Anssi Tikanmäki

In the 1970s Anssi Tikanmmäki was a music teacher at the Sibelius Academy in Finland and in the 80s he began his career as a free-lance musician and composer. Since then he has released several albums. He has also composed several scores for film and for the theatre. More recently he has composed scores and played on stage for projections of old silent movies including for EISENSTEIN and ARMOURED SHIP and he collaborated with director, Aki Kaurismäki on his silent feature film, JUHA.

In 1986 he formed the Anssi Tikanmäki Orchestraa (ATO) which has toured in Finland and internationally. Since 2013 the ATO has been working with British singer-songwriter Donovan.

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