From a letter received from bassoonist Antero Ojanto of Finland the following is a list of current oboe and bassoon sections in Finnish Orchestras:
Oboes
- Aale Lindgren
- Sven-Erik Paananen
- Altti Nissilä
- Esa Tuoreniemi
Bassoons
- Tapio Lehtonene
- Matti Tossavainen
- Veikko Virasjoki
- Esko Sappinen
Oboes
- Jouko Teikari
- Juha Metsäpelto
- Viljo Ala-Pietilä
- Leo Lötjönen
Bassoon
- Emanuel Elola
- Juhani Tapaninen
- Pekka Katajamäki
- Olavi Ojanperä
Oboes
- Tappani Salonen
- Aulis Mäkelä
- Ilmari Varila
- Aino Porra
Bassoons
- Reijo Cawén
- Heikki Simola
- Juhani rouvali
- Jouko Aaltonen
It would be an honor to have any or all of these double reed artists as affiliate members of the IDRS, and because we know relatively very little about orchestral life in your country, may we have letters to the editor about your top schools, teachers, instruments used, bocals, reeds, orchestral pitch, and favored Finnish composers? (after Sibelius, naturally). Thanks!