Toivo Kärki

Finnish composer, musician, pianist, producer and arranger, born December 3, 1915 in Pirkkala, Finland; died April 30, 1992 in Helsinki, Finland. He worked very often with lyricist Reino Helismaa. About 1400 of his compositions has been recorded, many of them several times in different versions. He also composed music for films, plays and radio. Like many other Finnish composers and lyricists, he also had a bunch of pseudonyms: Kari Aava, Antonio Brave, C. Kaparov, Vesa Lehti, Matti Metsä, Martti Ounamo, Pedro De Punta, Sulo Sointu, Karl Stein, W. Stone, Markku Tienoja, Esko Tuulimäki, Vasara and Orvokki Itä. Some of the pseudonyms have been used by both Kärki and Helismaa, but in different occasions.