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from Finland
Saxophonist Joonatan Rautiola is one of today's most recognized young Finnish soloists and a brilliant representative of the new generation of Nordic classical wind players.
Joonatan Rautiola studied at the Sibelius Academy under Pekka Savijoki and in Paris with Nicolas Prost and Christian Wirth. In 2010 he became the first Nordic saxophonist having graduated from Claude Delangle's Paris Conservatory saxophone class. Rautiola has appeared as a soloist with numerous symphony and wind orchestras including the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Düsseldorfer Symfoniker. As a recitalist he has appeared in London, Dublin, St Petersbourg and at New York's Carnegie Hall. An active performer of contemporary music, Joonatan Rautiola has premiered works by Patrick Marcland, Tapio Tuomela, and Yann Robin among others.
Joonatan Rautiola is the only wind instrumentalist who has won the Finnish National Radio's Young Soloists' Competition and has gained first prize in several international competitions. In 2010, Rautiola was awarded fourth prize at the International Adolphe Sax Saxophone Competition in Dinant, Belgium. Rautiola has given masterclasses at the Trinity College of Music and at the Sibelius Academy and was invited in December 2011 to teach and to perform at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Tokyo.
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