Iiro Rantala
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Biography
Born in Helsinki Finland on January 19, 1970, Iiro Rantala is a jazz and classical pianist who has been involved with numerous acts including Trio Töykeät, Big Bad Family, SaloRantala Soi, and others. He studied at the conservatory in 1983 and specialized in pop and jazz. At the same time, he took private lessons from Seppo Kantonen. He composed music for the group Ikivirheät while performing in the Big Bad Family orchestra, who released their self-titled debut album in 1988. That same year, he began attending the Sibelius Academy and formed the Trio Töykeät. Rantala and the trio toured Europe, won awards in Belgium, and released their debut album Päivää in 1990. Following a stint at Manhattan School of New York in 1990, Rantala studied classical piano for three years and formed the group Tango Kings with accordionist GIl Goldstein. He continued working with Trio Tökeät while also recording with the Tapiola Sinfonietta (2006âs Concerto for Piano and Concerto in Gâ¯ÎAâ), the Iiro Rantala New Trio (2008âs Elmo), and others. He also recorded a string of solo albums including Lost Heroes (2011), My History of Jazz (2012) and the John Lennon-inspired My Working Class Hero (2015). He worked with Pekka Kuusisto, Jukka Perko, Michael Wollny, Leszek Mozdzer and others. More releases included How Long Is Now? (2016) with Lars Danielsson and Peter Erskine, Good Stuff (2017), My Finnish Calendar (2019) and Playing Gershwin (2020).
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- Donna Lee
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- Good Intentions featuring Iiro Rantala
- Prayer
- Happy Hippo
- Canât Get Up
- Belle Ãpoque
- A Little Jazz Tune
- She Said She Was a Painter
- Päivänsäde Ja Menninkäinen by Iiro Rantala
- La Fiesta featuring Leszek Możdżer
- Shining on You featuring Lars Danielsson
- Thinking of Misty
- Elevation of Love featuring Ulf Wakenius
- Waltz for the Lonely Ones featuring Lars Danielsson
- Freedom
- Seven Days of Falling featuring Ulf Wakenius
- Tears for EsbjoÌrn featuring Ulf Wakenius
- Love Is Real featuring Lars Danielsson
- Summertime
- Pekka Pohjola
- Imagine featuring Lars Danielsson
- Candide Overture
- Intermezzo
