The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the 1880s in Finnish music.
Events
- unknown date, 1882
- Martin Wegelius establishes the Helsingfors Musikinstitut, the forerunner of the Sibelius Academy.
- Finnish composer Robert Kajanus founds the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Scandinavia's first permanent professional orchestra.
New works
- 1885: Aino, symphonic poem by Robert Kajanus
- 1886: Piano Trio in A minor by Jean Sibelius
- 1887: Piano Trio in D major by Sibelius
- 1888: Piano Trio in C major by Sibelius
- 1889: String Quartet in A minor by Sibelius
- 1889-1890: String Quartet in B-flat major by Sibelius
Births
- 7 July 1883: Toivo Kuula, composer and conductor
- 20 November 1883: Anna Hagelstam, mezzosoprano singer and songwriter
- 5 February 1884: Alma Kuula, operatic soprano and pianist
- 22 April 1884: Armas Launis, composer and ethnomusicologist
- 2 June 1884: Hanna Granfelt, operatic soprano
- 21 June 1885: Heino Kaski, composer, teacher and pianist
- 1887: Helge Lindberg, opera singer
- 17 February 1887: Leevi Madetoja, composer, music critic, conductor, and teacher
- 4 June 1887: Irma Tervani, contralto opera singer
- 31 August 1887: Kosti Vehanen, pianist and composer
- 14 October 1887: Ernest Pingoud, composer
- 20 November 1889: Karl Rautio, composer
Deaths
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References
- "1880s in Finnish music". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland.
- Korhonen, Kimmo (2007) . Inventing Finnish Music: Contemporary Composers from Medieval to Modern. Translated by Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko (2nd ed.). Jyväskylä, Finland: Finnish Music Information Center (FIMIC) & Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-9-525-07661-5.