User:Santeri Sulkunen

SANTERI SULKUNEN
Santeri Sulkunen (Helsinki)  is a finnish guitarist, composer and producer.

Santeri was born and raised in Helsinki in Finland. His music career started at the age of 7 by playing violin. Short after that he decided to start studying classical guitar. He was taking the lessons by Tapio Kananoja in Helsinki. At the time he was also playing with local rock and progressive bands as well as composing for them. In 90’s he began to study rock and jazz guitar in the Ostrobotnian Conservatory in Kokkola. He studied with Risto Toppola, Sid Hille and Jarmo Saari and got his degree in 1999. Same year he was accepted to the Conservatory of Amsterdam where he studied with Jesse Van Ruller, Maarten van den Grinten and Martijn van Iterson. After six years of his study he got a master degree.

Bands
ELECTRIC ODDYSSEY -  a combinination of electronic music with jazzy grooves and improvisations.

CAPTAIN HOOK - Since 2000 Santeri has been a member of this modern funk / jazz band. The first CD “ Hooked up” was recorded in 2004. Four years later they released their second album ”F.ex”. In 2011 their latest CD "Plunge!" was presented.

LORREN RETTICH - Since 2012 Santeri is a member in Lorren Rettich band. Singer/song writer from Amsterdam. At the moment the band is busy recording their first record.

MUISTOT ORCHESTRA - The mix of different cultures and musical backgrounds. Scandinavian influence in making new sounds mixing jazz and pop is combined with the creative percussion form East Turkey

Except for playing Santeri is a composer and a producer as well. He regularly composes his own jazz and electronic music, writing own pieces for Captain Hook and other bands with whom he cooperates. In 2003 he started to show his intrest to the electronic music. For the first time he had an opportunity to present it on the famous “Winter Tollwood Festival” in Munich and the Panama Night Club in Amsterdam under the name “Jazz meets Minimal House”.

JAM Session @ Cafe De Punt
Since October 2011 Santeri is organizing one of the most popular jam sessions in Amsterdam playing along with the greatest musicians of the Dutch jazz scene.