Heikki Sarmanto
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Heikki Veli Uolevi Sarmanto (born June 22, 1939 in Helsinki, Finland
) is a Finnish
jazz pianist and composer
.
Sarmanto started playing jazz in the 1960s. He studied first at the Sibelius Academy and later in Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1970 he was chosen Jazz Musician of the Year in Finland and the following year he won top prizes at the Montreux Jazz Festival in both piano and combo categories.
Sarmanto has about 40 released recordings, numerous published scores, and songbooks, as well as several film scores to his credit. He has collaborated with jazz-legends such as Sonny Rollins, Art Farmer, Helen Merrill and George Russell in addition to his work in the classical arena with baritone Jorma Hynninen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Tapiola Children's Choir.
In September 1998 Sarmanto was appointed Artistic Director of the UMO Jazz Orchestra.
Pekka Sarmanto
is Heikki's brother.
Helsinki
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) is a Finnish
Finland
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jazz pianist and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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Sarmanto started playing jazz in the 1960s. He studied first at the Sibelius Academy and later in Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1970 he was chosen Jazz Musician of the Year in Finland and the following year he won top prizes at the Montreux Jazz Festival in both piano and combo categories.
Sarmanto has about 40 released recordings, numerous published scores, and songbooks, as well as several film scores to his credit. He has collaborated with jazz-legends such as Sonny Rollins, Art Farmer, Helen Merrill and George Russell in addition to his work in the classical arena with baritone Jorma Hynninen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Tapiola Children's Choir.
In September 1998 Sarmanto was appointed Artistic Director of the UMO Jazz Orchestra.
Pekka Sarmanto
Pekka Sarmanto
Pekka Sarmanto is a Finnish jazz bassist. Heikki Sarmanto is Pekka's brother.Pekka Sarmanto first studied classical violin at the Sibelius Academy from 1958 to 1964 before he switched to upright bass...
is Heikki's brother.
Discography
- Flowers in the Water (1969)
- Counterbalance (1971)
- Like a Fragonard (1971)
- Everything Is It (1972)
- Onnen aika (Time of Happiness) (1973)
- Open Ear (1975)
- No Comments (1975)
- Our Latin Friends (1976)
- Syksy ja muita lauluja (Autumn and Other Songs) (1976)
- Moment Musical (1978)
- New Hope Jazz Mass (1979)
- Magic Song (1980)
- The Voice/Maija (1981)
- Song for my Brother (1982)
- Kuutamo Metsässä (Moonlight in the Forest) (1983)
- Suomi, Symphonic Jazz Poem for Orchetra (1984)
- Betonimylläri (Concrete Mixer) (1987)
- Man with a Sax (1987)
- Taina: Scene from a Trance (1987)
- Felix the Great (1988)
- Northern Pictures (1989)
- Salakuljetettu ikoni (Smuggled Icon) (1989)
- Pan Fantasy (1990)
- Distant Dreams (1990)
- The Traveler (1991)
- Kalevala Fantasy (1992)
- Evergreen Love Songs (1993)
- Hearts (1995)
- Nocturne (1996)
- Perfect Harmony (1996)
- Carrousel (1997
- Hellyys (1997)
- Meet the Composer (1997)
- Déjà Vu (2000)
- Rise (2001)
- Horizons - A lua luará (2003)
- The Touch Of Your Voice (2004)
- Carola & Heikki Sarmanto Trio (2004)
- The Song Of Extinct Birds (2005)