Saku Mantere

Saku Mantere is a composer, vocalist and a guitar player who works in the intersection of jazz and concert music.

Saku lives in Montréal, Canada and also spends a lot of time in Helsinki, Finland, working with musicians in both cities. Before moving to Montréal, he played guitar in progressive rock and folk music groups and wrote music in these genres.

After a hiatus of ten years while he was focusing on his family and career as an academic, Saku returned to music as a composer and vocalist. First album Upon First Impression will be published in November 2022, and his first string quartet Liminal was premiered in 2022.

Alongside music, Saku is a professor at McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awards

Semifinalist, International Songwriting Competition, 2022. 

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