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Iiro Rantala
Since 1970
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Iiro Rantala (born 1970) is a Finnish jazz pianist. He studied piano in the jazz department of Sibelius Academy and classical piano at the Manhattan School of Music. He is one of the best known Finnish jazz pianists, both in Finland and abroad. Rantala is a pianist and composer with Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz trio. In addition to jazz, he has composed some classical pieces, most notably the Concerto for Piano and Concerto in G♯ΔA♭.
In 2008, he released the album Elmo with his new formation, the Iiro Rantala New Trio. The members of the trio are Rantala (piano), Marzi Nyman (guitar) and Felix Zenger (beatbox).
In 2017, Rantala was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize.
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Iiro Rantala (né le 19 janvier 1970 à Helsinki) est un pianiste de jazz finlandais.
Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Discography
Albums
- 2006 Piano Concerto / Astorale / Tangonator / Final Fantasy
- 2009 Subterráneo
- 2011 Lost Heroes
- 2012 My History of Jazz
- 2013 Jouluoratorio
- 2014 Anyone With a Heart
- 2015 It Takes Two to Tango
- 2015 My Working Class Hero
- 2016 How Long Is Now?
- 2017 Meet Me at the Movies
- 2017 Good Stuff
- 2019 My Finnish Calendar
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- 2020 playing gershwin
- 2025 Trinity
Singles
- 2007 Patukkaooppera