Welcome to Esa´s jazz & contemporary classical music
“Pietilä´s performance of my concerto was sovereign”. – Kalevi Aho
“Great musician, highly recommended”
Risto Nieminen – Director, Music Service Gulbenkian Foundation
The impressive tenor saxophonist Esa Pietilä! – DOWNBEAT / Josef Woodard
“Pietilä is a very powerful but also gentle saxophonist who can reach far out but first of all let all the capabilities of his fellow musicians unfold in this band. Great, incentive playing!” – All About Jazz – Henning Boltne
”Pietilä is known as a fearless musical visionary. His repertory is extremely versatile, including collaborations with classical orchestras. Moreover, he has brought not only Finnish but also international critics to their knees” – Finnish Jazz Federation
Pietilä receives the prestigious Yrjö (Georgie) award from Finnish Jazz Federation
The Yrjö Jazz award 2016 was given to saxophonist Esa Pietilä (b. 1964) for his original, genre-defying work in the field of avant-garde jazz. “Pietilä is known as a fearless improviser and... Read more
New Solo Saxophone album released
Esa Pietilä´s solo album Times & Spaces connects the acoustic expression of solo saxophone with live-electronics. The double album is a strong artistic statement and exploration into the world... Read more
Pietilä performs the world premiere of Kalevi Aho´s new tenor saxophone concerto in march 2016
Internationally acclaimed Finnish contemporary composer Kalevi Aho wrote a tenor saxophone concerto and dedicated it to Esa Pietilä. Esa will do the premiere performances of the new concerto with... Read more
LIBERTY SHIP RELEASES NEW DOUBLE ALBUM
Liberty Ship returns in spring 2015 with their second double album for Eclipse Music. After the undenieble artistic statement which was the 2013 debut ”Approaching”, the band continues to seek... Read more
Pietilä´s orchestral work “Graffiti Play” performed with Esa-Pekka Salonen & Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
“Graffiti Play”, a 40 minute orchestral piece composed by Esa Pietilä premieres its (world) First Performance in Helsinki oct. 5th 2014 with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen & Avanti!... Read more
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Excerpts from Pietilä´s concerto “Graffiti Play”
Listen short samples from Pietilä´s concerto “Graffiti Play” for chamber orch. & contemporary jazz trio. The first performance of the concerto was in oct. 2014 with Esa-Pekka Salonen & Avanti! Chamber orchestra and my trio (with Mika Kallio & Ville Herrala).