She first became known as the arranger of the works of Vesala for his 'Sound & Fury' ensemble.[4] They went on to collaborate extensively over two decades, and in a 2008 Washington Post interview, she stated that during that time she did not play her own music at all but was instead totally focused on supporting Vesala.[5] As part of her support role she also broadened her instrument repertoire to keyboards, the accordion and especially the harp, in which she is entirely self-taught.[5][3]
Vesala died in 1999, and afterwards Haarla launched her solo career, performing in and leading numerous ensembles.[3] She also went on to record several albums, both as a leader and ensemble artist.[3]
Haarla's music has been characterised as "sit[ting] at that mystical halfway point between improv and composition".[6] Her piano-playing has been described as having a "weightless, displaced" quality, and her harp "delicate romanticism".[6]
Recognitionedit
Haarla has received two Emma awards for the jazz record of the year, in 2005 (Penguin Beguine) and 2011 (Vespers).[7]
In 2006, she was awarded the Yrjö prize by the Finnish Jazz Federation.[8]
haarla, born, november, 1956, finnish, jazz, pianist, harpist, well, composer, band, leader, haarla, 2014background, informationborn, 1956, november, 1956, tampere, finlandgenresjazzinstrument, piano, keyboards, harpsichord, accordionlabelsecm, recordstum, rec. Iro Haarla born 7 November 1956 is a Finnish jazz pianist and harpist as well as composer and band leader 1 Iro HaarlaHaarla in 2014Background informationBorn 1956 11 07 7 November 1956 age 67 Tampere FinlandGenresJazzInstrument s Piano keyboards harpsichord accordionLabelsECM RecordsTUM RecordsWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 Career 2 Recognition 3 Personal life 4 Discography 5 References 6 External linksCareer editAt the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki Haarla studied classical piano under Izumi Tateno musical composition under Einar Englund and improvisation under Heikki Sarmanto 1 2 She was initially intending to become a concert pianist but pivoted to jazz upon meeting the jazz drummer Edward Vesala in 1978 3 She first became known as the arranger of the works of Vesala for his Sound amp Fury ensemble 4 They went on to collaborate extensively over two decades and in a 2008 Washington Post interview she stated that during that time she did not play her own music at all but was instead totally focused on supporting Vesala 5 As part of her support role she also broadened her instrument repertoire to keyboards the accordion and especially the harp in which she is entirely self taught 5 3 Vesala died in 1999 and afterwards Haarla launched her solo career performing in and leading numerous ensembles 3 She also went on to record several albums both as a leader and ensemble artist 3 Haarla s music has been characterised as sit ting at that mystical halfway point between improv and composition 6 Her piano playing has been described as having a weightless displaced quality and her harp delicate romanticism 6 Recognition editHaarla has received two Emma awards for the jazz record of the year in 2005 Penguin Beguine and 2011 Vespers 7 In 2006 she was awarded the Yrjo prize by the Finnish Jazz Federation 8 In 2018 Haarla received the Ted Curson award at the Pori Jazz Festival 2 In 2020 she was recognised with the Suomen Jazzlegenda fi lit Jazz Legend of Finland award 9 Personal life editIro Haarla s parents were the actor Saulo Haarla and his first wife opera singer Helena Salonius Haarla was married to Edward Vesala until his death in 1999 1 Later she married the bassist Ulf Krokfors fi with whom both herself and Vesala had collaborated extensively 10 Discography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2021 Yarra Yarra 2001 with Pertti Paivinen Heart of a Bird 2003 Northbound 2005 Penguin Beguine 2005 with Haarla Krokfors Loco Motife The Sky Is Ruby 2007 Vespers 2011 with Iro Haarla Quintet Kolibri 2013 with Iro Haarla Sextet Kirkastus 2015 Vodjanoi 2020 1 3 References edit a b c d e Iro Haarla Finnish Jazz Federation Retrieved 29 January 2021 a b Biography IroHaarla net Retrieved 29 January 2021 a b c d e Collar Matt Iro Haarla Biography Allmusic com Retrieved 30 January 2021 CD Review Iro Haarla Quintet Vespers London Jazz News 2 April 2011 Retrieved 29 January 2021 a b Nordic Jazz 08 Iro Haarla The Washington Post 11 June 2008 Retrieved 30 January 2021 a b Review of Iiro Haarla Northbound BBC Music BBC Retrieved 30 January 2021 Emma Gaala EmmaGaala fi in Finnish IFPI Finland Retrieved 30 January 2021 National activities Finnish Jazz Federation Retrieved 29 January 2021 Suomen Jazzlegenda palkinnot Wiola Talvikille ja Iro Haarlalle in Finnish Keskisuomalainen 17 November 2020 Retrieved 29 January 2021 Silas Petri 25 April 2017 Special Touch Finnish Music Quarterly Retrieved 30 January 2021 External links editIro Haarla discography at Discogs nbsp Iro Haarla profile on ECM Records nbsp Finland portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Iro Haarla amp oldid 1128749797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
