Pehr Henrik Nordgren

Pehr Henrik Nordgren (19 January 1944 – 25 August 2008) was a Finnish composer.

At the Tokyo University of the Arts, 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.

In 1973, he married Shinobu Suzuki in Tokyo, and returned to Finland where he established himself in Kaustinen, a small place in Ostrobothnia, as a freelance composer.

On the other hand, he intensively began co-operation with the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and its leader Juha Kangas, which led to an abundance of orchestral works.

Portraits of Country Fiddlers, one of his most often performed orchestral works), string quartets or sonatas.