Teppo Hauta-aho

Template:Short description Template:Infobox musical artist Teppo Hauta-aho (May 27, 1941 – November 27, 2021) was a Finnish double bassist and composer.

Early life and studies

Hauta-aho was born in Janakkala, near Hämeenlinna, on May 27, 1941.<ref name="Grove">Template:Citation</ref> He studied the double bass at the Sibelius Academy from 1963 to 1970<ref name="Hillila"/> and with František Pošta in Prague.<ref name="Grove" />

Later life and career

From 1965 to 1972, Hauta-aho played with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.<ref name="Grove" /> From 1975, he was with the Finnish National Opera Orchestra. In 1999 he performed with Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, Irish-Swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan and Finish drummer Teppo Mäkynen at Kerava Festival.<ref name="Hillila"/> One of his best known works, Fantasia, for trumpet and orchestra, won the 1986 Queen Maria Jose competition in Geneva.<ref name="Hillila">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="NewMusic">Template:Cite book</ref> Another, Kadenza, has been the set piece for international music competitions and has been played at music festivals.<ref name="NewMusic"/>

He was self-taught as a composer, and his compositions included a double bass concerto, chamber music and works for the double bass.<ref name="Grove" />

Discography

With Tuohi Klang

• Pensselman Hits vol. 2765 (Finnlevy, 1972)(re-issue Svart Records,2022)

With Juhani Aaltonen

• Etiquette (Love, 1974)

With Pekka Pöyry

• Happy Peter (Leo, 1984)

With Anthony Braxton

• 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 (Leo, 1988 [1996])

With Evan Parker

• The Needles (Leo, 2000–01)

With Cecil Taylor

• Lifting the Bandstand (Fundacja Słuchaj!, 2021)

With Edward Vesala

• Nan Madol (JAPO, 1974)
• Soulset/Edward Vesala Jazz Band (Finnlevy, 1969)(re-issue Svart Records,2018)

With Heikki “Mike” Koskinen

• Kellari Trio (Edgetone Records, 2015)
• Mike Koskinen Orchestra (Finnlevy, 1973)(re-issue Svart Records,2016)
• August Conversations (Edgetone Records, 2019)

With Otherworld Ensemble

• Live at Malmitalo (Edgetone Records, 2018)
• Northern Fire (Edgetone Records, 2018)
• Return From Manala (Edgetone Records, 2020)

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External links

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