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Kari Ikonen Quartet
 Kari Ikonen (b.1973) has a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius-Academy Jazz Department. He has also studied at the Jyväskylä Music Institute and the Rotterdam Conservatory in Holland. In addition to his own ensemble Karikko he plays the piano and/or other keyboards in groups Ahava, Gnomus, Mr Fonebone and Timo Hirvonen’s High Five!, performing frequently in Finland and abroad. He has performed with many internationally known musicians, such as Ingrid Jensen, Stan Sultzman, Ron McClure, Vincent Courtois, Magnus Broo, André Fernandes, Dayna Stephens and Jukkis Uotila. Ikonen has performed in the USA, Russia and 15 European countries. Ikonen’s playing and/or compositions can be heard on more than 20 records.
Ikonen has composed a lot of music for different small groups and larger ensembles, e.g. UMO Jazz Orchestra and The Norwegian Radio Orchestra. In 2000 he won the first prize at the International Julius Hemphill Composition Awards (Jazz Composers Alliance, USA). His debut-cd ”Karikko”, consisting of his compositions for different ensembles, was chosen as the best Finnish jazz-cd of 2001 by the ”Jazz-Emma” prize (Finland’s Grammy) and in 2002 he won the first prize in the ”Scrivere in Jazz” big band composition contest in Italy.
Ikonen works as a part-time teacher at the jazz departments of the Sibelius-Academy and at the Estonian Music Academy in Tallinn.
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