Toivo Ilmari Hannikainen (Oct. 19, 1892 - July 25, 1955) was a Finnish composer, born in to a musical family. His father Pekka Junani Hannikainen was a composer, as was his  brother Väinö Hannikainen. His brother Tauno Hannikainen was a conductor. Ilmari studied music at the University of Helsinki, and went on to study in Vienna, St. Petersburg, and Paris. He taught piano at the Helsinki Conservatory, and was later a professor at the Sibelius Academy. 

Many Finnish composers around this time were late Romanticists, but Hannikainen's music was more along the lines of Impressionism. He wrote opera, lieder, film scores, but is most known for his piano miniatures. Ensi Lumi, (First Snow) is a movement from Keskustelu, for solo piano. Marked slow and mysterious, this piece is stark, musically describing the first snow of a Finnish winter with perfect fifths in the left hand and slow chords in both hands, and some sparkling lines in the upper right hand register. It's mysterious and intriguing!

We can't find any recordings of this work, sadly -- we hope that changes in the near future!