Trumpeter Tero Saarti leads UMO Helsinki Ensemble and its audience to an unforgettable musical journey into Italian film music. Saarti has arranged some of the most beloved music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota to a quintet – with a sophisticated twist of jazz. Be prepared to hear emotional compositions of Nino Rota from the films like La Strada, Roma and La Dolce Vita, and Ennio Morricone´s timeless pieces from Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in the West and La Califfa.

Tero Saarti, trumpet
Ville Vannemaa, saxophone
Seppo Kantonen, piano
Ville Herrala, bass
Markus Ketola, drums

Photo: Maarit Kytöharju