Biography
Antti Utriainen
“Play always as if in the presence of a master.”
― Robert Schumann
Antti Utriainen is a versatile musician, specialised in piano, keybords and organ. He excels in combining mainstream and modern jazz influences to progressive and fusion elements. He collaborates in several roles in different projects as a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and band leader. As a pianist he has played in several jazz and rock groups, both in live concerts as well as in studio sessions and theatre productions. He has been touring with the Finnish guitar legend Jukka Tolonen. Utriainen has made compositions and arrangements both for his own band and to theatre plays, cinema and recordings. His own debut album ”Antti Utriainen Trio” with Timo Tuppurainen on double bass and Tomi Saikkonen on drums was released in 2010 by Nuoli Record Company. His second album "Antti Uriainen Expansion" was released in 2014 by Eclipse Music.