Henrik Otto Donner

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Henrik Otto Donner

| image = HenrikOttoDonner.jpg

| caption = Henrik Otto Donner in the 1960s

| birth_name = Henrik Otto Donner

| alias = Otto Donner

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|11|16}}

| birth_place = Tampere, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|06|26|1939|11|16}}

| death_place = Jakobstad, Finland

| instrument = trumpet

| genre = pop, rock, jazz, electronic music, contemporary classical music

| occupation = Composer, arranger, musician

| label =

| associated_acts = Otto Donner Treatment, UMO Jazz Orchestra, Akademiska Sångföreningen

| website =

}}

Henrik Otto Donner (16 November 1939 – 26 June 2013)Hufvudstadsbladet, 12 July 2013, p. 21. was a Finnish composer, musician and all-round music personality. His musical styles varied from pop and rock music to jazz, electronic music and contemporary classical music. Donner's personal instrument was trumpet. He was a member of the famous Finland Swedish Donner family.{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/artikkelit/henrik_otto_donner_-_avantgardea_ja_iskelmia_43652.html#media=43655 |title= Henrik Otto Donner – avantgardea ja iskelmiä |publisher= YLE |date=16 November 2009 | language = Finnish |accessdate=27 June 2013}}

Donner was one of the pioneers of Finnish avant-garde and experimental music as well as an important figure in Finnish left-wing "song movement" of the 1960s and 1970s. He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and later in Vienna as a student of György Ligeti. In 1966 Donner was one of the founders of record label Love Records which was a pioneering label in Finnish rock music. Donner collaborated with many Finnish musicians and artists such as Erkki Kurenniemi, Juhani Aaltonen, A. W. Yrjänä, Hasse Walli and Dave Lindholm. He was a film score composer for more than 50 movies and TV-series.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232799/ Internet Movie Database] Retrieved 27 June 2013.

He conducted Finland’s entry in Eurovision 1981 in Dublin.

Henrik Otto Donner was found dead at the marina of Jakobstad early on 27 June 2013. The cause of death went unreported.{{cite web|url=http://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2013/06/28/henrik-otto-donner-dod |title= Henrik Otto Donner död |publisher= YLE Nyheter |date=27 June 2013 | language = Swedish |accessdate=27 June 2013}}