Teppo Hauta-aho
Teppo Hauta-Aho | |
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Born | Janakkala, Finland | May 27, 1941
Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
Genres | Classical, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instruments | Double bass |
Teppo Hauta-Aho (born May 27, 1941) is a Finnish double bassist and composer.
Early life and studies[]
Hauta-Aho was born in Janakkala, near Hämeenlinna, on May 27, 1941.[1] He studied the double bass at the Sibelius Academy from 1963 to 1970[2] and with František Pošta in Prague.[1]
Later life and career[]
From 1965 to 1972, he played with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.[1] From 1975, he was with the Finnish National Opera Orchestra. In 1999 he performed with Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, Irish-Swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan and Finish drummer at Kerava Festival.[2] One of his best known works, Fantasia, for trumpet and orchestra, won the 1986 Queen Maria Jose competition in Geneva.[2][3] Another, Kadenza, has been the set piece for international music competitions and has been played at music festivals.[3]
He is a self-taught as a composer, and his compositions include a double bass concerto, chamber music and works for the double bass.[1]
Discography[]
With Juhani Aaltonen
- Etiquette (Love, 1974)
With Anthony Braxton
- 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 (Leo, 1988 [1996])
With Evan Parker
- The Needles (Leo, 2000–01)
With Edward Vesala
- Nan Madol (JAPO, 1974)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Korhonen, Kimmo (2001), Hauta-Aho, Teppo, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45888
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 119–120. ISBN 9780313277283. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b White, John; Christensen, Jean; Kornhonen, Kimmo (2002). New Music of the Nordic Countries. Pendragon Press. p. 194. ISBN 9781576470190. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
External links[]
- "Teppo Hauta-aho". The Finnish Jazz Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Helsinki
- Classical double-bassists
- Finnish composers
- Finnish male composers
- Finnish double bassists
- Male double-bassists
- Finnish jazz composers
- 21st-century double-bassists
- Male jazz composers
- 21st-century male musicians
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