Heikki Aaltoila, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heikki Aaltoila

Finnish composer and conductor

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1905

Place of Birth: Hausjärvi, Tavastia Proper, Finland

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1992

Profession: composer, conductor, film score composer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Heikki Aaltoila, (11 December 1905, Hausjärvi – 11 January 1992, Helsinki) was a Finnish film composer who served 40 years as the conductor of Finnish National Theatre's orchestra.
Aaltoila's best known composition is a romantic waltz called Akselin ja Elinan häävalssi (Akseli's and Elina's wedding waltz) which originally belonged to the score of the film Here, Beneath the North Star (1968).
He won the Jussi Award for best film score twice. His other film compositions included music for Veteraanin voitto, Kvinnan bakom allt, and Prinsessa Ruusunen.