Location: Estonia talveaed
Date: 21 December 2011
Time: 19:00

Tõnu Naissoo
Tõnu Naissoo (b. March 18, 1951, Tallinn, Estonia), composer and jazz pianist-keybordist, son of a composer and jazz educator Uno Naissoo.

He started to study classical piano when he was six years old. He graduated from Tallinn Music School (in music theory, 1970) and Tallinn State Conservatory (in composition with prof. Eino Tamberg, 1982). In 1989 he received a scholarship from Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA).

His debut as a jazz pianist took place with his trio at the International Jazz Festival „Tallinn 1967“ when he was 16 years old. Next year (1968) he recorded his first LP: „Tõnu Naissoo Trio“(Melodiya). As a solo pianist his first performances took place in 1971 in Novgorod and in Leningrad at the concerts where the programme included Vadim Vyadro Quartet and the Ganelin – Tarasov Duo. After some years of silence in the jazz field – he was a keyboardist in the instrumental ensemble of the pop-showgroup „Laine“ (1972–76) – he started performing again in a trio format in 1977.

After success with his trio at the jazz festival „Tbilisi 78“ (Georgia), he was invited to perform in many former Soviet Union´s major jazz festivals including Riga (Latvia), Donetsk (Ukraine), Yaroslavl (Russia), Baku (Azerbaijan), Leningrad (Russia) and Birštonas (Lithuania). He also gave solo concerts with his quartet and was a frequent guest as a solo pianist at concerts in Minsk (Byelorussia), Leningrad and Moscow.

http://www.jazz.ee

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