Career
Koskinen was the founding member and lead figure of the retired band Ultra Bra. He composed nearly all of Ultra Bra"s songs and was the band"s pianist. His most well-known solo songs are Rakkaus viiltää ("Love Cuts") and Sateentekijä ("Rainmaker").
Koskinen has worked as a talent scout for BMG and composed music for the Finnish films Upswing and Young Gods.
He also composed songs for Vuokko Hovatta"s solo album Lempieläimiä, one of which was a Eurovision Song Contest candidate called Virginia. Furthermore, Koskinen wrote the song Uuden ajan kynnyksellä ("At the Threshold of a New Time") in memory of the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya.
In 2012, Koskinen formed, a supergroup made up of Kerkko Koskinen on piano with a number of well-known vocalists, namely Manna (real name Mariam Jäntti), Vuokko Hovatta, Maija Vilkkumaa and Paula Vesala. The group released a debut successful album that topped the Finnish Chart.
Vesala soon left afterwards.
The follow up album by the groupis titled 2 and was released in 2014.