Helvi Leiviskä
Helvi Lemmikki Leiviskä (25 May 1902 — 12 August 1982) was a Finnish composer, writer, music educator and librarian at the Sibelius Academy.

Life
Helvi Leiviskä was born in Helsinki, Finland, and in 1927 graduated in composition from the Helsinki Music Institute (Sibelius Academy) where she studied with Erkki Melartin. She continued her studies in Vienna, and then returned to Finland where she studied with Leevi Madetoja. She began work as a composer with a debut in 1935 and also worked as a music teacher. In 1933 she took a position as librarian at the Sibelius Academy.

After World War II, Leiviskä furthered her studies with Leo Funtek and began to write reviews for periodicals including Ilta Sanomat. She died in Helsinki.

Selected works
Piano Concerto, 1935
Triple Fugue for Orchestra, 1938
Symphony No. 1, 1947
Symphony No. 2, 1954
Symphony No. 3, 1971
Sinfonia Brevis, 1962
Folk Dance Suite (Kansantanssisarja), 1934
Hobgoblin of Darkness (Pimeän peikko), 1942
The Lost Continent (Mennyt manner) for choir and orchestra, 1957
Juha (film music), 1937
Violin Sonata, 1945
Piano Quartet, 1926

Discography
 Helvi Leiviskä: Violin Sonata, Piano Quartet, Symphony No. 3. Finlandia Classics FINCLA-1 (2012).