Composer
Jarkko Hakala
Biography
Jarkko Hakala is a Finnish trumpeter and composer, born in 1977. He began with piano and accordion before choosing the trumpet, and studied at the Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in Copenhagen. His musical interests include the expressive possibilities of trumpet tone, contrasting compositional forms and the interaction between acoustic instruments and electronics.
His work includes collaborations with Kari Ikonen, the group Rodent and the quartet Punainen Voima. He has also written for big band, including Some Small Pieces. In discussing his music, he has emphasised the importance of emotional communication and of leaving space for individual responses within a composition.
On Andrea Marcelli’s The Invisible Child, Hakala plays trumpet in the Copenhagen recordings of April 2002 and piano on Distances. He shares composition credits for Almost Spring in Holmen and Open Talk.