Iiro Rantala

IIRO RANTALA NEW TRIO

Virtuoso Finnish pianist/composer Iiro Rantala returns to Australia for the 8th time in January'08 and now with his IIRO RANTALA NEW TRIO to the Sydney Festival - with rising guitar star MARZI NYMAN and extaordinary beatboxer FELIX ZENGER. IIRO is best known as the founder and pianist of Trio Töykeät, Finland's internationally best known jazz ensemble, which has given over 2,500 performances in nearly 60 countries, recorded for Blue Note, and visiting Australia on six occasions. Now with fast new rhythms, startingly original music and distinctive musical voices, the IIRO RANTALA NEW TRIO is jazz at its exhilarating and adventurous best: definitely entertaining, zany, witty, beautiful, technically brilliant, unconventional, occasionally wicked, but always uncompromising. Iiro Rantala is a piano sensation, who confidently and zanily crosses all musical boundaries, and has performed in small and large ensembles, solo and with symphony orchestras, and early in 2006 released his very own piano concerto with the Tapiola Sinfonietta. His extensive discography includes the eight discs of Trio Töykeät (G'Day, Jazzlantis, Sisu, Kudos, Music!, High Standards, Wake and One Night in Tampere Live).

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Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival

Melbourne

Iiro Rantala

 - Piano virtuosity from Finland -

Virtuoso 36 year old Finnish pianist/composer Iiro Rantala returns to Australia for the seventh time with performances of both classical (Bach) and a jazz trio concerts at the Perth Festival and in Melbourne. Iiro is best known as the founder and pianist of Trio Töykeät, Finland's internationally most famous jazz ensemble which has given over 2,500 performances in 50 different countries, recorded for Blue Note, and visited Australia on six occasions.

Rantala is a piano sensation, who confidently and zanily crosses all musical genres, while exploring the boundaries between these genres. He has appeared with symphony orchestras, and early in 2006 he released his very own piano concerto with the Tapiola Sinfonietta. His extensive discography includes the seven discs of Trio Töykeät (G'Day, Jazzlantis, Sisu, Kudos, High Standards, Music! and Wake).

In Melbourne Rantala will collaborate with Melbourne bassist Ben Robertson and drummer Dave Beck. Perth performances presented by the Perth International Arts Festival. Melbourne performance presented in association with Martin Jackson and the Melbourne Jazz Co-op.

Melbourne

Perth

Perth