Suomeksi (In English below)

Pianisti Tatu Eskelisen laaja ohjelmisto ja monipuolinen muusikkous ovat tehneet hänestä kysytyn esiintyjän niin solistina kuin kamarimuusikkonakin. Hän on menestynyt lukuisissa kilpailuissa Suomessa ja ulkomailla, mukaanlukien valtakunnallinen Tampereen pianokilpailu 2021 (2. palkinto), Helsinki Lied 2021 (3. palkinto), Nordic Piano Competition 2019 (Arvika, Ruotsi, paras nykymusiikkiesitys ja finalisti), Helmi Vesa -pianokilpailu 2019.

Eskelinen on soittanut soolo-, kamari- ja liedpianistina yli kymmenessä Euroopan maassa ja Japanissa esiintyen useiden suomalaisten eturivin laulajien ja instrumentalistien kanssa. Suomessa häntä on kuultu mm. Tampere Filharmonian ja Joensuun kaupunginorkesterin solistina sekä monilla festivaaleilla, mm. Joensuun musiikkijuhlilla, Lemin musiikkijuhlilla, Aino Acktén kamarifestivaalilla ja Helsingin Kamarikesässä.

Eskelinen opiskeli Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemiassa opettajinaan Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Antti Siirala ja Jussi Siirala. Kaudeksi 2022-2023 hänet kutsuttiin kansainväliseen residenssitaiteilijoiden joukkoon Ruotsiin Ingesund Piano Centeriin, jossa häntä mentoroi Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist. Aiemmin Eskelistä ovat opettaneet myös Jaakko Untamala, Otto Korhonen ja Anitta Hirvikangas. Tärkeää lisäoppia Eskelinen on saanut kymmenten huippupianistien mestarikursseilta, joista mainittakoon Akiko Ebi, Janina Fialkowska, Paavali Jumppanen ja Janne Mertanen.

Eskelisen opintoja ja uraa ovat ystävällisesti tukeneet Pro Musica -säätiö, Suomen Kulttuurirahaston Pohjois-Karjalan rahasto, Taiteen edistämiskeskus sekä Sibelius-Akatemian tukisäätiö.

In English

Tatu Eskelinen is a Finnish pianist whose broad repertoire and versatile musicianship have made him a sought-after performer both as a soloist and chamber musician. He won 2nd Prize at the National Tampere Piano Competition 2021, performing Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Already in 2019 Eskelinen gained international recognition by being selected as a finalist and winning a Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece at the 9th Nordic Piano Competition in Sweden. The same year he was also awarded at the Helmi Vesa Piano Competition. Eskelinen was a quarter-finalist in International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna 2021 as the only participant from Nordic countries.

Eskelinen began his piano studies in his native town of Joensuu at the age of 5. Already at 11 years of age he won his first piano competition, receiving the First Prize and a Special Prize for the best performance of pieces by Mozart and Schumann at the Kuopio Piano Competition. In 2021 Eskelinen finished his master’s studies at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts in Helsinki, where he was taught by Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Antti Siirala and Jussi Siirala. Currently he is an Artist in Residence at Ingesund Piano Center in Sweden where he is mentored by prof. Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist. His earlier teachers include Jaakko Untamala, Otto Korhonen and Anitta Hirvikangas. Also, an important factor in his musical development have been the numerous masterclasses with top pianists, such as Akiko Ebi, Janina Fialkowska, Paavali Jumppanen and Janne Mertanen to name but a few.

Tatu Eskelinen has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Finland, Norway and Russia. He has also performed in Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy and Japan among other countries. He has received generous support towards his musical development from Pro Musica Foundation, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland and The Sibelius Academy Foundation.

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