Toivo Kuula studied at the Helsinki Music Institute, an institution founded and directed by Martin Wegelius from 1882 until his death in 1906. Wegelius was known as a major Finnish music pedagogue who trained many leading Finnish composers, and Kuula is explicitly listed among his students. This establishes a direct teacher–student relationship between the two.
Although the article does not provide detailed accounts of their personal interactions, the fact that Kuula received his early formal musical education at an institution shaped by Wegelius indicates that his studies were influenced by Wegelius’s pedagogical principles and curriculum. As director, Wegelius played a significant role in forming the musical foundation of Kuula and his contemporaries.
