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Jouni Somero (b. 1963) is one of the most active Finnish musicians on the scene today. So far he has given over 3,400 concerts all over the world, including Australia, Japan, Ukraine, Spain, Suisse. France, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Kosovo, Russia, Brazil, Canada and Finland. He began studying the organ when he was eight years old but switched to the piano at the age of 12, studying the latter in Switzerland and at the Music Academy in Cologne under Professor Herbert Drechsel. Under the legendary Hungarian pianist Georges Cziffra he gained a deeper insight into the music of Liszt. Michael Ponti, the American virtuoso, has also acted as Somero's musical advisor. He was awarded a diploma at the International Music Competition in Rio de Janeiro.
Jouni Somero's recording career began in 1989 (with Liszt's 12 Transcendental Etudes), since when he has made 110 discs for different labels (Naxos, BMG, MILS, Jubal, FC-Records etc). These include Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier and Die Kunst der Fuge, Liszt's Harmonies Poètiques et Religieuses, Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven's Symphonies 1&5, Rebikov's Piano Works, An Anthology of Finnish Piano Music (Vol. 1-5) and the world premiere recording of several piano works by F.Blumenfeld, B.Godard, Hans Seeling and Hugo Reinhold. He also recorded the complete piano music of Sergei Bortkiewicz (Vol.1-9) Pjotor Tshaikovsky ( Vol.1-6) Toivo Kuula and Erkki Salmenhaara. www.jounisomero.com Instagram @jounisomero
Jouni Somero's recording career began in 1989 (with Liszt's 12 Transcendental Etudes), since when he has made 110 discs for different labels (Naxos, BMG, MILS, Jubal, FC-Records etc). These include Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier and Die Kunst der Fuge, Liszt's Harmonies Poètiques et Religieuses, Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven's Symphonies 1&5, Rebikov's Piano Works, An Anthology of Finnish Piano Music (Vol. 1-5) and the world premiere recording of several piano works by F.Blumenfeld, B.Godard, Hans Seeling and Hugo Reinhold. He also recorded the complete piano music of Sergei Bortkiewicz (Vol.1-9) Pjotor Tshaikovsky ( Vol.1-6) Toivo Kuula and Erkki Salmenhaara. www.jounisomero.com Instagram @jounisomero
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