Anssi Tikanmäki FINLAND
HARPA nominated 2017 to the livetime award
HARPA nominated 2017 to the livetime award
Anssi Tikanmäki is a pioneer of Finnish film composing, writing seminal works for Aki Kaurismäki’s films at a time when Finnish film industry, let alone film scoring, was in a very different phase than where it is today. Old-school heroes like Tikanmäki are essential figures for younger writers to look up to when searching for a truly Finnish sound.
About Anssi Tikanmäki
Born 1955 and qualified as a music teacher from the Sibelius Academy in 1980. In 1982 Anssi Tikanmäki started his long cooperation with filmdirectors Mika and Aki Kaurismäki alongside music for feature films by other Finnish directors and for a number of old silent films. His biggest film project to date has been the score for the silent film "Juha" directed by Aki Kaurismäki (1999).
Since 1986 Tikanmäki has been the conductor of the Anssi Tikanmäki Filmorchestra specialising in the accompaniment of silent films with which he has toured main Finnish towns and made numerous appearances in the other Nordic countries, other parts of Europe and Japan.
Over the past decade or so Tikanmäki has also been composing for the theatre, for church organ and released a disc of three chiefly instrumental works for large orchestras. In 2014 Anssi Tikanmäki composed together with Eljas and Eemil Tikanmäki music for Mika Kaurismäki´s epoque film "The Girl King".
About Anssi Tikanmäki
Born 1955 and qualified as a music teacher from the Sibelius Academy in 1980. In 1982 Anssi Tikanmäki started his long cooperation with filmdirectors Mika and Aki Kaurismäki alongside music for feature films by other Finnish directors and for a number of old silent films. His biggest film project to date has been the score for the silent film "Juha" directed by Aki Kaurismäki (1999).
Since 1986 Tikanmäki has been the conductor of the Anssi Tikanmäki Filmorchestra specialising in the accompaniment of silent films with which he has toured main Finnish towns and made numerous appearances in the other Nordic countries, other parts of Europe and Japan.
Over the past decade or so Tikanmäki has also been composing for the theatre, for church organ and released a disc of three chiefly instrumental works for large orchestras. In 2014 Anssi Tikanmäki composed together with Eljas and Eemil Tikanmäki music for Mika Kaurismäki´s epoque film "The Girl King".