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Heikki Sarmanto
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Finnish jazz pianist and composer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1939
avant-garde jazzcontemporary jazzjazzjazz fusion
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,902
- Total plays
- 14,872
Tags
jazzpianofinnishFusionfusion jazz
Composer and pianist Heikki Sarmanto (b. 1939), started playing jazz already in the 1960's. He studied at the Sibelius Academy and Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1970 he was chosen Jazz Musician of the Year in Finland and the following year he won top prizes at the Montreux Jazz Festival in both piano and combo categories. Sarmanto has more than 30 released recordings, numerous published scores, and songbooks, as well as several film scores to his credit. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Heikki
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Heikki-Sarmanto-1972.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1939-06-22
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
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