Interview with Einojuhani Rautavaara

English subtitles in the captions. Interview with composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) in February 2015. The personal history that Rautavaara refers to is the destructive relationship with his first wife, including physical violence. He married mezzosoprano Heidi Suovanen (later Mariaheidi Rautavaara) in 1959, and stayed married until 1982. Rautavaara married Sinikka ("Sini") Koivisto in 1984. Journalist Samuli Tiikkaja published a biography on Rautavaara titled "Tulisaarna" in 2014. Rautavaara suffered a near-fatal aortic dissection in 2004.