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Roope Juhani Kantonen
13.09.1989
+358 40 7772250
roope.kantonen@gmail.com
www.roopekantonen.com
Profession
Musician, composer, teacher
Specialisation in drums, jazz, rhythm
and South-Indian karnatic rhythmic techniques
Instruments
Drums, piano, mridangam
Music studies
2019 – 2021, Conservatory of Amsterdam, Master of Arts, jazz department, drums & South-Indian karnatic rhythmic techniques
2015 – 2019, Conservatory of Amsterdam, Bachelor of Arts, jazz department, drums
2011 – 2014, Conservatory of Turku, degree of pop/jazz music performance, drums
1998 – 2011, Turun seudun musiikkiopisto & private studies in music, classical piano, guitar, bass and drums
Teachers
Martijn Vink, Lucas van Merwijk, Marcel Serierse, Bart Fermie, Harmen Fraanje, Joris Roelofs, Rafael Reina Camara, Mark Schilders, John Riley, Francesco Ciniglio, Jukkis Uotila, Luca Santaniello, Teemu Eronen, Antti Laine
Discography
Roope Kantonen 4tet - coming 2022
Roope Kantonen Trio - coming 2022
Teemu Kekkonen Trio - 2022 (Recorded December 2021)
InTrio - Life Is Elswhere - 2021 (Sonna records)
Teemu Kekkonen Trio - Live At Bimhuis 2021
Martin Joey Dine Quartet - Both at Once 2020 (Anagram records)
YenTing Lo Quartet - Epiphyllum 2019
DeJong/Rebane/Kantonen Trio - Intercities 2019
Roope Kantonen 5tet - Digital release EP 2018
Slow Boulevard - Slow BLVD 2014
Slow Boulevard - Supernatural Park 2012
Important Performances
Roope Kantonen Trio, Amsterdam Blue Note, 2021
In Trio, North Sea Round Town Festival Rotterdam, 2021
Jonathan Dafgård, Bimhuis Amsterdam, 2020
Teemu Kekkonen Trio, Bimhuis Amsterdam, 2020
YenTing Lo, Grachten Festival Amsterdam, 2020
YenTing Lo Quartet, winner of Grachten Festival weekend pitch, 2020
DeJong/Rebane/Kantonen Trio, Finland tour, 2020
YenTing Lo - “Forshore” Amsterdam Blue Note, 2019
DeJong/Rebane/Kantonen Trio, Estonia tour, 2019
DeJong/Rebane/Kantonen Trio, Netherlands tour, 2019
Jetse DeJong Trio, Amsterdam Blue Note, 2019
Teemu Kekkonen Trio, Amsterdam Blue Note, 2019
Calcagno/Nagel/Kantonen, Finland tour, 2019
Philipp Gerschlauer, Microtonal Jazz, Amsterdam Blue Note, 2019
Martin Joey Dine Quartet, Latvia tour, 2018
Martin Joey Dine Quartet, VPRO Vrije Geluiden Dutch national TV performance, 2017
Martin Joey Dine Quartet, Switzerland tour, 2017
Martin Joey Dine Quartet, France tour, 2017
Martin Joey Dine Quartet, Amsterdam Blue Note, 2017
Martin Joey Dine Quartet, France tour, 2016
Martin Joey Dine Trio, France tour, 2015
Roope Kantonen Trio, Pori Jazz Festival, 2014
Sanchez Quintet, Pori Jazz Festival, 2014
Experience
Pohjois-Helsingin bändikoulu, band coach, 2022 -
Kallion musiikkikoulu, drum teacher & Indian rhythms teacher 2021 -
Lucky Beat music school Amsterdam 2017 - 2021
Helsinki Global music centre, drum teacher, 2021 -
VSKO Paimio music school, drum teacher, 2014 - 2015
Freelance musician/private drum teacher, 2010 - present
Articles, reviews
All about Jazz, The De Jong/Rebane/Kantonen Trio: Intercities
Jazzflits.nl, DeJong/Rebane/Kantonen Trio: Intercities (In Dutch)
Roope Kantonen Trio at Pori Jazz
YenTing Lo, winner of Grachten festival pitch 2020
Martin Joey Dine Quartet at Saulkrasti Jazz Festival
Martin Joey Dine Trio, La Bellevilloise Paris
Martin Joey Dine Trio, Petits Instants
Grants and awards
2020 YenTing Lo, 1st prize at Grachten music festival Pitch Weekend
2014 Suomen Kulttuurirahaston Joutsenon rahastosta (1000€)
2012 Varsinais-Suomen taidetoimikunta (1000€)