Risto-Matti Marin, Piano

Biography

Risto-Matti Marin began his piano lessons at the Kuopio
Conservatoire as a pupil of Jouni Räty and continued with professional studies
there under Jaakko Untamala. In 1998 he transferred to the Sibelius Academy to
study with Erik T. Tawaststjerna, and from 2002 onwards also studied with Teppo
Koivisto. He gained a Master´s degree in music in 2004. Since 2005 he has
studied at the Sibelius Academy DocMus department.

Winner of the first prize in the Kuopio Piano Competition in 1996 and
the Helmi Vesa Piano Competition in 1999, Mr. Marin was awarded the third prize
in the Weimar International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in 2003. He has been
soloist with the Kuopio Orchestra, The Weimar Staatskapelle, the Sinfonia
Finlandia Jyväskylä and other orchestras. Risto-Matti Marin has released a number
of highly acclaimed solo CDs.