usual Name Eero Selin
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Ensembles Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1940 to 1941
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