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Iiro Rantala
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Iiro Rantala is a virtuoso jazz pianist known for his technical skills and his humorous, genre-bending approach. He gained international acclaim as the founder of Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz group celebrated for its innovative and unconventional blend of jazz and classical music. In addition to jazz, he is also active in classical music and has worked as a composer for orchestra and theatre. IIro Rantala is regarded as one of Europe's best-known jazz pianists and impresses with his unpredictable and energetic playing style.
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XV
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Prelude La Traviata; Caruso; All’inizio; Musetta Waltz; June; Va, Pensiero; Te voglio bene assaje.
Stefano Bollani, Iiro Rantala: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XV
by Angelo Leonardi
L'irresistibile verve strumentale e umana di Stefano Bollani è ben nota al pubblico italiano, che ne apprezza le doti di showman e virtuoso, oltre che di grande artista. In questo concerto pianistico in duo col finlandese Iiro Rantala è il pubblico berlinese a condividere un'esperienza musicale ricca di brio e colpi di scena, dove il virtuosismo ...
Tough Stuff
By Iiro Rantala
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tough Stuff; Tae Kwon Don't; Second Date Waltz; Will You Be My Bop?; Stockholm Syndrome; Cabaret Perdu; Tee Four Three; Das Handtuch; Country and Eastern; A Lotta Love; Liberty City.
Neil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024
by Neil Duggan
When writing a review, an album receives intense, repeated listening. Once the review is completed, attention swiftly shifts to the next musical work. During breaks from critical listening, these albums remained favorites, enjoyed simply for the pure pleasure they brought. Albums by Oded Tzur (reviewed here) and Lynne Arriale (reviewed here) could also be added to ...
Iiro Rantala HEL trio: Tough Stuff
by Neil Duggan
There has always been a hint of playfulness evident in the work of Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. That was clear in his much-admired recordings with Trio Töykeät. That trio called it a day in 2006 after multiple worldwide tours and 20 years together. Since then, the multi-talented Rantala has been involved in a range of activities, ...
Iiro Rantala: Goldberg Variation III
by Scott Lichtman
Finnish pianist and composer Iiro Rantala (pronounced “Ee'-ro Rahn'-tah-lah") is a grand master of jazz, classical music, and film scores; he even serves as a UN goodwill ambassador. Give him a Django Reinhardt-like gipsy swing piece, or an Art Tatum stride, or a Keith Jarrett solo improv, and he'll respond with even greater flow, tighter precision, ...
Veneziana
By Iiro Rantala
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Gondol Ride to St. Mark's Square (Live); Romeo and Steve (Live); Monteverdi and His Ideas (Live); Vivaldi's Adhd (Live); Sibelius in Venice (Live); Mozart Loses His Mojo (Live); Casanova and Lorenzo (Live); Morte a Venezia (Live).
Emma Rawicz, Gerald Clayton, Iiro Rantala, Stefanie Kunckler & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Welcome to the second half of our weekly perusal of new and upcoming albums. In this segment, a special focus on pianists and emerging European artists. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Emma Rawicz “Voodoo" Voodoo--Single (Bridge the Gap) 0:16 Host talks 5:46 Mário ...
Returned to Forever: The Chick Corea's Songbook, Part 1
by Ludovico Granvassu
We celebrate the legacy of the late Chick Corea with his countless recordings as a leader or sideman, a body of compositions that have already expanded the jazz canon and will continue to do so in the coming years. In this first part of the programme we'll focus in particular on his “Spanish Heart" and his ...
