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Iiro Rantala (born 1970) is a Finnish jazz pianist. He studied piano in the jazz department of Sibelius Academy and classical piano at the Manhattan School of Music. He is one of the best known Finnish jazz pianists, both in Finland and abroad.^[1] Rantala is a pianist and composer with Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz trio. In addition to jazz, he has composed some classical pieces, most notably the Concerto for Piano and Concerto in G♯ΔA♭.

Iiro Rantala
Iiro Rantala in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Iiro Emil Rantala
Born	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Jazz, classical
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Piano
Labels	ACT

Website	Official website

Iiro Rantala and Asja Valcic

In 2008, he released the album Elmo with his new formation, the Iiro Rantala New Trio. The members of the trio are Rantala (piano), Marzi Nyman (guitar) and Felix Zenger (beatbox).

In 2017, Rantala was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize.^[1]

Discography

Trio Töykeät

Päivää (Sonet, 1990)
- International version: G'day (Emarcy, 1993)
Jazzlantis (Emarcy, 1995)
Sisu (PolyGram Emarcy, 1998)
Kudos (Universal Music Group, 2000)
High Standards (EMI Blue Note, 2003)
Wake (EMI Blue Note, 2005)
One Night in Tampere (EMI Blue Note, 2007)

Big Bad Family

Big Bad Family (Kompass, 1988)
Big Bad Family (re-release) (Final Mix Records, 1996)

Tango Kings

Tango Kings (Big World, 1995)

Sinfonia Lahti, Trio Töykeät, Jaakko ja Pekka Kuusisto

Music! (BIS Records, 2002)

SaloRantala Soi

SaloRantala Soi! (Johanna Kustannus, 2003)
Talvijalka (Sateen ääni, 2009)

Rantala & Tapiola Sinfonietta

Concerto for Piano and Concerto in G♯ΔA♭ (Ondine, 2006)

Iiro Rantala New Trio

Elmo (Rockadillo Records, 2008)

Pekka Kuusisto & Iiro Rantala

Subterráneo, (Liverace, 2009)

Iiro Rantala solo piano

Lost Heroes, (ACT, 2011)
My History of Jazz, (ACT, 2012)

Iiro Rantala String Trio

Anyone with a Heart, (ACT, 2014)

Iiro Rantala

My Working Class Hero, (ACT, 2015)
How Long Is Now?, (ACT, 2016)
Good Stuff, (ACT, 2017)
My Finnish Calendar, (ACT, 2019)
Potsdam, (ACT, 2022) (live)

References

^ ^a ^b "Iiro Rantala is one of the 13 artists nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2017". Nordic Cooperation.

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