PAST EVENTS
MAY 2O24
Tour in Brazil:
May 25 -26 Concerts in Penedos
May 28-29 Rehearsals in Sao Paulo
May 31 SESC Sao Paulo w/ Markus Niittynen-piano, Sidiel Vieira-bass, Carlos Ezequiel- drums
June 1 Concert at SESC Santos w/ Markus Niittynen-piano, Sidiel Vieira-bass, Carlos Ezequiel- drums
June 2 Concert at SESC Santo Andre w/ Markus Niittynen-piano, Sidiel Vieira-bass, Carlos Ezequiel- drums
APRIL/MAY 2024
North Africa Tour with Peter Hertmans: April 22- May 8
April 24 Concert at Belgian Embassy Residence, Algiers, Algeria
April 26 International Jazz Day Concert at Weston Jazz Club, Rabat, Morocco
Peter Hertmans-guitar, Nor Eddine- piano, Hamza Souissi-bass, Ali Souissi- drums
April 27 Concert at Le Pietri, Rabat, Morocco
Peter Hertmans-guitar, Hamza Souissi-bass, Ali Souissi- drums
April 29 Ricks' Cafe, Casablance, Morocco with the house band
April 30 Participation at the Global Concert, International Jazz Day, Tangier, Morocco
May 1 Concert at El Morocco Club, Tangiers, Morocco
May 3 Concert in,Tunis, Tunisia
May 4 Concert at The Residence Hotel,Tunis, Tunisia
Omar El Oauer- piano, Wassim Benhrourma, Jihed Bedoui
May 5 at 16:00 Masterclass at Mushroom Studios, Tunis w/ Peter Hertmans
May 6 Masterclass at l'Institute Superieur de Musique de Tunis, Tunisia
May 6 Concert at Mushroom Studio, Carthage, Tunisia
May 7 Concert at the French Institute, Tunis, Tunisia
with Omar El Oauer-piano, Benhrourma Wassin-bass, Jihed Bedoui-drums
Japan Tour:
June 6-30
June 8 D-Bop Jazzclub Sapporo with Hiroe Nakajima- piano, Sachie Katayama-bass, Osamu Uno - drums
June 9 Obihiro Bbmaj7 with Hiroe Nakajima-piano, Genichi Sasaki-bass, Nozomi Shimizu-drums
June 10 Tomakomai Pit Inn Teru with Hiroe Nakajima-piano, Masaya Yanagi-bass, Kenji Tateyama- drums
June 11 Sendai Mondo Bongo with the house trio
June 13 Naru Ochanomizu, Tokyo with Eddie Mendenhall-piano, Daiki Yasukagawa-bass, Gene Jackson- drums
June 14 Mr. Kenny's, Nagoya with Goto Koji- piano, Go Shimada-bass, Kazuyoshi Kuroda, drums
June 15 Clinics and Concert, Gero City, Aichi
June 15 Concert at Sake brewery 'Okuhida Syuzo' https://www.okuhida.co.jp/?mode=f9
June 16 100 Ban, Kobe, Duo with Satoshi Sugiyama, piano
June 18 Gumyoji Organ Room,Yokohama with Eddie Mendenhall-organ, Gene Ess-guitar, Gene Jackson-drums https://www.organroom.net/
June 19 Lifetime Shizuoka with Eddie Mendenhall, organ, Gene Ess-guitar, Gene Jackson- drums
June 21 The Moment Tokyo with Eddie Mendenhall-piano, Gene Jackson-drums, Pat Glynn- bass
June 22 Livehouse Bird, Okayama with the House band
June 23 Bochi Bochi, Otsu, Duo with Satoshi Sugiyama, piano
June 24 Velera, Tokyo with Gene Jackson Group
June 25 Polkadots, Tokyo, Duo with Dennis Lambert, piano
June 26 Into the Blue, Machida/Tokyo, with Eddie Mendenhall-piano, Daiki Yasukagawa-bass, Gene Jackson-drums
June 28 Pochi, Akashi with Satoshi Sugiyama- piano, Ryo Hatakeyama- bass, Kei Morishita-drums
June 29 Blue Note Naramachi Duo with Phillip Strange-piano
Tour in Brazil:
May 25 -26 Concerts in Penedos
May 28-29 Rehearsals in Sao Paulo
May 31 SESC Sao Paulo w/ Markus Niittynen-piano, Sidiel Vieira-bass, Carlos Ezequiel- drums
June 1 Concert at SESC Santos w/ Markus Niittynen-piano, Sidiel Vieira-bass, Carlos Ezequiel- drums
June 2 Concert at SESC Santo Andre w/ Markus Niittynen-piano, Sidiel Vieira-bass, Carlos Ezequiel- drums
APRIL/MAY 2024
North Africa Tour with Peter Hertmans: April 22- May 8
April 24 Concert at Belgian Embassy Residence, Algiers, Algeria
April 26 International Jazz Day Concert at Weston Jazz Club, Rabat, Morocco
Peter Hertmans-guitar, Nor Eddine- piano, Hamza Souissi-bass, Ali Souissi- drums
April 27 Concert at Le Pietri, Rabat, Morocco
Peter Hertmans-guitar, Hamza Souissi-bass, Ali Souissi- drums
April 29 Ricks' Cafe, Casablance, Morocco with the house band
April 30 Participation at the Global Concert, International Jazz Day, Tangier, Morocco
May 1 Concert at El Morocco Club, Tangiers, Morocco
May 3 Concert in,Tunis, Tunisia
May 4 Concert at The Residence Hotel,Tunis, Tunisia
Omar El Oauer- piano, Wassim Benhrourma, Jihed Bedoui
May 5 at 16:00 Masterclass at Mushroom Studios, Tunis w/ Peter Hertmans
May 6 Masterclass at l'Institute Superieur de Musique de Tunis, Tunisia
May 6 Concert at Mushroom Studio, Carthage, Tunisia
May 7 Concert at the French Institute, Tunis, Tunisia
with Omar El Oauer-piano, Benhrourma Wassin-bass, Jihed Bedoui-drums
FEBRUARY 2024
Tour in SE Asia:
Singapore
Feb 18 Jazz Loft, opening set
Feb 23 Workshop at LaSalle College of the Arts
Feb 24 Simply Jazz (unofficial concert with Rachma Lim)
MARCH 2024
March 4 Smalls, Bangkok
March 6 Bangkok, place TBA, with Mr. Koh Sax
March 8-9 Thailand
March 10 Alonetogether, Bangkok, Pekka Pylkkänen Trio: Pekka Pylkkanen- sax, Pornchart Viriyapark bass, Pong Nakornchai drums
March 11 The Saxophone Pub, Bangkok with Mr. Koh Sax
March 13 Foo John Jazz Club, Bangkok
March 14 Cool Cats Singapore Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet: Wei Xiang-piano, Ivan Lombardi-bass, Anson Koh- drums
March 15 Singapore
March 16 Maduro Singapore Pekka Pylkkanen Trio: Wei Xiang-piano, Felix Phang- bass
March 21 Concert at UCSI University, KL
March 22 Composition Masterclass, UCSI University, KL, Malesia
March 23 Maduro Singapore Pekka Pylkkanen Trio: Wei Xiang-piano, Ivan Lombardi - bass
Thailand, Malaysia,Singapore, Indonesia
Mexico Tour POSTPONED!! NEW DATES SOON!
April 7 Jazzatlan Capital, Mexico City, Duo with Alex Mercado
April 10 Moser Cafe, Queretaro
April 11, Zinco Jazz Club, Mexico City
April 18, Jazzland, Puebla
January 29 - March 4 Artist-in Residence at Villa Karo, Benin POSTPONED
March 4- March 11 Concert tour in West-Africa: POSTPONED
COTE D'IVOIRE: Concerts, workshops POSTPONED
Ghana: Concerts, Workshops POSTPONED
JAPAN TOUR 2023
Dec 1 Virtuoso Akasaka, Tokyo with Eddie Mendenhall, organ, Dennis Frehse, drums
https://www.virtuosoakasaka.com
Dec 3 Candy, Chiba with Eddie Mendenhall -piano, Yuhei Honkawa-bass, Shogo Hamada-drums http://blog.livedoor.jp/jazzspotcandy/
Dec 5 Apple, Yokohama, duo with Eddie Mendenhall, piano
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/jazzlivebar_apple
Dec 6 Mondo Bongo, Sendai with 廣海 大地Ts 菊田 邦裕Tp 岩谷 真B 今村 陽太郎Ds
https://www.mondobongosendai.com/
Dec 8 D-Club, Sapporo, Hokkaido with Yoshiro Motoyama pf Shinya Yanagi ba Kenji Tateyama drs https://www.d-bop.com/
Dec 9 D- Club, Sapporo, Hokkaido Hiroe Nakashima pf Shinya Yanagi ba Osamu Uno d https://www.d-bop.com/
Dec 10 Cross Time, Kitahiroshima-shi, , Hokkaido, sets at 14:00 and 15:00 https://crosstime.studio.site
Dec 12 Sweet Rain, Nakano, Tokyo with Dennis Lambert-piano, Pat Glynn-bass, Gene Jackson-drums http://jazzsweetrain.com/
Dec 14 Into The Blue, Machida, Tokyo with Gene Jackson- drums, Daiki Yasugakawa- bass, Sora Ichikawa- piano http://intotheblue.info/
Dec 15 Satin Doll, Tokyo with Dennis Lambert's Christmas and Jazz Project
https://satin-doll.jp/top/
Dec 16 Workshop in Nagoya
Dec 17 Workshop in Nagoya (morning)
Dec 17 Naru Ochanomizu, Tokyo with David Bryant- piano, Riku Takahashi-bass, Hiro Kimura-drums http://ocha-naru.com/
Dec 18, Bochi Bochi, Ohtsu, duo with Phillip Strange, piano https://bochibochiotsu.com/
Dec 19, 100 ban, Kobe, duo with Phillip Strange, piano https://www.100ban.jp/posts/events/
Dec 20 So Nice, Matsuyama, Shikoku Island, duo with Phillip Strange, piano with guest
Dec 21 Goto's Bar,Tokushima, duo with Phillip Strange, piano and a guest https://sites.google.com/site/gotosbar/
Dec 22, Livehouse Bird, Okayama with the house trio https://livehousebird.com/
Dec 23 Pochi, Akashi, Hyogo with Ryota Ueda- piano https://livehouse-pochi.com/
ASIA TOUR
Sept 19 - Oct 26
Singapore:
September 22 Workshop at LaSalle College of the Arts
September 22 Jazz Loft (at BluJaz) Singapore with Wei Xiang- piano, Arthur Wiyono-bass, Anson Koh- drums
September 23 Jazz Loft (at BluJaz) Singapore with Wei Xiang- piano, Arthur Wiyono-bass, Anson Koh- drums
https://blujazlive.net/live-event/
Sept 25 Travel/Rehearsal day
Sept 26 Jazz Up 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia w/ Grace Leong-piano, Che Wan-bass, Cliff Wong-drums
Sept 27 Bangkok
Sept 28 Foo John Jazz Club, Bangkok
Sept 29 Bangkok
Sept 30 Bangkok
OCTOBER 2023
Oct 1 Left Alone Jazz Club, Bangkok w/ Pomchart Vinyapark-bass, Pong Nakomchai-drums
Oct 2 (late night) at the Saxophone Pub, Bangkok
Oct 4-10 Jakarta, Indonesia
Oct 4 D' Jazz Music School workshop
Oct 5 D'Jazz Music School workshop/recording
Oct 7 Stashed Jazz Club, Jakarta
Oct 11- Singapore
Oct 12 Simply Jazz, Singapore w/the house trio
Oct 13 Maduro, Singapore w/ Wei Xiang- piano, Felix Phang- bass
Oct 15
Oct 16-20 Songkhla, Thailand
Oct 17-19 International Jazz Master Class at Songkhla Rajabhat University
Oct 19 Lamoon, Hatyai
Oct 21 Winkks Beach Club, Samed Island
Oct 23 Krua Chantapoon in Pattaya
Oct 24-25 Bangkok
Oct 26
- Nov 8 Bali, Indonesia
France
Aug 3rd Hot Brass Jazz Club/Jazzfola Aix-En-Provence, with the house trio.
JULY 2023
Finland:
July 1st Botania, Joensuu, Pylkkanen Organic Bop Feat Peter Hertmans
July 2nd Saimaa Jazz at Kulttuurikellari, Savonlinna, Pylkkanen Organic Bop feat Peter Hertmans
July 5th at Teurastamo Jazz, Helsinki w/ Ville Luukkonen Trio
July 8th Mattolaituri, Helsinki w/ Pylkkanen Organic Bop Trio (Visa Oscar- organ & Ville Luukkonen-drs)
ALBANIA
July 11-17 Gion Mili Jazz &Blues Festival / Tirana and Korça; Albania
UK
July 19th London/ Private event with Marco Marconi- piano, Matyas Hofecker-bass, Billy Pod- drums
BELGIUM:
JULY 23 ARCHIDUC, BRUSSELS, with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca- bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
JULY 24 MUSIC VILLAGE, BRUSSELS with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca- bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
JUNE 2023
Finland:
June 7th Helsinki
June 12th Kotka, Pekka Pylkkanen- Markus Niittynen Duo
more dates TBA
June 26-July 1st IASJ Meeting, Helsinki
June 28th- Poppari, Jyväskylä w/ Pylkkanen Organic Bop feat Peter Hertmans
June 29th -Mattolaituri, Helsinki w/ Pylkkanen Organic Bop feat Peter Hertmans
June 30th Saltbodan, Loviisa w/Peter Hertmans, guitar, Rich Syracuse-bass, Jeff 'Siege' Siegel - drums
MARCH 2023
France
APRIL 2023
April 28 -29 UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
MAY 2023
May 1 UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
May 4- May 8 UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
Cyprus tour
May 12 Technopolis 20/ Paphos
May 14 Sarah's Jazz Club /Nicosia
May 15 Embassy Concert, Finnish Embassy, Nicosia
May 16 Masterclass European University Nicosia
May 17 Library /Limassol
May 18 tba
May 23 Melting Pot,Limassol
May 24 Library, Limassol
May 25 Mixology, Limassol
May 28 Rooftop, Agora, Limassol Old Town
June 1 Cornaro Fine Arts Center, Limassol
FEBRUARY 2023
Feb 1st Living Room Bangkok with Willard Dyson- drums, Nattikorn Tiabtian-piano, Therdsak Wongvichien- bass
Feb 3 Jazz Loft Singapore w/ Lee Ann Gie-piano, Masahi Sasaki-bass, Yap Ting Wei-drums
Feb 4 Jazz Loft Singapore w/ Lee Ann Gie-piano, Masahi Sasaki-bass, Yap Ting Wei-drums
Feb 13 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Feb 21 Workshop Thaksin University, Thailand
Feb 22 Workshop Thaksin University, Thailand,
Feb 22 Concert at the Auditorium, Thaksin Univ
Feb 23 Concert at Once in Hadyia, Thailand
Feb 24 Concert at The Living Room, Bangkok
Feb 25 Concert at the Living Room, Bangkok
JANUARY 2023
ASIA TOUR:
Jan 24-29th Thailand International Jazz Conference:
Jan 24-26th rehearsals
Jan 27 Workshop
Jan 28 Guest artist with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan 29 Guest artist with the Mahidol Jazz Orchestra
Jan 31 Living Room Bangkok with Willard Dyson- drums, Nattikorn Tiabtian-piano, Therdsak Wongvichien- bass
MEXICO TOUR -
Jan 7 Zinco Jazz Club, CDMX
Jan 10 Casa Franca, CDMX
Jan 11th, Moser Cafe, Queretaro
Jan 14 Jazzatlan, CDMX
Jan Xalapa
Jan 17 Parker &Lenox, CDMX
Jan 18th Concert at the Finnish Embassy, CDMX
Jan 19 Cafe Janeiro, CDMX
DECEMBER 2022
JAPAN TOUR 2022:
Dec 1 Mondo Bongo, Sendai, Pekka Pylkkanen with Sendai All-Stars mondobongo.site
Dec 2
Dec 3-4 D- Bop Jazz Club, Sapporo, Pekka Pylkkanen&Sapporo All-Stars: Eddie Mendenhall-piano, Masaya Yanagi- bass, Kenji Tateyama- drums
Dec 5 Ginza Attic, Tokyo, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio feat Dennis Lambert and Yuhei Honkawa
Dec 6 Recording session /Kobe-Nishinomiya
Dec 7 Recording session /Kobe-Nishinomiya
Dec 8
Dec 9
Dec 10 Jazz Club Nardis, Kashiwa Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet w Yuichi Inoue piano,Yuhei Honkawa bass Shogo Hamada, drs, Showtime 20:00,
Dec 11 Jazz Village, Kiryu Pekka Pylkkanen Trio featuring David Bryant-piano, Riku Takahashi-bass, Open 18:00 Showtime 18.30
Dec 12 Jazz Flash, Niigata Pekka Pylkkanen Trio featuring David Bryant-piano, Riku Takahashi-bass, Showtime 19:30
Dec 13 Mokkiriya, Kanazawa Pekka Pylkkanen Trio featuring David Bryant-piano, Riku Takahashi-bass, Showtime 19.30
Dec 14
Dec 15 Caballero Club, Nagoya w/ Takuya Sakazaki-bass, Hiroshi Sugiyama-drums
Dec 17 Bochi Bochi Club, Otsu City Duo w/ Phillip Strange: Nights of Standards and Blues
Dec 18 Livehouse Bird, Okayama Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet, Miyaki Kento (piano), Keita Akahoshi (bass), Kenichiro Hirota (drums) Open 19:30, Showtime 20:00
Dec 19 House concert Duo w/ Phillip Strange: Nights of Standards and Blues
Dec 20 tue at 100 Ban Hall, Kobe, w/ Phillip Strange: Nights of Standards and Blues
Dec 21
Dec 22 So Nice, Takamatsu, Duo w/ Phillip Strange: Nights of Standards and Blues,
Showtime 20:00
Dec 23 Blue Note Naramachi, Duo w/ Phillip Strange: Nights of Standards and Blues kyoto-bluenote.jp/schedule.html
NOVEMBER 2022
Nov 3 Masterclass at metropolia UAS, Helsinki
Nov 4 at EMMA Art Museum, Espoo
Nov 7-11 Umo Helsinki Jazz Orchestra with Theo Bleckman:
Rehearsals: Nov 7-8
Nov 9 Concert at House of Culture, Helsinki
Nov 10 Concert w/Oulu Sinfonietta, City of Oulu
ITALY TOUR:
Nov 18 (Fri) Gregory's Jazz Club, Rome
Nov 19 (Sat) Gregory's Jazz Club, Rome
Nov 20 Duke Jazz Club, Bari - duo with Guido di Leone
OCTOBER 2022
Oct 4 -13 with UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra (UMO with Aili Ikonen)
Concerts:
Wed 5.10. Kangasala-talo (Kuohunharjuntie 6, Kangasala)
Thu 6.10. Vuotalo (Valkopaadentie 3, Helsinki)
Fri 7.10. Loviisan seurahuone (Kuningattarenkatu 24, Loviisa)
Mon 10.10. Kuopion Musiikkikeskus (Kuopionlahdentie 23, Kuopio)
Thu 13.10. Kotkan konserttitalo (Keskuskatu 33, Kotka)
Oct 24- 27 UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra with guest Guilhermo Klein
Oct 28 -29 Idee Jazz Festival, Tartu and Narva, Estonia with Pylkkanen Nu Bottega
Oct 30 Philly Joe's Jazz Club, Tallinn, Estonia with Pylkkanen Nu Bottega
Oct 31- Nov 5 Helsinki Area, Finland
2022:
SEPTEMBER 2022
FINLAND
Sept 16- 19 w/ UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra/Avanti Chamber Orchestra
Concert:, tue 20.9. Musiikkitalo, konserttisali
Sept 27 Visit in Vienna, Austria
Sept 29-30 UMO Helsinki Jazz Ochestra (UMO with Aili Ikonen):
AUGUST 2022
Finland:
August 5, Blueberry Hill Festival, Ilomantsi with Pylkkanen Organic Bop feat Visa Oscar
August 6, Saltsjöbodan, Loviisa with Pylkkanen Organic Bop
August 14, Club/restaurant Tenho, Helsinki with Pylkkanen Organic Bop
August 19, Hietsun terassi, Helsinki at 19:00
Greece:
Aug 21 Vlatos Jazz Festival, Crete
Aug 22-23, Chania, Crete
Aug 27 Athens with Sera Bellos Sextet
AUG 28 Tinos Jazz Festival, Tinos Island, with Pylkkanen Greek Bottega: Nikolas Anadolis- piano, Grigoris Theodoridis-bass, Yiorgos Maniatis- drums
Aug 31 Orfeas Bar in Kipseli/Athens with George Tsolis-piano, George Kostopoulos-bass, Sera Bellos-drums
JULY 2022
FINLAND
JULY 8 : HIETALAHDEN TERASSI : Pylkkanen- Visa Oscar Organic Duo at 18:00- POSTPONED!
JULY 9 : PORI JAZZ FESTIVAL: Pylkkanen Organic Bop Quartet
ALBANIA:
JULY 11- 13 TIRANA FESTIVAL ; PEKKA PYLKKANEN NU UNIT with Roberto Tarenzi, Kimon Karoutzos, Adam Pache
JULY 15-17 in Korça: Gjon Mili Jazz & Blues Festival
MAY 2022
ITALY
MAY 21 MASTER CLASS ATConservatorio di Musica Vincenzo Bellini, Palermo (POSTPONED)
MAY 21 TATUM ART, PALERMO
GREECE
May 25-27 Studio Sessions - Lumino Studios
JUNE 2022
FINLAND
11.6. Helsinki - ESPLANADE PARK STAGE - Pekka Pylkkanen Organic Bop
18.6. HELSINKI -Tislaamo/Distillery Bar/Rest - PEKKA PYLKKANEN ORGANIC BOP TRIO FEAT VISA OSCAR
March 3 Thursday at CONCERTO CAFE ARTISTIC, ATHENS DUO W/ NIKOLAS ANADOLIS
ITALY:
March 11, 2022 San Severo Jazz W/ PYLKKANEN NU BOTTEGA: Domenico Sanna, Francesco Puglisi, Marco Valeri
March 12, 2022 at Gregory's Jazz Club, Roma, w/ Andrea Rea, Francesco Puglisi, Marco Valeri
March 15, 2022 TATUM ART, Palermo with Roberto Tarenzi, Alessandro Presti,
March 20, at MINGUS CAVA BAR, Athens with Paris Gagastathis
APRIL 2022
GREECE
APRIL 12 ATHENS
APRIL 27 AT CONCERT CAFE ACOUSTIC - DUO WITH NIKOLAS ANADOLIS
GREECE:
MAY 28 AT SOUL FOOD, CHALKIDA / PEKKA PYLKKANEN TRIO w/ Grigoris Theodoridis and Sera BellosCANCELLED
JANUARY 2022:
((((((POSTPONED!!!!!!!!!))))
Mexico and Cuba
Jan 17 - 23 La Plaza Festival de Jazz, Havana
https://www.facebook.com/festivaljazzplazacuba-106474734606785/
Jan 22 El Eclectico/ Paseo 206 La Habana con Jorge Reyes y Wiwi
Jan 22 La Plaza Festival
Jan 23 La Plaza Festival
TBA MORE!
Feb 4 JazzMX CDMX Duo with Alex Mercado https://fb.me/e/1sPHYrmJs
Feb 10 Parker&Lennox, CDMX with Alex Mercado, Israel Cupich, Gabriel Puentes
Feb 11 Moser Cafe, Queretaro with Alex Mercado, Israel Cupich, Gabriel Puentes
Feb 12 Zinco Jazz Club, CDMX with Alex Mercado, Israel Cupich, Gabriel Puentes
Feb 16 Xalapa
Feb 17 Xalapa
Feb 18 Xalapa
(((((POSTPONED)))))
FEBRUARY 2022
Feb 6 at UPPER ATHENS w Christina Syriopolou & friends https://upperathens.com/
Feb 13 at UPPER ATHENS w Christina Syriopolou & friends https://upperathens.com/
Feb 20 at UPPER ATHENS w Christina Syriopolou & friends https://upperathens.com/
Feb 27 at UPPER ATHENS w Christina Syriopolou & friends https://upperathens.com/
Feb 28 at MINGUS Cava Bar Athens, duo with Paris Gagasthatis, piano. https://www.facebook.com/MingusCavaBar
MARCH 2022
2021:
DECEMBER:
Dec 3 at Qilompo with Serafim Bellos Quartet
Spain tour (TBA) w/ Roberto Tarenzi, Viktor Nyberg, Adam Pache
Dec 8 TBA
Dec 9th Jimmy Glass Jazz Bar, Valencia https://www.jimmyglassjazz.net/programacion-3/
Dec 10th Clarence Jazz Club,Torremolinos
Dec 11th Sunset Jazz Club, Girona http://sunsetjazz-club.com/index/CONCERTS.html
Dec 12 TBA
Dec 18 Athens, Typografos
Dec 19
Dec 21 Athens, Marousi morning concert
Dec 22 Athens, Marousi morning concert
Dec 23 Athens, Marousi morning concert
Dec 23 Athens, Kolonaki, Gallery, at 19:30
Dec 24 Athens, Marousi, morning concert
Dec 31
NOVEMBER:
Nov 12 Athens
Nov 15 Patras w/ Menios Gounaris, Grigoris Theodoridis and Dimitris Klonis
Nov 16 at Orfeas Cafe with Roberto Tarenzi, Grigoris Theodoridis, Giannis Panopoulou
Nov 17 at Afrikana Jazz Club with Roberto Tarenzi, Grigoris Theodoridis, Yorgos Maniatis
Nov 21 at Praxis Music School Masterclass 'Talking Jazz' with Giorgos Tsolis
Nov 29 at Kik Project - duet with Konstantinos Stouraitis
OCTOBER:
Oct 13th Afrikana Jazz Bar w/Georgios Tsolis, Grigoris Theodoridis, Yorgos Maniatis
Oct 17th Athens private party
Oct 28 at Spiti Art Bar with Menios Gounaris and his trioSEPTEMBER:
Recording sessions in Athens
Concerts TBA
GREECE:
JULY 3RD
AT SPITI ART BAR WITH GEORGE KONTRAFOURIS TRIO Efpatridon 7, Athina 118 54 tel 698 352 2217 https://www.facebook.com/spitikerameikos/
JULY 8TH SPITI ART BAR PEKKA PYLKKANEN ATHENS SUMMER SESSIONS WTIH ROBERTO TARENZI, PNO, KIMON KAROUTZOS, BASS, JASON WASTOR, DRUMS Efpatridon 7, Athina 118 54 tel 698 352 2217 https://www.facebook.com/spitikerameikos/
JULY 10TH
AT JAZZÉT CAFÉ PEKKA PYLKKANEN- ROBERTO TARENZI DUO https://musicenterathens.com/ 101, Str. Karaiskaki 99, Chaidari 124 61 21 0581 5626
DUO RECORDING WITH ROBERTO TARENZI
OTHER DATES TBA
RECORDING SESSION IN ATHENS, FEB 2021
ONLINE CONCERTS
JAPAN:
JAPAN TOUR -DECEMBER 2020 - POSTPONED UNTIL AT LEAST SUMMER 2021!
ITALY: SPRING TOUR 2021 POSTPONED!
(APRIL 16, SAN SEVERO : PEKKA PYLKKANEN NU BOTTEGA: Roberto Tarenzi- piano, Francesco Puglisi- bass, Marco Valeri-drums ETC)OCT 2nd, at Tislaamo, Helsinki (22:00) with Joonas Haavisto/piano, Kaisa Mäensivu/bass, Joe Peri/drums
August 23 Fiskars Kuparipaja - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio feat Olli Soikkeli- Olli Soikkeli- guitar, Kaisa Mäensivu-bass
August 26 Helsinki Senaatintori/Senate Square /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Tuure Koski/bass, Jaska Lukkarinen/drums
uly 24 Loviisa Saltsjöbaden - with Markus Niittynen/piano, Juuso Kasperi Rinta/bass, Jaska Lukkarinen/drums
SPAIN:(cancelled due to COVID-19)
March 23 - March 28: Master Classes and Concerts at Conservatorio Superior de Music de Islas Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain,
APRIL 2020:
April 20-25 Concerts in Scandinavia/Baltics
April 30- May 6 International Jazz Day - + master classes in Thailand
May 2020:
Italy Tour May 18-28
Scandinavia Tour May 29-June 4
June /July 2020 Japan Tour DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER, NEW DATES SOON!
JUNE 13 B flat Akasaka, Tokyo, 'Double Alto' with Kazuhiko Kondo, alto saxophone; Dennis Lambert, piano;Pat Glynn, bass; Gene Jackson, drums
June 17, Nardis, Kashiwa, Dennis Lambert-piano, Pat Glynn- bass, Shogo Hamade- drums
June 17 No Room for Squares, Dennis Lambert- piano, Pat Glynn-bass, drums TBA
June 19 Blue Note Naramachi, Pekka Pylkkanen- Phillip Strange Duo
June 20/21 Livehouse Bird, Okayama
Caballero Club, Nagoya, Duo with Phillip Strange
Cafe Gallery Lavandula, Chiba
Royal Horse, Osaka
Zinc Gallery, Kyoto
July 4, La Casuela, Pekka Pylkkanen-Phillip Strange Duo
Belgium:
March 8, Cafe des Arts, Berchem, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/Sal la Rocca, Lionel Beuvens + possible guest
March 9, recording session with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT), Brussels
March 9, De Hopper, Antwerpen, with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT)
March 12-13 : Master Classes at LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
March 14 Brussels, TBA
March 15: De Muze, 15:00- 18:00 with Peter Hertmans/guit, Sal LaRocca/Bass, Lionel Beuvens/drums (Pekka Pylkkanen-Peter Hertmans QT)Antwerpen
JANUARY 2020:
Cuba and Mexico:
Jan: 14-19 La Plaza Festival de Jazz, Havana - with Jorge Reyes- bass piano & drums TBA
Jan 21: Residence of the Finnish Embassy, Mexico City with Alex Mercado II-piano, Rob Duguay-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
Jan 23 Casa Franca, Mexico City with Alex Mercado II -piano, Luri Molina-bass, drums TBA
Jan: 24 Zinco Jazz Club, Mexico City, Mexico with Alex Mercado II-piano, Rob Duguay-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
Jan 25: Master Class at LaFaro Institute of Jazz at 7 PM
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia TOUR DATES: JAN 29 - FEB 15
Thailand: with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Jan 31- Feb 2nd Thailand International Jazz Conference 2020
with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
FEBRUARY 2020:
FEB 3-6 KUALA LUMPUR
Artist-In -Residence at the UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur,TBA
February 4 Master Classes & Workshops, UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
February 5 Concert at UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
February 6 Noon workshop at UCSI with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
FEB 7-13 SINGAPORE
Feb 7, LaSalle College, Master Class - at 15:00 with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 7 Club Maduro, Singapore with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 8 Club Maduro, Singapore with Roberto Tarenzi - piano, Viktor Nyberg-bass, Anssi Tirkkonen -drums
Feb 10- 15 Vagabond Club, Singapore - Artistic Residency
Feb 11 Singapore, with Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Club 1880
Feb 12 Singapore, with Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Burger&Lobster at Hotel Raffles 7:30 PM
Feb 13 Vagabond Club- with Andrew Lim/guitar and Christie Smith/bass and Nicole Duffell/tenor, Singapore
Feb 14 Vagabond Club- with Andrew Lim/guitar and Christie Smith/bass , Singapore
DECEMBER 2019:
JAPAN TOUR Dec 2- Dec 21 Supported by Finnish Institute in Japan/TelepArt and Finnish Music Foundation
Dec 5 Nardis, Kashiwa with Shogo Yamada-drums. Pat Glynn-bass, Dennis Lambert- piano http://knardis.com/knardis.com/Welcome.html
Dec 6 Body and Soul, Tokyo, with Gene Jackson-drums, Pat Glynn-bass, Dennis Lambert- piano https://www.bodyandsoul.co.jp/
Dec 8 open
Dec 9 Swing, Ginza, Tokyo with Gene Jackson- drums., Yuhei Honkawa-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://ginzaswing.jp/
Dec 10 open
Dec 11 Jazz&Blues Village, Kiryu with Gene Jackson- drums., Riku Takahashi-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://villagejazz.jp/
Dec 12 Jazz Flash, Niigata with Gene Jackson- drums., Riku Takahashi-bass, Dennis Lambert-piano http://flash.pagans.jp/index.html
Dec 13 open
Dec 14 Blue Note Naramachi, Nara 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' duo with Phillip Strange-piano 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' http://kyoto-bluenote.jp/
Dec 15 Bonds Rosary, Kyoto, with Phillip Strange-piano, Yasutaka Yorozu-bass, Kei Morishita-drums 'Cannonball & Bill Evans Tribute' https://bondsrosary.com/
Dec 16 open
Dec 17 Livehouse Bird, Okayama City, with Masuda san -piano, Keita san- bass, Kei Morishita- drums http://livehousebird.com/
Dec 18 Caballero Club, Nagoya with Kotaro Hiramitsu- ,Yoshitaka Yamashita-drums, Takuya Sakazaki-bass- showtime 20:00
Dec 19 Electric Jinja, Roppongi, Tokyo, with Ken'ichiro Shinzawa- piano, Yuhei Honkawa- bass, Yusuke Yaginuma-drums
Dec 20 open
Dec 21 open
Dec 22 return home
NOVEMBER 2019:
Nov 7 in Kulturhuset, Tammisaari/Ekenäs, with Annika Cleo,
Nov 8 in Loviisa, with Annika Cleo,
Nov 9 Archiduc, Brussels, Belgium, with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens- drums
Nov 10 De Muze, Antwerpen, afternoon concert
Nov 12 LUCA School of Arts, Workshops
Nov 16 Duc Des Lombards, Paris, France with Franck Amsallem (piano) Quartet
SEPTEMBER 2019:
Sept 13 with Juha Sippu & the Gang, Tuomarinkylän Kartano
Sept 27-28 with Espoo Big Band, Leibnitz Jazz Festival (Austria)
AUGUST 2019:
ITALY: WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS, STUDIO SESSIONS
AUG 9 Friday, Gregory's Jazz at the River at 19:30 - Charles Burchell Session
AUG 10 Sat, Gregory's Jazz Club at 21:00 - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Adam Pache (drs) and Giulio Scarpato (bass)
AUG 18 Gregory's Jazz Club at the River at 22:00 Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet with Andrea Rea- piano, Vincenzo Florio- bass,
Adam Pache- drums
AUG 20 Extrabeat Studios, Roma
AUG 21 Extrabeat Stusios, Roma
AUG 22 Extrabeat Studios, Roma
MORE TBA
JUNE 2019:
June 1- 3 Mixing session at Extrabeat Studios, Roma
June 30 Arena/Sala Fellini at Gambettola at 21:30- - with Roberto Rossi Quintet
JULY 2019:
Artistic Residence at the Circolo Scandinavo, Roma- July 1st thru July 31st !
July 2nd Gregory's By The River at 22:00 with Roberto Tarenzi-piano, Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Enrico Morello- drums
July 3rd at the Isola Tiberina at 19:30 with Roberto Tarenzi-piano, Francesco Puglisi-bass, Adam Pache-drums
July 9th at Isola Tiberina, 19:30 with Giulio Scrapato- bass, Adam Pache - drums
July 16 at 21:00 at Circolo Scandinavo, Trastevere, Rome - a presentation at 'Meet the Artists'
MAY 2019
ITALY:
May 30 Gregory's Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen trio - Francesco Puglisi bass, Adam Pache-drums
May 31 NAPOLI JAZZ FEST- Pekka Pylkkanen Nu'Talian Quartet - Roberto Tarenzi- piano, Francesco Puglisi-bass, Adam Pache- drums CANCELLED BY THE ORGANISER!
Finland:
May 20-27 Finnish Musician's Union Artist Residency at Villa Vikan, Raasepori
May 9-11 Workshops, lessons at KARELIA UAS
May 9 KERUBI, JOENSUU, with my students from Karelia UAS: The Music of Chet Baker and Modern Jazz Combo
May 16 Botania JOENSUU, with my students from Karelia UAS; An Hommage to Roy Hargrove
April 10-12 WORKSHOPS,LESSONS AT KARELIA UAS
April 12 BOTANIA, JOENSUU w/Lawrence Hodge Botania Quartet
FEB 27 AT KERUBI, JOENSUU with Students from Karelia UAS
FEB 28 AT BOTANIA IN JOENSUU with my students from Karelia UAS
FEB 8, REHEARSAL DAY, ESML
FEB 9, HOT CLUBE DE PORTUGAL, Lisbon - Pekka Pylkkänen Group
with Gonçalo Marques- trumpet, Ricardo Pinheiro-guitar, Hugo Antunes-bass, Joao Sousa-drums
FEB 10, with Goncalo Marques and a rhythm section at Mercado de Campo de Ourique
FEB 11 Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, Master Class at 12:00 https://www.esml.ipl.pt/
''JAZZ COMPOSITION MASTER CLASS'
FEB 14 LUCIADA UNIVERSITY Master Class at 10:00
http://www.ulusiada.pt/
'HEARING AND DEVELOPING JAZZ LINES'
FEB 16 CASCAIS JAZZ CLUB/ Duo with George Esteves, piano at 21:30
FEB 17 Mercato Campo do Ourique at 18:00
FEB 21 - Cafe Dias /Lisbon- Duo with Ricardo Pinheiro - guitar at 19:00
FEB 22- Fabrica Praco do Prata: Pekka Pylkkanen Trio -Massimo Cavalli-bass, Joel Silva-drums
JAN 30 JOENSUU With Students from KARELIA UAS, TBA
JAPAN TOUR JANUARY 2019
JAN 10 at NO BIRD, TOKYO with Gene Jackson, drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://no-bird.com/
JAN 13 at JAZZ AND BLUES VILLAGE, KIRYU, with Gene Jackson, drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://villagejazz.jp/
JAN 14 at JAZZ FLASH, NIIGATA with Gene Jackson,drums; Yuhei Honkawa, bass; Yoshino Nakahara, piano
http://flash.pagans.jp/index.html
JAN 15 at NARDIS, KASHIWA with Gene Jackson drums, Pat Glynn, bass, Yoshino Nakahara, piano
JAN 16 at HERMIT DOLPHIN, HAMAMATSU with Yoshino Nakahara, piano, Yuhei Honkawa, bass, Gene Jackson drums
JAN 17 NAGOYA, STAR EYES, with Yoshino Nakahara, piano, Yuhei Honkawa, bass, Gene Jackson drums
JAN 19 ELECTRIK JINJA, Tokyo Roppongi, with Ayaki Saito, piano, Yuji Yoshimine, bass, Dennis Frehse, drums at 20:30
JAN 21 KYOTO BLUE NOTE IN NARA, Duo with Riho Oyama, piano
JAN 22 LAYLA, HIMEJI with Satoshi Sugiyama, piano, Mitsuaki Hara, bass, Kei Morishita, drums
JAN 23 at LEFT ALONE, ASHIYA with Phillip Strange, piano, Ryo Hatakeyama, bass, Kei Morishita, drums
DEC 3-10 Concerts, Recording and Mixing/Mastering Sessions in Roma
DEC 4
DEC 7 Recording with Fabrizio Bosso
DEC 7, CHARITY CAFE, Roma, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Daniele Sorrentino, bass and Adam Pache-drums
http://www.charitycafe.it/
DEC 8 Recording with Greg Burk
DEC 9, JEY, Roma, Pekka Pylkkänen Trio with Daniele Sorrentino- bass, Adam Pache-drums
showtime at 22:30 - Via Ostiense 385, 00145 Roma
DEC 1 VÄINÖ KALLIO JAZZ BRUNCH with Karri Luhtala- organ, Kari Antila-guitar, Alessandro D'Anna- drums
DEC 2 VÄINÖ KALLIO JAZZ BRUNCH with Karri Luhtala- organ, Kari Antila-guitar, Alessandro D'Anna- drums
https://vainokallio.fi/
BELGIUM/HOLLAND/FRANCE, November 2018
NOV 14 Codarts, Rotterdam, Clinics
NOV 15 Codarts, Rotterdam, Clinics
NOV 15 Den Haag, Victoria, Pekka Pylkkanen - Bob Wijnen Duo https://grandcafe-victoria.nl/
NOV 16, Antwerpen, at 22:00 Jazz Cafe De Muze https://jazzcafedemuze.be/ with Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
NOV 17, Brussels, Archiduc, Pekka Pylkkanen- Peter Hertmans Group
Peter Hertmans- guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums www.archiduc.net/en
HUNGARY - August 2018
August 25th, Budapest Music Center OPUS JAZZ CLUB w/ Peter Szendofi, drs; Aron Romhanyi, pno; Tibor Fonay, bass
Concerts in Roma, Salento, Pescara etc TBA - June/July/August 2018
Pescara Int'l Summer Jazz Workshops - Pescara Conservatory - July 23-26 2018
August 9th, Gregory's Jazz By the River - Pekka Pylkkanen Nu'Talian Quartet with Roberto Tarenzi-piano,
Francesco Puglisi-bass, Marco Valeri-drums
https://www.gregorysjazz.com/en/gregorysbytheriver/
ESTONIA:
Heikko Remmel Trio featuring Pekka Pylkkanen, (Holger Marjamaa -piano,
Heikko Remmel-bass, Reigo Ahven-drums) Philly Joe's Jazzklubi, Tallinn, June 1st
FINLAND
Kimmel Night Club/Joensuu - Jazz Ensemble; my students from Karelia UAS, May 3rd
Kimmel Auditorium/ Joensuu - Brazilian Ensemble- The Music of Hermeto Pascoal, May 16th at 14:00
SciFi Fest/Joensuu - Mingus Explosion- The music of Charles Mingus, May 17th
Music Center, Helsinki, a recording session, May 29-30
Italy:
Mezz’estate in Jazz – Una serata con Pekka Pylkkänen Nu’Talian Quartet
June 27th! : La serata inizia alle 19, il primo set alle 20
Casina del Lago (Villa Borghese, Viale dell'Aranciera 2, 00197 Roma)
Pekka Pylkkänen Nu’Talian Quartet sono:
Pekka Pylkkänen – sassofono
Francesco Puglisi - contrabbasso
Roberto Tarenzi – pianoforte
Marco Valeri – batteria
Pekka Pylkkanen Trio (Francesco Puglisi bass, Marco Valeri, drums) at Gregory's Jazz Club, April 12th , 2018
Master Classes, Lectures, Concerts at Saint Louis College of Music in Roma, April 9- April 15th, 2018 (see whole schedule on my Facebook site (www.facebook.com/pekkasmusic)!
Recordings in Roma Metropolitan area, April 17-19
Pekka Pylkkanen-Benito Gonzales Group at Latina Jazz Club, Friday April 20th
WITH KARRI LUHTALA ORGAN TRIO AT KAISLA, HELSINKI, March 17th, 2018
With Alessandro D'Anna and Vesa Ojaniemi, The New Jazz Session at Silmu Pub, March 21st, 2018
Feb 28 Piimälinna Live/Jazz - Final Jam Session ;hosting the farewell night with Tommi Ilonen, Vili Paavilainen, Lassi Piipponen etc.
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PORTUGAL:
LISBON: Master Classes at Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa, February 19-25, 2018
February 21st; Concert at Fabrica Braco de Prata in Lisbon, with Ricardo Pinheiro, Eric Ineke, Massimo Cavalli,
ITALY:
Feb 7: Gregory's Jazz Club at 22:00 / Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Francesco Puglisi (bass) and Valerio Vantaggio (drs)
Feb 8: Recording session at Extra Beat Studios, Rome with Greg Burk.
Feb 8- 10: Pescara AEC Pop/Jazz Platform Meeting in Pescara.
Feb 9: Pescara: Pekka Pylkkanen-Eric Ineke Trio w/special guest(s): Pietro Pancella (bass), Eric Ineke (drums), Pekka Pylkkanen (saxes)
Joensuu: DEC 13, Piimälinna Live with my Jazz Ensemble, and Latin/Cuban Ensemble at 20:00 !
OCT 27, Napoli Jazz Winter with Andrea Candela (pno), Francesco Ponticelli (bass), Valerio Vantaggio (drums) (postponed for the spring of 2018)
BELGIUM: DEC 5 - DEC 9, 2017 Master Classes at the LUCA School of Arts and Concerts w/Peter Hertmans in Leuven/Brussels D
DEC 8, ARCHIDUC, BRUSSELS, with Peter Hertmans (guitar), Sal La Rocca (bass), Lionel Beuvens (drums)
http://archiduc.com/en
HOLLAND: DEC 10 at 16:00- 18:00 PAVLOV, DEN HAAG, with Eric Ineke (drums), Juraj Stanik (piano, Marius Beets (bass) http://www.pavlov-denhaag.nl/
FINLAND:
Nov 3 With Peter Hertmans (guitar), Friday, in Joensuu at Piimälinna Jazz, Tuure Koski-bass
https://www.raflaamo.fi/fi/joensuu/hostina-piimalinna-joensuu
NOV 10 Karelia UAS 25th Anniversary Celebration, at Kerubi, Joensuu with Jarno Hopponen, guitar, Azra Topcu, bass, Tuomas Korhonen, drums
ITALY:
OCT 14 Gatsby Cafe, Roma, Pekka Pylkkanen trio with Stefano Cantarano (bass), Alessandro D'Anna (drums) https://www.facebook.com/gatsbycafe/
OCT 17 Bebop Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Jacopo Ferrazza (bass) and Alessandro D'Anna
OCT 24 Tuesday, Bebop Jazz Club, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Francesco Ponticelli (bass) and Roberto Pistolesi (drums)
OCT 25 Gregory's Jazz Club, Roma
July/August:
July 6th, Matisse, in Uggiano la Chiesa, Salento, Puglia
IASJ Jazz Meeting, Siena, (as a teacher/repres. of Karelia UAS) - July 7-14
Gregory's Jazz Club- Jazz At The River July 15th with Benito Gonzalez, Francesco Ponticelli, Alessandro D'Anna
Gregory's Jazz Club, Rome July 16th with Benito Gonzalez, Francesco Ponticelli, Alessandro D'Anna
Intl Summer Jazz Campus (and concerts) in Pescara, Abruzzo: July 17-23 (see more at 'news' )
Pescara Jazz Festival 'La Notte Bianca' July 22nd, with Benito Gonzalez, Maurizio Rolli and Eric Ineke
Gatsby Cafe, Roma on July 26, with Alessandro D'Anna and Igor Legari
Gregory's Jazz Club, Aug 3rd - Pekka Pylkkanen Trio - with Alessandro D'Anna (drums) and Stefano Cantarano (bass)
Groove Farm Studios, Aug 5th, recording session with Benito Gonzales, Alessandro D'Anna, Riccardo Gola
Cursi festival, Cursi (Salento, Puglia) on August 6th with Francesco Negro, piano and Matteo Maria Maglio, bass
Cantine Menhir, Minervino de Lecce (Salento, Puglia) on August 8th with Francesco Negro, Matteo Maria Maglio and Marco Girado, drums
Gregory's Jazz- Jazz At The River, Roma on Aug 11th. Pekka Pylkkanen Trio, with Alessandro D'Anna and Stefano Battaglia.
Gregory's -Jazz At the River, Roma, Aug 12th, Pekka Pylkkanen, Roberto Tarenzi, Alessandro D'Anna, Stefano Battaglia
February 4 at KAISLA, Helsinki, with Karri Luhtala Organ Trio - Karri Luhtala- org, Alessandro D'Anna- drums. me - saxophones
FEBRUARY 2 Piimälinna Jazz, Joensuu
February 23 at Hotel Kimmel, Joensuu, Rytmirajoilla- festival with the students of Karelia UAS Pop/Jazz Degree Program
March 16, Joensuu, Piimälinna Jazz with Lawrence Hodge & friends
Italy Tour 2017 /March
March 3
March 4 Latina Jazz Club Latina Circolo Cittadino/ VIttorio Solimene Trio feat Pekka Pylkkanen w/ Vittorio Solimene- guitar, Dario Picconi-bass and Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/jazzclublatina/
March 8 Roma Gatsby Jam Session /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/ Igor Legari-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/gatsbycafe/
March 9 Roma Ballad Café /Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet w/ Domenico Sanna-piano, Luca Fattorini-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums
www.facebook.com/balladcaffe/
March 10 Roma Tram Jazz /Pekka Pylkkanen Trio w/ Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Alessandro D'Anna-drums www.tramjazz.com/programma
March 12 Roma Gregory's Jazz Club /Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet w/Domenico Sanna-piano, Luca Bulgarelli-bass, Alessandro D'Anna- drums www.gregorysjazz.com/en/
April 30th, International Jazz Day 2017-
May 8th Tenho Restobar, Helsinki - Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet
w/Markus Niittynen, Alessandro D'Anna, Heikko Remmel www.ravintolatenho.fi/
May 10th at Piimälinna Jazz - with my Brazilian and Cuban groups from Karelia UAS
May 17th at Piimälinna Jazz - with my Jazz group from Karelia UAS
FINLAND/ESTONIA - 2017
W/ THE SCANDIC MOFOs Featuring Eric Ineke - Mikael Jakobsson-piano, Heikko Remmel-bass, Eric Ineke-drums
May 25th Philly Joe's - Tallinn phillyjoes.com/en/
May 26th Workshops in Tallinn www.ema.edu.ee/en/
May 27th Piimälinna Jazz, Joensuu
May 28th Pjazza, Helsinki pjazza.fi/en/
May 30th Recording session at the Siba studios
CUBA:
La Plaza Jazz Internacional, DEC 15-19,2016, with Mike del Ferro-piano, Abel Marcel, Jorge Reyes-bass, Rully Herrera-drums
www.lahabana.com/content/29th-havana-jazz-plaza-festival/
14/12 Corner Cafe,Vedado, Havana
15/12 Fabrica de Arte
16/12 Hotel Sevilla (this one was cancelled)
17/12 at 14:30 Pabellon Cuba
17/12 at 22:00 Hotel Habana Libre
18/12 (9:00 PM) Casa de la Cultura de Pla
19/12 Jazz Club Corner Cafè, Vedado, Havana
BELGIUM: Nov 28 - Dec 4 At the LUCA School of Arts, Leuven, Belgium http://www.luca-arts.be/en
DEC 1 at Cafe Belgaleiro, Leuven, with Peter Hertmans-guitar, Sal La Rocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums
https://maps.google.fi/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=fi-us&client=safari&gfe_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=fi&entry=s&sa=X&ftid=0x47c160e08ed8fbf1:0x5da8a9f69d3a413d&gmm=CgIgAQ%3D%3D
HOLLAND: DEC 3 at the BORDELAISE, Den Haag, www.debordelaise.nl/
with Eric Ineke www.ericineke.com/ with Juraj Stanik - piano, Marius Beets, bass, Eric Ineke- drums
mariusbeets.nl/ www.jurajstanik.com/
FINLAND:
September 20 : at Cafe Carousel with Kari Antila. http://www.kariantila.com/
Sept 29-Oct 1 with Erik Ineke: www.ericineke.com/
Sept 29 at Surakan Baari www.surakanbaari.fi/ Pekka Pylkkanen- Erik Ineke Quartet: Mikael Jakobsson -piano, Heikko Remmel - bass, Erik Ineke - drums, Pekka Pylkkanen- saxophones
Sept 30- Oct 1
OCT 18th Bebop Jazz Club, ROME, Pekka Pylkkanen Trio with Alessandro D'Anna/drums, Francesco Ponticelli, bass
http://www.bebopjazzclub.net/
SWITZERLAND:
Oct 28: sets at 16:00 and 17:15 Roche'n Jazz/Museum Tinguely, Basel : Pekka Pylkkanen-Mike del Ferro Quartet
Oct 28-29: sets at 20:30 and 21:45 Bird's Eye, Basel: Pekka Pylkkanen-Mike del Ferro Quartet (Pekka Pylkkanen-saxophones, Mike del Ferro-piano, Jukkis Uotila-drums. Stephan Kurmann-bass) www.birdseye.ch mikedelferro.com/home.html jukkis.com/
Summer/spring 2016/ Italy
Lecce , International Jazz Day w Francesco Negro
Maglie (Joey BistroCafe)
July 31st Helsinki with Fiestecita Orchestra
Aug 6th 2016: Jazzkukko Festival, Laitila: Peter Hertmans Quartet feat Pekka Pylkkanen (Peter Hertmans- guitar, Pekka Pylkkanen-sax, Salvatore LaRocca-bass, Lionel Beuvens-drums) jazzkukko.fi
Nov 5th- Concert with Peter Hertmans and students of Karelia UAS, Sirkkala Auditorium, Joensuu, Finland
OCT 17th - First JAZZ FOR PEACE Concert in Finland. Hotel President Club at 19:00 !
With:
Pekka Pylkkanen Special Unit
Visa Oscar Group - CD Release Concert!
Rick Della Ratta with Jazz For Peace
HOLLAND:
* Royal Conservatory, Den Haag, Sept. 28 - Oct 3rd, 2015
Master Classes and Concerts
July 30 - Litos, Porto Selvaggio - Nardò (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen Quartet) with: Francesco Negro (piano)Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso)
Alberto Stefanizzi (batteria)
July 31 - Art Café, Maglie (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen-Martin Jakobsen Quintet) with: Martin Jacobsen (sax tenore)Francesco Negro (piano)
Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso) Alberto Stefanizzi (batteria)
August 5 - Mercatino del Gusto, Maglie (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen & Antonio Cotardo Quintet) with: Antonio Cotardo (flauto)
Francesco Negro (piano) Giampaolo Laurentaci (contrabbasso) Antonio De Donno (batteria)
August 6 - Palazzo de Baronis, Cursi (LE) (Pekka Pylkkanen-Francesco Negro-Matteo Maria Maglio Trio): Francesco Negro (piano)Matteo Maria Maglio (contrabasso)
JAPAN:
* MAY 20th, KYOTO BLUE NOTE, KYOTO, 1st SET: 8:00 PM, 2nd SET 9:30 PM, Tickets 3500 yen http://kyoto-bluenote.jp/index.html
Shinichiro Makoto:drums, Mituaki Hara: bass
* MAY 21st, DESAFINADO, WAKAYAMA TICKETS 3500 yen 1st SET 20:00 2nd SET 21:15 http://desafinado.jp/ Tel: 073 441 6166
Murao Kouji: drums. Mituaki Hara: bass,
* MAY 23rd, WAKAYAMA JAZZ FESTIVAL Showtime: 14:00-15:00; --
* MAY 22nd, KOYO CONSERVATORY, KOBE http://www.koyo.net/
* MAY 24th, WORKSHOPS IN NAGOYA
* MAY 26th, SUNNY SIDE, NAGOYA, CLINIC AT 6:00 PM, CONCERT: 1st SET 20:30, 2nd SET 22:00,
tickets: ONLY CLINIC 2000 yen, CLINIC + CONCERT 4500 yen, ONLY CONCERT 3500 yen http://www.ss01.jp/ Tel: 052 847 6177
Shinichiro Kamoto: drums, Yuichi Hayashi: piano, Morihiro Omura: bass
* MAY 28th, LEFT ALONE, ASHIYA CITY, 1st SET 20:00, 2nd SET 21:15 Tickets 4000/3000 (student) yen http://www.left-alone.jp/home.html
Ryota Ueda:piano, Mitsuaki Hara:bass, Dai Matsumoto:drums
* MAY 29th, LIVEHOUSE BIRD, OKAYAMA CITY, 1st SET 7:30, 2nd SET 20:30, TICKETS 3500 yen Tel: 086 232 4831
March 25th Rytmirajoilla Festival, Joensuu
Feb 19th Joensuu Winter Music Festival, 'Nefertiti In A Silent Way' with Visa Oscar, Joonas Haavisto, Mikko Iivanainen, Timo Tolonen, Jaska Lukkarinen
Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza Havana Cuba, Dec 17-21, 2014
(got cancelled)
Japan Tour 2014:
Pekka Pylkkanen - alto and soprano saxes
Mike del Ferro - piano www.mikedelferro.com
Tuure Koski - bass
Ville Pynssi - drums
- OCT 18 TOKYO, OCHANOMIZU NETSURETSU GAKKISAI FESTIVAL -
- OCT 19 NIIGATA, JAZZ FLASH
- OCT 21 KOBE, KOBE MODERN JAZZ CLUB, BAR REQUEST
- OCT 22 KYOTO, KYOTO BLUE NOTE
- OCT 24 TOKYO, SOMEDAY JAZZ CLUB, SHINJUKU
- OCT 25 WAKAYAMA, DESAFINADO
- OCT 26 NAGOYA, SUNNY SIDE
- OCT 27 IBARAKI GIRL TALK
*Aug 13, 2014 1:00 PM Stockholm, AB
Finnish Church/StockholmAug 6, 2014
*Aug 3, 2014 8:00 PM Melito di Porto Salvo, No State
Porto Selvaggio
* Aug 1, 2014
Mercatino del Gusto
Maglie, Italy
* Jul 26, 2014
Lecce, No State
Castello Carlo V
* July 18-26, 2014
Atina Jazz Campus & Festival, Atina, Italy
* July 3-7, 2014 Grahamstown Jazz Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
* June 28, Straight No Chaser, Cape Town, South Africa
* June 21-18, IASJ Jazz Meeting, South-African College of Music, Cape Town, South Africa
* May 6, 2014, Conservatory Hall, Joensuu, Finland
* May 3, 2014 Koko Jazz Club, Helsinki, Finland
* May 2, 2014, Monk Jazz Club, Turku, Finland
* February 7, 2014 Hot Club Jazz School, Lisbon, Portugal
* February 7, 2014 Hot Club Jazz Club, Lisbon, Portugal
* February 6, 2014 Hot Club Jazz Club, Lisbon
I will try to upload more past concerts here... please be patient..:)