Pehr Henrik Nordgren

Pehr Henrik Nordgren (19 January 1944 in Saltvik - 25 August 2008 in Veteli) was a Finnish composer. Pehr Henrik Nordgren received composition lessons starting from 1958 in Helsinki and studied music science at the university from 1962 to 1967, as well as receiving private tuition from Joonas Kokkonen from 1965 to 1969. At the university for art and music in Tokyo he supplemented his composition studies from 1970 to 1973 with Yoshio Hasegawa and became acquainted with traditional Japanese music, which soon became an influence in his works.