UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra is the only professional orchestra in Finland specialised in jazz and new rhythm-oriented music. The big band of 16 musicians plays about 80 concerts every year in Finland and abroad. The orchestra plays a diverse range of modern music that is on the pulse of the times. The programme consists from jazz to soul and classical music, mixing old and new in surprising way, from children to senior citizens. Musicians in UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra are some of the best jazz musicians in Finland. There are over 100 musicians, composers, directors and artists working with the orchestra every year. The band also acts as a hands-on educational establishment for Finnish musicians in the fields of jazz and popular music. More information and photos for press here.
Teemu Paasonen
2. trumpet
Member of UMO since 1988
Teemu Mattsson
1. trumpet, section leader
Member of UMO since 2005
Mikko Pettinen
3. trumpet
Member of UMO since 1998
Tero Saarti
4. trumpet
Member of UMO since 1993
Mikko Mustonen
2. trombone
Member of UMO since 1993
Kasperi Sarikoski
1. trombone, section leader
Member of UMO since 2019
Pekka Laukkanen
3. trombone
Member of UMO since 1993
Olli Ojajärvi
2. tenor saxophone
Member of UMO since 2000
Manuel Dunkel
2. tenor saxophone
Member of UMO since 1994
Max Zenger
2. alto saxophone
Member of UMO since 2023
Jouni Järvelä
1. alto saxophone, section leader
Member of UMO since 1995
Mikko Mäkinen
Baritone saxophone
Member of UMO since 1994
Markus Ketola
Drums
Member of UMO since 1993
Kirmo Lintinen
Keyboards
Member of UMO since 1988
Ed Partyka
Artistic Director and Chief Conductor 2020-2021
Tromboist, composer and arranger