PHOTO BY Álvaro Pardo, BlackLight
I started to play keyboards at the age of five - first by ear and five years later continued to goal oriented classical piano studies. I accomplished classical piano degrees and music theory studies, performed regularly in solo piano concerts and eventually entered conservatory and music high school. There I played keyboards in different kinds of bands (from funk & soul through jazz rock to heavy metal), studied singing and performed in big choir productions with orchestra (e.g. Requiems by Mozart and Brahms) as choir singer. Music high shool offered also studies of free accompaniment and music knowledge and in total I have completed 8 music degrees. After graduation I was full-time musician for four years and later part-time musician, playing mostly Finnish schlager music and top40 covers.