Mikael Suomela | In English
I’m a musician, my instrument is the guitar in it’s many shapes and forms.
Currently I’m playing with six different groups: Grupo Café, Caipirinhas,
On Top, Arja Saijonmaa, Spell and Duo Kosonen & Suomela ( a list of my recent/upcoming
gigs/concerts is here (in Finnish)).
Even though I’m yet to graduate I’ve for the last years studied music in Pop&Jazz
Conservatory and musicology in the university of Helsinki and the studies continue
of course...
Some things I’ve done:
Records:
- Ari Sievälä (single) fall 1999, a CD is coming out in May/June
2000
- Anneli Sari (Les Chansons) 1999
- Meu Samba 1997
- And sessions for different artists (Marko Putkonen etc...)
Notable gigs:
- Meu
Samba -shows 1996 and 1998
- With Arja Saijonmaa in fall 1999 a tour of Sweden, co-operation continues
- Countless gigs with Café, Caipirinhas, On Top and other groups...my
first gig was sometime in the eighties...
As a guitar teacher :
- My first job as a guitar teacher was at Kerava youth correctional facility
1990-91…of all the places
- Privately from 1991
- At Pop & Jazz conservatory’s summer camps 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
1999
- Finnish Rhythm Institute’s summer camp in Lapua 1997
- In different locations ( schools and youth centers ) for the city of Helsinki
from 1994-
- At Kansalaisopisto Jukola in Nurmijärvi from 1996-