Riku Niemi

Riku Niemi

mar, vib, p, *1967 FI, Turku
Musician / Composer / Arranger / Producer / Conductor of Pop, Rock and Jazz
A.k.a. Riku-Jussi Niemi

Riku Niemi (born November 24, 1967 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish percussionist, arranger, producer, composer and conductor. Niemi has studied percussion in Turun Konservatorio and Sibelius Academy. He has participated in Avanti! since 1989. He also leads "Riku Niemi Orchestra". He has recorded with numerous artists, and with very different kind of artists.

Instruments

Marimba
Vibraphone
Piano
Percussion
Keyboards

Genres

Pop
Rock
Jazz
Latin

Plays With

Riku Niemi & Open Strings

Riku Niemi Orchestra

Riku Niemi Strings

Players Unlimited

Nat Newborn

Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble

Virtuoso

Popular Tracks

Myrskyluodon Maija (Stormcar's Maya) on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila & Riku Niemi

Laulu suuresta meresta (Song of the Open Sea) [arr. Y. Hjelt] on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila, Riku Niemi & Jyvaskyla Sinfonia

Aamu-usva (Morning Haze) on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila & Riku Niemi

Iltalaulu (Evening Hymn) on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila & Riku Niemi

Vie meren tuoksuun (Take Me To the Shore) on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila & Riku Niemi

Jurmo (Arr. M. Westerlund) on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila, Riku Niemi & Jyvaskyla Sinfonia

Valssi myotaiseen (Waltzing Off the Wind) [arr. P. Lasanen] on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila, Riku Niemi & Jyvaskyla Sinfonia

Prastkragen (The Daisy's Prediction) on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila & Riku Niemi

Ihminen ihmeiselle: Ihminen ihmiselle (What Have We Done to Each Other) [arr. J. Mattsson] on Vocal Recital: Mattila, Karita - Martenson, L. by Lasse Mårtenson, Karita Mattila, Riku Niemi & Jyvaskyla Sinfonia

Laulu Dnjeprille (Song of Dnieper) on Vocal Recital: Salminen, Matti by Riku Niemi, Veijo Laine & Matti Salminen

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony In Deep C	Waltari / Avanti! Conducted By Riku Niemi / Tomi Koivusaari / Eeva-Kaarina Vilke	1996	Album
Move	Waltari / Avanti! Conducted By Riku Niemi	1996	Single
Marimba & Vibes	Riku Niemi & Severi Pyysalo	1986	Album

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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