ArtistInfo

Avanti!

Band,
Classical
A.k.a. Avanti! String Quartet

Avanti! is a Finnish chamber orchestra, founded in 1983 by conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen, Olli Pohjola and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The size of the orchestra varies between a string quartet and a symphony orchestra depending on the situation. Avanti! Orchestra plays music of all periods, but specializes in contemporary compositions. The orchestra's debut record was produced by Robert von Bahr and received YLE's Gramophone Prize (1985). Apart from classical music, Avanti! had performed in different genres, including a death metal symphony, performed in collaboration with the Finnish band Waltari and conductor Riku Niemi. The Artistic Director of Avanti! since November 1998 has been the Finnish clarinetist Kari Kriikku.

Members

	Tero Toivonen cor, alp, frh *1974 FI
	Pasi Pirinen tr *1969 FI
	Lea Pekkala vc FI
	Anna-Leena Haikola vn FI
	Anna Hohti-Jaatinen vn FI
	Tuula Riisalo vl FI
	Kari Kriikku cl *1960 FI
	Tuija Rantamäki vc
	Torsten Tiebout vl FI
	Petri Keskitalo tu *1972 FI
	Ulla-Maija Hallantie vn FI
	Jouko Laivuori org, p *1959 FI
	Heljä Räty fl
	Hanna Juutilainen fl FI
	Heikki Nikula bcl *1961 FI
	Timo Ahtinen cb, b FI
	Reija Bister hrp *1952 FI
	Jussi Jaatinen eh
	Salla Tyrväinen vn
	Jukka Rautasalo vc *1966 FI
	Valtteri Malmivirta tb
	Erkki Suomalainen b
	Jussi Särkkä bsn *1961 FI
	Kaarina Lampinen vl
	Tero Airas vc
	Ville Syrjäläinen perc
	Antti Suoranta perc
	Päivi Severeide hrp