Biography
-
Born
1980 (age 44)
-
Born In
Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo, Finland
Aki Rissanen, b. 1980, is a Finnish pianist and composer. Although classically trained Rissanen has always had a heart for improvisation and jazz. His group Warp! released its first album in 2005, and 2008 saw his first solo effort La Lumiere Noire. The album was released by a newfound Finnish jazz label Ilma ('Air') which collaborates with the French label AEON.
Rissanen is a member of numerous Finnish jazz ensembles, including the prominent UMO Jazz Orchestra. Among other things he's concocting the debut release of the jazz-fusion group Reactor-5.
Rissanen is extremely renowned both domestically and internationally, with trophys and prizes granted by, for example, the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Feel free to contribute!
All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
