Kerkko Klemetti Koskinen (born 7 January 1973 in Espoo

Espoo

Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

) is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

. Koskinen was the founding member and lead figure of the retired band Ultra Bra

Ultra Bra

Ultra Bra was a Finnish band, formed in 1994 by Olli Virtaperko and Kerkko Koskinen, and disbanded in 2001. Throughout the 1990s, the band was very popular in Finland, but never spread to other countries.-Band history:...

. He composed nearly all of Ultra Bra's songs and was the band's pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

. His most well-known solo songs are Rakkaus viiltää ("Love Cuts") and Sateentekijä ("Rainmaker").

Koskinen has worked as a talent scout for BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

 and composed music for the Finnish films Upswing

Nousukausi

Nousukausi, a.k.a. Upswing, is a 2003 Finland black comedy film. It is directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa.-Story overview:A rich, young couple desires an unusual, cutting-edge vacation and seek the help of a travel agent from Invisible Hand Tours...

 and Young Gods

Young Gods (film)

Young Gods , is a 2003 film from Finland. The film centers around a group of Finnish teenagers who begin to make videos of themselves and others having sex...

. He also composed songs for Vuokko Hovatta's solo album Lempieläimiä, one of which was a Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 candidate called Virginia. Furthermore, Koskinen wrote the song Uuden ajan kynnyksellä ("At the Threshold of a New Time") in memory of the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist, author, and human rights activist known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin...

.

Koskinen was married to Anni Sinnemäki

Anni Sinnemäki

Anni Milja Maaria Sinnemäki is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. She was first elected to the parliament in 1999 and acted as the Minister for Labour from 2009 to 2011...

 from 1996 to 2001. From 2004 to 2008, he was married to actress and singer Pihla Viitala.

Singles

• Mayday (2002)
• Sateentekijä (2002)
• Rakkaus viiltää/Neiti Nokkonen (2002)
• Tätä miestä ei ruoste raiskaa/Kukurukukukuu (2005)

External links

• Official homepage www.kerkkokoskinen.com
• Article in Voima on the song Uuden ajan kynnyksellä
• Article from City