27.5.-2.6.2014: Liberty Ship Japan Tour – TBA
24.5.2014: Liberty Ship at Nattjazz, Bergen, Norway
21.5.2014: Esa Pietilä & Eija Kankaanranta at Helsinki Music Center – Organo Hall 7 PM
27.4.2014: Liberty Ship at Malmitalo, Helsinki – 17 PM
13.4.2014: Solo Saxophone concert at Viikki Church, Helsinki, 6 PM
7.4.2014: “Premiere (first) performance of Esa Pietilä´s composition “Asterion” for 8-piece chamber group & saxophone. Performed by “Zagros Ensamble”, conducted by Petri Komulainen. Helsinki Music Center – Camerata Hall. 18 PM
24.-25.3. 2014: Masterclas on improvisation & saxophone at Conservatorio Giuseppi Tartini, Trieste, Italy
14.3.2014: Solo Saxophone Concert at Pyhtää Church 7 PM
13.3.2014: Solo saxophone Concert by Finnish Saxophone Society, at Ravintola Laulumiehet, Helsinki, 7 PM
1.3.- 31.3.2014: Artist Residence Circolo Scandinavo, Rome, Italy
2.3.2014: “Helsinki – Oslo Improvised” with Paal Nilssen-Love etc. at “Helsinki Free Fall” Festival, Helsinki, Finland
1.3.2014: “Helsinki – Oslo Improvised” with Paal Nilssen-Love etc. at “Helsinki Free Fall” Festival, Helsinki, Finland
28.2.2014: “Helsinki – Oslo Improvised” with Paal Nilssen-Love etc. at “Helsinki Free Fall” Festival, Helsinki, Finland
25.1.2014: With Paal Nilssen-Love etc. – “Finnish Fun” at Victoria National Jazzscene, Oslo
24.1.2014: With Paal Nilssen-Love etc. – “Finnish Fun” at Victoria National Jazzscene, Oslo
23.1.2014: With Paal Nilssen-Love etc. – “Finnish Fun” at Victoria National Jazzscene, Oslo
13.12.2013: The premiere of Eero Hämeenniemi´s Saxophone concerto with SE Ensamble, conductor Santtu Rouvali – at Ritarihuone, Helsinki, Finland, 19 PM
10.11.2013: Trio with Harvey Sorgen (drs, NYC) & Eero Hämeenniemi at Helsinki Art Museum Tennispalatsi
9.11.2013: Trio with Harvey Sorgen (drs, NYC) & Eero Hämeenniemi (pno) at Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere Finland
29.10.2013: Liberty Ship (Aki Rissanen, Olavi Louhivuori, Antti Lötjönen & Esa Pietilä) at JazzAnti concert series, Helsinki, Finland
25.10.2013: Liberty Ship (Aki Rissanen, Olavi Louhivuori, Antti Löttjönen & Esa Pietilä) at Umeå jazzfestival, Umeå, Sweden
26.9.2013: Solo Saxophone concert at Kaukametsä Cultural Center, Kajaani, Finland
25.9.2013: Solo Saxophone concert at Poleeni Cultural House, Pieksämäki, Finland
23.9.2013: “Premieres” – Duo veli Kujala (acc.) & Esa Pietilä Improvisations & Live Electronics at Sibelius-Academy concert series.
14.8.2013: Black Motor with Esa Pietilä, at Telakka, Tampere, FInland, 22 PM
29.7.2013: Solo Saxophone / improvisations at Meidän Festivaali / Our festival
19.6.2013: Solo Saxophone Concert at Mikkeli City Church / Mikkelin Tuomioirkko, Mikkeli, Finland, 7 PM
13.6.2013: Duo with Kantele artist Eija Kankaanranta at Vantaa St. Lawrence Church / Vantaan Pyhän Laurin Kirkko, Vantaa, Finland, 12 AM
8.5.2013: Duo Improvisations with pianist/composer Eero Hämeenniemi & solo saxophone improvisations at Helsinki Music Center (foyer), Helsinki, Finland
28.4.2013: Improvised Solo Saxophone Concert at Lahti Crosschurch / Lahden Ristinkirkko, Lahti, Finland, 6 PM
19.4.2013: Sibelius-Academy´s Alumni Big Band & Mikko Helevä, at Helsinki Music Center / Musiikkiitalo, Helsinki, Finland 7 PM
27.3.2013: “Freedom Suite from Switzerland & Finland”. Trio “Potage du Jour” (SUI) meets Esa Pietilä Trio – Christoph Baumann, Franziska Baumann & Jurg Solothurnmann – Ville Herrala, Esa Pietilä & Mika Kallio, at Sellosali, Helsinki, Finland, 19 PM
26.3.2013: “Freedom Suite from Switzerland & Finland”. Trio “Potage du Jour” (SUI) meets Esa Pietilä Trio – Christoph Baumann, Franziska Baumann & Jurg Solothurnmann – Ville Herrala, Esa Pietilä & Mika Kallio,Freedom Suite from Switzerland & Finland, at Turku Region Music School Concert Hall, Turun Musiikkiopiston sali, Turku,Finland, 19 PM
21.3.2013: Duo with Kantele artist Eija Kankaanranta at Lohja St. Lawrence Church, Lohja / Pyhän Laurin Kirkko, Lohja, Finland, 19 PM
16.3.2013: Esa Pietilä “Liberty Ship” ( Aki Rissanen, Olavi Louhivuori, Antti Lötjönen & Esa Pietilä) at Turku jazz Festival, Turku, Finland TBA
17.01.2013: Solo Saxophone Concert at Keski-Porin Kirkko – Keski-Pori Church, Pori, Finland, 19 PM
20.01.2013: Solo Saxophone Concert at Joensuun kaupunginkirkko – Joensuu City Church, Finland, 19 PM
19.12..2012: Liberty Ship” (Aki Rissanen, Olavi Louhivuori, Antti Lötjönen & Esa Pietilä) at Rytmihäiriö Club, Helsinki, 21 PM
06.09.2012: Improvised Solo Saxophone Concert, Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki,Finland, 7 PM
04.09.2012: Improvised Solo Saxophone Concert, Jyväskylä City Church, Jyväskylä, Finland, 7 PM
30.6.2012: with John Esposito (pno, USA) at Community Music Space, Redhook,NY.
28.6.2012: with Karl Berger (piano/vibes), Harvey Sorgen (drums), Mark Helias (bass), & vocalist/poet Ingrid Sertso at Photosensualis, Woodstock NY, USA
27.6.2012: Duo with Harvey Sorgen (drs, USA) at Blackstones, Laconia NH, USA
26.6.2012: Duo with Harvey Sorgen (drs, USA) at Studio 99, Nashua NH, USA
24.6.2012: Duo with Harvey Sorgen (drs, USA) at Brandon Music, Brandon VT, USA
26.5.2012: Klangbrücke Music Loft, Aachen, Germany- CD “Out Doors” releasing tour – Duo Jeff Siegel (drs, USA) & Esa Pietilä
20.5.2012: Schauspielhaus Bergneustadt, Bergneustadt, Germany – CD “Out Doors” releasing tour – Duo Jeff Siegel (drs, USA) & Esa Pietilä
18.5.2012: Jazz-Club Kammerlichtspiele, Klagenfurt, Austria – CD “Out Doors” releasing tour – Duo Jeff Siegel (drs, USA) & Esa Pietilä
17.5.2012: Porgy & Bess, Wien, Austria – CD “Out Doors” releasing tour – Duo Jeff Siegel (drs, USA) & Esa Pietilä
15.5.2012: Esa Pietilä Trio Dampfzentrale Bern w/ Ville Herrala & Mika Kallio (FI) meets Trio “Potage du Jour” w/ Jurg Solothurnmann, Christoph Baumann & Franziska Baumann (SUI)
11.5.2012: Esa Pietilä Trio Centre Le Phenix Fribourg w/ Ville Herrala & Mika Kallio (FI) meets Trio “Potage du Jour” w/ Jurg Solothurnmann, Christoph Baumann & Franziska Baumann (SUI)
22.4.2012: Solo Saxophone Concert at St. Cross Church / Pyhän Ristin Kirkko , Rauma, Finland
15.4.2012: Solo Saxophone Concert at Vanaja Church, Hämeenlinna, Finland
23.3.2012: CD Releasing Concert – “Brain Inventory Trio”. Michael Jefry Stevens (pno, USA) – Esa Pietilä – Juho Laitinen (cello, FIN) at Helsinki JazZ ry concert series, Ravintola Laulumiehet, Helsinki
26.2.2012: Solo Saxophone concert at Oulun Tuomiokirkko / Oulu Cathedral, Oulu, Finland
21.1.2012: Kallion Nykymusiikkipäivät / Kallio New Music Days, Helsinki, Finland
17.11.2011: Solo Saxophone concert at Art Center Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
16.11.2011: Solo Saxophone Concert at Rataplan, Antwerpen, Belgium
28.10.2011: Esa Pietilä “4 Streams” at L´Agitée, Jazzaquebec Festival, Quebec, Canada
27.10.2011: Esa Pietilä “4 Streams” at Norwegian Seamen’s Church, New York City, USA
5.10.2011: Trio with guitarist Jaak Sooäär (EST) and Mika Kallio (dr.) at Pop & Conservatory, Helsinki 7 PM
27.9.2011: Solo Saxophone concert / Trio with Pepa Päivinen & Mikko Hassinen at Helsinki JazZ ry concert series, Ravintola Laulumiehet, Helsinki
11.9.2011: Solo Saxophone concert at Rovaniemen Kirkko / Rovaniemi Church, Rovaniemi, Finland
11.8.2011: Solo Saxophone concert at Porvoon Tuomiokirkko / Porvoo Church, Porvoo, Finland
7.7.2011: Duo improvisations with percussionist Janne Tuomi at “Time of Music” Festival Viitasaari, Finland
6.7. 2011: Solo Saxophone concert at Musiikin Aika – Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, Finland
5.7.2011: Solo saxophone at opening concert of Musiikin Aika – Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, Finland
5. – 10.7.2011: Improvisation masterclass at Musiikin Aika – Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, Finland
12.4.2011: 21st Century Baroque Trio at Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna, Finland 7 PM
13.2.2011: Solo Saxophone at St. Lauri Church / Pyhän Laurin Kirkko, Lohja, Finland, 6 PM
3.2.2011: Trio with guitarist Jaak Sooäär (EST) and Mika Kallio (dr.) at Pop & Conservatory, Helsinki 7 PM
28.11.2010: Solo Saxophone at Keravan Teatteritalo / Kerava Theater 6 PM
3.11.2010: Solo Saxophone at Järvenpää Art Museum 7 PM. (concert is a part of Sibelius weeks festival programmation)
6.10.2010: Esa Pietilä “4 Streams” at Rytmihäiriöklubi, Helsinki 9 PM
29.9.2010: Last minute change of the Date!!! With Michael Stevens (USA) & cellist Juho Laitinen, at Arabia Hall, Pop & Jazz Conservatory, Helsinki, 7 PM
17.9.2010: Solo Concert at Kapsäkki Theater, Helsinki, 7 PM
22.8.2010: “21st Century Baroque Trio” with Sanni Orasmaa & Jarmo Julkunen at Elite, Helsinki 8 PM. “Special project of Jazz & avantgarde versions of Henry Purcell songs”
14.5.2010: Esa Pietilä “4 STREAMS” at Juttutupa, Helsinki ( 21:00 hours) promoted by Musicanalogy osk
10.12.09: with Jaak Sooär, Tallin, Estonia, at EMTA
21.11.09: “4 STREAMS” at Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
26.09.09: Solo Cconcert at Bonga Castle, Loviisa, Finland (19.00 hrs)
27.6-3.7: Masterclasses at 19th IASJ Jazz Meeting , Lucerne, Switzerland
14.05.09: Solo Concert at KOKO Teatteri, Helsinki, 19.00 hrs
28.04.09: Solo Concert at KOKO Teatteri, Helsinki, 19.00 hrs
26.03.09: New solo saxophone CD “KARHEA” release & solo concertat Teatteri Avoimet Ovet, Helsinki, 19h hrs
26.02.09: Esa Pietilä Trio at “Unterfahrt”, Munchen, Germany
5.-6.02.09: Masterclasses at Estonian Music & Theater Academy, EMTA, Tallinn
28.12.08: Esa Pietilä “4 STREAMS” at Supremejazzclub, Porvooo, Finland, 19.00 hrs
16.12.08: Esa Pietilä “4 STREAMS” at MAUMAU- Club Liberte, Helsinki, 20.00 hrs
31.10.08: Esa Pietilä “4 STREAMS”, Tampere Jazz Happening, (Telakka, showtime, 21.00 hours)
09.10.08: Esa Pietilä Trio & special guest Iro Haarla at Finlandsinstitut, Stockholm, Sweden
22.08.08: Solo saxophone concert (Improvisations) at EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art (see local listings)
25.07.08: Esa Pietilä Trio at JazzEspa Festival, Helsinki, Finland (16.00 hrs, see local listings)
26.-31.5: Saxophone workshop & freejazz masterclass at ESMAE, Porto, Portugal
10.04.08: Solo saxophone improvisations, at Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland (19.00 hrs, see local listings)
23.01.08: Esa Pietilä Trio & special guest Iro Haarla, at Juttutupa, Helsinki. (music from new CD “Travel of Fulica atra” presentation etc…)
08.12.07: COMET (with Filip Augustsson (SWE), Tuomas Ojala (SWE) & Jarkko Hakala (FIN) Teater 99, Tallin, Estonia
07.12.07: COMET (with Filip Augustsson (SWE), Tuomas Ojala (SWE) & Jarkko Hakala (FIN) Palmgren – sali, Pori, Finland
05.12.07: COMET (with Filip Augustsson (SWE), Tuomas Ojala (SWE) & Jarkko Hakala (FIN) Juttutupa, Helsinki
30.11.07: Esa Pietilä Trio, Musica Futura Festival, Porvoo Finland (New CD “Travel of Fulica atra” presentation/tour)
27.11.07: Esa Pietilä trio at CD shop Digelius, Helsinki (New CD “Travel of Fulica atra” presentation/tour)
03.11.07: Esa Pietilä Trio & special guest Claudio Fasoli at “San Servolo Jazz Meeting”, Venice , Italy (New CD “Travel of Fulica atra” presentation/tour)
30.10.07: Esa Pietilä Trio, Ahora Jazz 07, Sevilla, Spain (New CD “Travel of Fulica atra” presentation/tour)
25.10.07: Heiri Kaenzig – Esa Pietilä – Mika Kallio at “Arabia Nights”, Stadia Popjazz, Helsinki
24.10.07: Solo saxophone improvisations of paintings by Juhana Blomstedt, Helsinki Art Museum, (Tennispalatsi)
25.09.07: COMET (with Filip Augustsson, Tuomas Ojala & Jarkko Hakala), Nyaperspektiv, Västerås, Sweden
24.09.07: COMET (with Filip Augustsson, Tuomas Ojala & Jarkko Hakala), Glenn Miller Cafe, Stockholm
04.09.07: Solo saxophone at art gallery SatuArt, 17-19 hrs
02.06.07: Esa Pietilä Trio, “Jazz-Espa”, Helsinki
12.14.07: With Heiri Känzig (b), Fabian Kuratli (dr) Jazzkantine, Musikhochschule Lucern, Switzerland
30.03.07: Onfonia Saxophone Quartet, Ateneum Hall, Helsinki, Finland new music for saxophone quartet from Finnish composers
Duo CD -Release Tour with Johannes Mössinger (pno, Germany):
26.03.07: Nationaltheater, Mannheim, Germany
25.03.07: Loft, Köln, Germany
24.03.07: Jazzkeller, Frankfurt, Germany
22.03.07: B-flat, Berlin, Germany
21.03.07: Bix, Stuttgart, Germany
19.03.07: Jazzkongress, Freiburg, Germany
14.02.07: with Claudio Fasoli, (ts, Italy), Brian Melvin (drs, USA) & Uffe Krokfors (b), Juttutupa, Helsinki, Finland
13.02.07: with Claudio Fasoli, (ts, Italy), Brian Melvin (drs, USA) & Uffe Krokfors (b), Bar Mary, Porvoo, Finland
24.11.06: Esa Pietilä Trio, Padova Jazzfestival, Italy
18.11.06: Loco Motive, Savonlinna Jazzdays, Finland
21.09.06: Duo with Johannes Mössinger, Gipfel Du Jazz, Freiburg, Germany
23.09.06: Duo with Johannes Mössinger, (private), Freiburg, Germany
29.08.06: Esa Pietilä Trio, Villa Celimontana, Rome, Italy
31.08.06: Nordic-Kollektiv, UMO Jazzfest, Helsinki, Finland
27.-31.3: as a lecturer / workshops at Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität
14.03.06: Esa Pietilä Trio, Oviedo, Spain
15.03.06: Esa Pietilä Trio, Valladolid, Spain
17.02.06: Duo with Johannes Mössinger, Loft, Köln, Germany (Live-Recording)
16.02.06: Duo with Johannes Mössinger, Le Bistro, Frankfurt, Germany
15.02.06: Duo with Johannes Mössinger, Zähringer Burg, Gundelfingen, Germany
14.02.06: Duo with Johannes Mössinger, Zähringer Burg, Gundelfingen, Germany
13.02.06: Duo with Johannes Mössinger (piano, GER), Jazzkongress, Freiburg, Germany
13.11.05: Raoul Björkenheim & Esa Pietilä Trio, Porvoo, Finland
17.08.05: with Tuure Koski & Mikko Kaakkurinniemi, at “Tervasaaren Aitta”, Helsinki
3.-9.7.05: as a lecturer / teacher at IASJ, Krakow, Poland
09.06.05: Esa Pietilä trio, Bolzano jazzfestival, Bolzano, Italy
26.05.05: Nordic-Kollektiv, Bergen Nattjazz, Norway
26.05.05: Nordic-Kollektiv, BLÅ, Oslo, Norway
25.05.05: Nordic-Kollektiv, UMO-jazzhouse, Helsinki, Finland
24.05.05: Nordic-Kollektiv, Porvoo, Finland
22.05.05: Nordic-Kollektiv, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
19.05.05: Nordic-Kollektiv, Rasa, Utrecht, The Netherlands
18.05.05: Nordic-Kollektiv, de Toonzaal, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
22.04.05: Esa Pietilä Trio, Kunstfabrik-Schlot, Berlin, Germany
18.03.05: Hilmar Jensson & Esa Pietilä trio, Porvoo, Finland
26.02.05: Loco-Motive, Savoy-Theater, Helsinki
Selected major appearances history:
2004 Espoo Big band, tour in Brazil
2004 Esa Pietilä trio with Raoul Björkenheim (guit.), at Juttutupa, Helsinki
2004 with Kjartan Valdemarsson, Reykjvik
2004 Esa Pietilä trio Finland tour, commissioned by Finnish jazz Federation
2003 Esa Pietilä trio & Kjartan Valdemarsson, at Jumo Jazzclub Helsinki
2003 Esa Pietilä trio at Jumo Jazzclub Helsinki
2003 Esa Pietilä trio cd-releasing tour, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki
2003 Anders Bergcrantz & Esa Pietilä trio, Helsinki
2002 Odean Pope Saxophone choir, Pori Jazz festival, Finland
2002 Kjartan Valdemarsson quartet, Reykjavik, (Iceland)
2002 Roland Wesp quartet, Graz & Leibniz (Austria)
2002 Esa Pietilä Trio, Helsinki Jazz-Esplanad
2002 Onfonia Saxophone Quartet, Helsinki Jazz-Esplanad
2001 Esa Pietilä Trio, Helsinki Jazz-Esplanad
2001 Onfonia Saxophone Quartet, Helsinki Culture festival 2000
2001 Esa Pietilä Quintet, Imatra Big Band Festival, Finland
2000 Esa Pietilä Quintet, Turku Jazz, Finland
2000 Espoo Big Band, IAJE congress, New Orleans
1999 Esa Pietilä quartet & Anders Bergcrantz, Umeå Jazz Festival, Sweden & Finland tour
1999 Esa Pietilä quintet, Pori Jazz Festival
1999 Ron McClure quartet, Pori Jazz Festival
1999 THE CASE, Opera jazz Festival, Helsinki
1998 The Case, Paris, Institut Finlandaise
1998 Espoo Big Band & with McCoy Tyner, April Jazz festival
1998 with UMO jazz-orchestra & Steve Slagle
1998 Espoo Big Band tour, Australia & New Zealand
1997 Espoo Big Band & Joe Henderson, April Jazz festival, Finland
1997 THE CASE Finland tour
1996 Espoo Big Band &The New York Voices, April jazz festival, Finland
1996 Mike Nock Sextet, Helsinki
1996 The Case, KalottiJazz, Tornio, Finland
1995 soloist / composer for UMO jazz-orchestra, conducted by Rich Schemaria
1995 Espoo Big Band at April Jazz, conductor Maria Schneider
1995 Finland – Lithuania sextet, commissioned by Finnish broadcasting company
1994 Espoo Big Band & Ray Anderson, April Jazz Festival
1994 Esa Pietilä Quartet, April Jazz Espoo
1993 Espoo Big Band & Carla Bley (cond), concert /live recording at April Jazz
1993 Esa Pietilä Quartet, Kaamos Jazz, Finland
1992 Espoo Big Band in Florida, International Association of Jazz Educators & Art Deco Festival, Miami, USA.
1992 EBB octet t& Roland Vasques, April Jazz, Finland
1991 Espoo Big Band with Art Farmer, Soho Jazz Festival, London 1991
1991 Erling Kroner workshop, Helsinki
1990 Charles Mingus Workshop, Helsinki, conducted by Jimmy Knepper
1990 Espoo Big Band, Paris Jazz Festival
1990 Espoo Big Band with Rick Margitza April Jazz Espoo
1989 Esa Pietilä Quartet at Imatra Big Band Festival, Finland
1989 Esa Pietilä Quartet, Tammisaari Jazz, Finland
1989 Espoo Big Band, Espoo Cultural Centre, conductor Vince Mendoza
1980 – 89 Pori Big Band, Pori Jazz -86 – 89, tours in Europe/a