Tapio Rautavaara

Kaj Tapio ("Tapsa") Rautavaara (8 March 1915, Northern Pirkkala – 25 September 1979, Helsinki) was a Finnish athlete, singer, and film actor.

Early life

Tapio Rautavaara was raised by his single mother and his formal education ended at the elementary level. By the outbreak of the Finnish Winter War in 1939, he had worked as a roadworker, a lumberjack and as a storeman at a co-operative mill. His national military service was with the Finnish Navy in the mid 1930s.

War years

When the Winter War broke out the Navy was not very active in the war and Rautavaara was allowed to continue working at the Osuustukkukauppa (OTK) mill. However, when the Continuation War broke out he was called to the army and he was ordered to be the first year of the war in the front line.

In summer 1942 Rautavaara was transferred to the war entertainment troops and worked for two years as a radio journalist on the frontier based Aunus Radio. During this time he became known to the troops. In the summer of 1944 the Finns had to pull out from East Karelia and Rautavaara’s radio career ended.

RADIO STATION	GENRE	LOCATION
YLE Pohjois-Karjalan Radio	Varied	Finland
Klasu	Classical	Finland
YLE Radio Keski-Suomi	Varied	Finland
YLE Radio Häme	Varied	Finland
YLE läntinen	Varied	Finland
Jouluradio	Varied	Finland
Pikku Jouluradio	Varied	Finland
YLE Ylen klassinen	Classical	Finland
YLE Etelä-Savon Radio	Varied	Finland
YLE Radio Vega Åboland	Varied	Finland
Radio Pooki	Varied	Finland
YLEX mobi	Rock	Finland
NRJ Finland	Contemporary	Finland
YLE Radio Vega Östnyland	Varied	Finland
Radio Sputnik	Varied	Finland
YLE Tampereen Radio	Varied	Finland
The Voice Fresh	Adult Contemporary	Finland
YLE Radio Perämeri	Varied	Finland
Aalands Radio 91.3 FM	Varied	Finland
YLE Radio Keski-Pohjanmaa	Varied	Finland
Radio City Jyväskylä	Varied	Finland
Radio Kainuu	Easy	Finland
Iskelmä Aikakone	Oldies	Finland
Etelä-Karjalan Radio	Varied	Finland
Lasten Oma Radio	Kids	Finland
Gramox	Oldies	Finland
YLE Radio Vega Västnyland	Varied	Finland
Bassoradio	Dance	Finland
Radio Aalto	Pop	Finland
Steel FM 105.9	Varied	Finland
YLE Etelä-Karjalan Radio	Varied	Finland
Radio Pohjanmaa	Varied	Finland
Radio Vaasa	Varied	Finland
The Voice (FI)	Varied	Finland
Iskelmä	Varied	Finland
YLE Radio Extrem	Varied	Finland
YLE Radio 1	Varied,Talk,Classical	Finland
3699	Varied	Finland
YleX	Varied	Finland
YLE Radio Suomi	Varied	Finland
Radio SuomiPop	Pop	Finland
Radio Moreeni	College	Finland
Lapin Radio	Varied	Finland
YLE Radio Vega Österbotten	News,World,Public	Finland
Radio Hear	Unknown,Experimental,Electronica	Finland
YLE Satakunnan Radio	Varied	Finland
Radio voima	Sports	Finland
YLE Oulu Radio	Varied	Finland
Radio Pori	Varied	Finland
Radio Alands 91.3 FM	Oldies	Finland
Sami Radio	News Updates	Finland

'Tapio Rautavaara' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Kulkuri ja joutsen (1999)

Actors: Timo Koivusalo (writer), Jaakko Salo (composer), Martti Suosalo (actor), Tomi Salmela (actor), Timo Koivusalo (producer), Timo Koivusalo (composer), Heikki Nousiainen (actor), Esko Nikkari (actor), Kai Lehtinen (actor), Aarre Karén (actor), Risto Salmi (actor), Hannu Kivioja (actor), Tapio Liinoja (actor), Timo Koivusalo (editor), Timo Koivusalo (director),

Plot: The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara (Tapio Liinoja) and Repe Helismaa (Martti Suosalo), who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965 (Helismaa's death). Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.

Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, alcohol, break-up, friend, friendship, pekka-ja-pätkä, post-war, songwriter, suicide
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,

X-paroni (1964)

Actors: Risto Jarva (director), Henrik Otto Donner (composer), Spede Pasanen (writer), Spede Pasanen (producer), Jaakko Pakkasvirta (writer), Risto Jarva (writer), Jaakko Pakkasvirta (actor), Spede Pasanen (actor), Spede Pasanen (actor), Tapio Rautavaara (actor), Simo Salminen (actor), Risto Jarva (producer), Jaakko Pakkasvirta (producer), Anneli Sauli (actress), Jaakko Pakkasvirta (director),

Plot: Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both characters conveniently amnesiac, they start living each other's lives and dating each other's girlfriends, succeeding in their new roles better than in their original ones. Level-headed Kalle soon spots the bad guys who are after the Baron's money, and the Baron brings innovative ideas to the countryside.

Keywords: archery, aristocrat, baron, butler, cameo, car-chase, city-country-contrast, countryside, directorial-debut, dual-role
Genres: Comedy,

Suuri sävelparaati (1959)

Actors: Tarmo Manni (actor), Kauko Käyhkö (actor), Reino Helismaa (writer), Reino Helismaa (actor), Pentti Siimes (actor), Veikko Itkonen (actor), Veikko Itkonen (producer), Tapio Rautavaara (actor), Jack Witikka (actor), Jack Witikka (director), Armas Laurinen (editor), Teijo Joutsela (actor), Olavi Virta (actor), Eino Grön (actor), Laila Kinnunen (actress),

Genres: ,

Rautavaara, Tapio Filmography

Play in Full Screen Helsinki, ikuisesti

2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen ... ja niinhän tuli juostua! sanoi Viljo Heino

1988, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Tapsa - Viiltoja reissumiehen elämästä

1980, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Repe - Sirpaleita Reino Helismaan elämästä

1979, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1979, role: actor , character name: Himself - Performer
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1979, role: actor , character name: Himself - Performer
Play in Full Screen Paavo Nurmi - mies ja aika

1978, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Anna

1970, role: actor , character name: Kalle
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1968, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1968, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1968, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1967, role: actor
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1967, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1966, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Reissumies venerannassa

1966, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Reissumies maan uumenissa

1965, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1965, role: actor
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1965, role: actor
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1965, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1964, role: actor , character name: Tapio Rautavaara
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1964, role: actor
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1963, role: actor
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1963, role: actor , character name: Tapio - chief of the tribe
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1961, role: actor
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1961, role: actor , character name: Singer #4
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1960, role: actor , character name: Mr. Strömberg
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1959, role: actor , character name: Tapio Rautavaara
Play in Full Screen Kahden ladun poikki

1958, role: actor , character name: Humu
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1957, role: actor , character name: Man singing and playing guitar
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1955, role: actor , character name: Blacksmith Antti Juhonpoika
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1955, role: actor , character name: Antti Ahde
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1955, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1955, role: actor , character name: Tundra-Tauno
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1954, role: actor , character name: Heikki Koivulahti
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1953, role: actor , character name: Laulaja Ville
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1953, role: actor , character name: Olli
Play in Full Screen Pekka Puupää

1953, role: actor , character name: Taxidriver Erkki Saarikivi
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1952, role: actor , character name: Tapio
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1952, role: actor , character name: Himself - man in the audience
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1951, role: actor , character name: Tapsa
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1951, role: actor , character name: Reino
Play in Full Screen Parlamentin palkeilta stadionin hiilimurskalle

1949, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1949, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Sinut minä tahdon

1949, role: actor , character name: Kari Tuulos
Play in Full Screen Yhteisvoimin yhteistyöhön

1948, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Kultamitalivaimo

1947, role: actor , character name: Ville Suvinen
Play in Full Screen Kaunottaria katsomassa

1947, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Kuudes käsky

1947, role: actor , character name: Antti
Play in Full Screen Korkealle kansan kunto I

1946, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Synnin jäljet

1946, role: actor , character name: Ragnar Ekholm

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This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Sept. 14

Edit Your Observer 13 Sep 2017

THURSDAY, SEPT. 14. Art After 5. 5 p.m. at The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road. $15. Call 358-3180. Explore The Ringling's exhibition galleries and the Circus Museum. Tickets required. ‘Mame’. 7.30 p.m. at the Manatee Performing Arts Center. $27 to $37. Call 748-5875 ... Runs through Oct. 1. FRIDAY, SEPT. 15 ... Concert features Missy Mazzoli's "Death Valley Junction" and Einojuhani Rautavaara's "Lost Landscapes." ... ....

Violinist Kuusisto engages deeply in seldom heard music of countryman Sibelius

Edit Topix 07 May 2017

Asked in an interview to describe his nation's music, Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara said, "I always see before my eyes a typical Finnish farmer sitting outside after taking a sauna, looking at the lake and meditating about the deep things of life." Rautavaara's words came to mind during Pekka Kuusisto's performance with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Friday night at the Ordway Concert Hall in St. Paul ... ....

Celebrations of Finland and the Harlem Renaissance on tap for 49th VocalEssence season

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Kansas City Symphony shines in a world premiere

Edit Kansas City Star 25 Mar 2017

The Kansas City Symphony and violinist Anne Akiko Meyers gave a loving, posthumous world premiere performance of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s final composition, “Fantasia.” The ensemble, conducted by music director Michael Stern, … Click to Continue » ... ....

Einojuhani Rautavaara's FANTASIA Receive's Posthumous Premiere

Edit Topix 24 Feb 2017

Last year, the classical music world mourned the loss of the great Finnish composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, who passed away on July 27, 2016, in Helsinki at age 87. His rich legacy is further extended with the world premiere of one of his last works, the Fantasia for solo violin and orchestra, to be performed by Anne Akiko Meyers and the Kansas City Symphony, led by Michael Stern ... ....

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Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 17 Feb 2017

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Voices uplifted: Cappella Romana shines a light on Finnish ‘All-Night Vigil’

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As one of the highlights of its 25th anniversary season celebrations, the Portland-based Cappella Romana offers a rare performance — Jan. 27 in Seattle — of visionary Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s “All-Night Vigil .” ... ....

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Sibelius: In the Stream of Life; Pohjola’s Daughter etc review – Finley brings power and finesse

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As well as being one of the 20th century’s supreme orchestral composers, Sibelius produced around 100 songs. Yet he wrote very little original music for voice and orchestra ... There are arrangements by others, too, but the centrepiece is The Stream of Life, a sequence of seven songs that Einojuhani Rautavaara arranged especially for Finley, who gave the first performance in Bergen in 2014 ... They complement the songs perfectly. ....

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By James Bash. Portland's classical music scene offers a lot of eclectic programs in 2017. Here are 10 hot items this winter. Natasha Paremski, Portland Piano International. One of the brightest young pianists, Natasha Paremski, will perform two challenging programs at Lincoln Hall ... Jan ... Jan ... Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara wrote in a wide variety of styles and genres, and his "All-Night Vigil" is in the Romantic vein ... Jan ... ....

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The year 2016 is a significant literary year for Spain.  ... The Spanish language is not an excuse ... (Read also. A day in the legendary Shakespeare and Company bookstore) ... Green, I want you green/Green wind ... Composers who have set his works to music include the Russian Dmitri Shostakovich, the Finnish Einojuhani Rautavaara, the Mexican Silvestre Revueltas and the American George Crumb (in more than five works) ... *** ... The Jakarta Post....

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Edit Topix 30 Sep 2016

EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA, born in 1928, died in July at eighty-seven. Regarded by some as the most important Finnish composer since Sibelius, he began his long career with forays into neoclassicism and serialism, but even his twelve-tone works were more euphonious than discordant ... ....

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Tapio Rautavaara

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'Tapio Rautavaara' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Kulkuri ja joutsen (1999)

X-paroni (1964)

Suuri sävelparaati (1959)

Rautavaara, Tapio Filmography

Tapio Rautavaara

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Born: 1915-03-08

Died: 1979-09-25

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