Jukka Kajava
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Jukka Kajava was one of the most well known Finnish
theatre
and television
critics. He worked for Helsingin Sanomat
from the year 1967, joining the papers permanent staff in 1978. In addition to reviewing and criticizing, Kajava also directed theater and musical theater. The first production he directed was the operetto Iloinen Leski (Merry Widow) collaborating with Antti Einari Halonen, for the Åbo Svenska Teater
in 1972 Kajava was also known as the spokesperson for quality culture for children and received a State Award for Children's Culture in the year 1985. The State Award for Critics, he received in 1992. Kajava was a critic held in esteem by many, whose reviews could notoriously consign a mediocre performance to total oblivion, but often highlighted new and notable performances and performers from the Finnish general theatrical scene.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
critics. He worked for Helsingin Sanomat
Helsingin Sanomat
Helsingin Sanomat is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. In 2008, its daily circulation was 412,421 on weekdays and 468,505 on Sundays...
from the year 1967, joining the papers permanent staff in 1978. In addition to reviewing and criticizing, Kajava also directed theater and musical theater. The first production he directed was the operetto Iloinen Leski (Merry Widow) collaborating with Antti Einari Halonen, for the Åbo Svenska Teater
Åbo Svenska Teater
Åbo Svenska Teater is a Finland-Swedish theatre in the city of Turku in Finland and the oldest theatre in the country, founded in 1839. The building itself is also the oldest still functioning theatre house in Finland...
in 1972 Kajava was also known as the spokesperson for quality culture for children and received a State Award for Children's Culture in the year 1985. The State Award for Critics, he received in 1992. Kajava was a critic held in esteem by many, whose reviews could notoriously consign a mediocre performance to total oblivion, but often highlighted new and notable performances and performers from the Finnish general theatrical scene.