Education
As a youngster Koivistoinen studied classical violin, saxophone and also composition at the Sibelius Academy, and later jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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Eero Koivistoinen
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Koivistoinen has worked as a musician, composer, arranger, conductor, producer and educator. His first line-up featured the drummer Edward Vesala and bassist Pekka Sarmanto. In 1968 he released his first solo album, a "literary record" called Valtakunta which featured songs composed to the texts of such poets as Pentti Saarikoski, Jarkko Laine, Tuomas Anhava and Hannu Mäkelä.
Interpreted by the vocalists Vesa-Matti Loiri, Eero Raittinen and Seija Simola.
Eero Koivistoinen"s later solo albums such as Wahoo enjoy a considerable international reputation. His hip hop-influenced 2006 album X-Ray features such people as the vocalists Charles Salter and Bina Nkwazi, DJ Lyndon Baines Johnson (also known as Jonas Verwijnen) and the rap artist Redrama (also known as Lasse Mellberg).
He has also composed music for radio and theatre.
Achievements
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Eero Koivistoinen was one of the founder members of the UMO Jazz Orchestra where he played from 1975 to 1990 and worked as its artistic director from 1996 to 1998. Koivistoinen has received the Yrjö prize of the Finnish Jazz Association in 1967, his quartet won the band competition at Montreux Jazz Festival in 1969, and Koivistoinen also won in 1981 the prize for the best arrangement with his piece "Ultima Thule" at the Nordring competition of European broadcasting companies, held in Jersey.
Membership
Koivistoinen was also a member of the seminal Finnish rock band Blues Section in the years 1967 and 1968.
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Finland