Maria (Maj) Lind, née Kopjeff (1876–1942)[1] [2] was a philanthropist, who studied piano in Kuopio and Saint Petersburg. She married a Helsinki businessman, Arvid Lind,and inherited a considerable fortune when he died. She left a bequest "for the development of pianists" to the Sibelius Academy.This money was used to fund the International Maj Lind Piano Competition, which has been held every five years since 2002.[3]