Alexi Tuomarila (born 27 February 1974 in Pori) is a Finnish jazz pianist. Life and WorkChoose source code
Tuomarila received classical piano lessons from the age 6 to 18 years. He first became enthusiastic about rock music before he discovered jazz in the paternal plate collection. In 1993, he began his studies at the Helsinki Conservatory, which he continued with Diederik Wissels and Nathalie Loriers from 1994 to 1999 at the Brussels Conservatory. While studying, he met with Nicolas Kummert, Christophe Devisscher, and Teun Verbruggen the members of his later quartet, with whom he had appeared since 1999, and in the same year won the prize for the best band on the international jazz Hoeilaart competition and the award for best soloist , In 2001, he received the first prize at the Monaco Jazzsolist Competition and shortly afterwards won the Tremplin competition in Avignon with his quartet. With his quartet he has presented three albums so far. In 2005, he formed a trio with Mats Eilertsen and Olavi Louhivuori, with whom he presented the album Constellations; since 2006 he has worked with Tomasz Stańko. In 2009, he also appeared in Quintet Woodoo Allen; He also worked with Joey Baron, Kenny Wheeler, Anders Jormin, Grassmonkeys, Lionel Beuvens and Perico Sambeat. Lexical entry Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext Standard data (person): LCCN: no2010086976 VIAF: 121274157 | Wikipedia People Search | No GND person record. Last review: 30 June 2017.
wiki
wiki