Jouni Ilari Kaipainen (24 November 1956 – 23 November 2015) was a Finnish composer.
Kaipainen was born in Helsinki to the physician and politician Osmo Kaipainen, and his wife, the author Anu née Mustonen.
[1] He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Aulis Sallinen and Paavo Heininen.
He died on 23 November 2015, the eve of his 59th birthday.