IIRO is best known as the founder and pianist of Trio Töykeät, Finland's internationally widely known jazz ensemble, which has given over 2,500 performances in nearly 60 countries, recording for Blue Note, and visiting Australia on six occasions. Now with fast new rhythms, startingly original music and distinctive musical voices, the IIRO RANTALA NEW TRIO is jazz at its exhilarating and adventurous best: definitely entertaining, witty, technically brilliant, beautiful and occasionally wicked.
IIRO is a piano sensation, who confidently and zanily crosses all musical boundaries, performing in small and large ensembles, solo and with symphony orchestras. In early in 2006 he released his very own piano concerto with the Tapiola Sinfonietta, and his extensive discography includes eight discs of Trio Töykeät (G'Day, Jazzlantis, Sisu, Kudos, Music!, High Standards, Wake and One Night in Tampere Live).
visit: www.iirorantala.com
TOUR DATES January 2008
Frid 18 January:
Sydney Festival - City Recital Hall Angel Place - 7.00 pm - book: 02 8256 2222 - Festival Ticketek: 1300 888 412 - www.sydneyfestival.org.au Sat 19 January:
Sydney Festival - Riverside Theatre Parramatta - 8.00 pm - book: 02 8839 3399 - Festival Ticketek: 1300 888 412 - www.sydneyfestival.org.au Sun 20 January:
Melbourne - Bennetts Lane (Melbourne Jazz Co-op) - 9.30 pm - info: 9663 2856 - www.bennettslane.com Mon 21 January:
Perth Jazz Society - Charles Hotel, North Perth - 8.00 pm - contact/info: www.perthjazzsociety.com