Jouko Sakari [Jouko] Linjama (04/02/1934 - 12/01/2022), born in Kirvu, Finland (now Russia). His education: Sibelius Academy, church music department final examination 1960; University of Helsinki, BA 1962 (musicology and literature); Sibelius Academy: composition studies 1957-1962 (Aarre Merikanto, Joonas Kokkonen); Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Cologne 1962-1964 (Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Gottfried Michael Koenig); Kölner Schule für Neue Musik, Cologne, autumn 1963 (Karl-Heinz Stockhausen, Henri Pousseur); Darmstadt, summer 1963.
Appointments: music critic of the journal Kansan Uutiset 1957-1960; organist of the St. Henry catholic parish in Helsinki 1958-1960; cantor-organist of the Nummi and Pusula parishes 1960-1962; teacher of theoretical subjects at the Sibelius Academy 1964-1969; cantor-organist of the Tuusula parish 1964-1997.