# Ilkka Paananen, piano

> Ilkka Paananen, piano – 6 recordings on Ondine. Ilkka Paananen studied the piano with Jarmo Räty at the Kuopio Conservatory, with Eero Heinonen at the…

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- **Role:** piano

## Biography

Ilkka Paananen studied the piano with Jarmo Räty at the Kuopio Conservatory, with Eero Heinonen at the Sibelius Academy, with Phyllis Sellick in London and in masterclasses with Dmitri Bashkirov, Ralf Gothóni, Dalton Baldwin and others. He was the winner of the Maj Lind Piano Competition in 1982 and the Danish Sonning Foundation in 1985.

Paananen has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in several European countries, as well as in the Far East and the United States.

A renowned accompanist of singers, Ilkka Paananen has appeared together with the great Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen at Alice Tully Hall and Danny Kaye Hall in New York, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Hermann Prey Lied Festival at Bad Urach and the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp. Paananen is also known for his partnership with Dilbèr, Elina Garanca, Kaludi Kaludow, Jaakko Kortekangas, Jaakko Ryhänen, Matti Salminen and Gabriel Suovanen. He has taken part in many crossover stage, cinema and TV productions and has released a number of discs in the past few years.

## Discography on Ondine (6)

- [Kiitosta soi lauluni: Kauneimpia hengellisiä lauluja](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1170-2d.md): Soile Isokoski · Karita Mattila · Jorma Hynninen · Sauli Tiilikainen · Esa Ruuttunen · Tapiolan Kuoro (ODE 1170-2D, 2010)
- [Jorma Hynninen: Elämälle. Songs by Oskar Merikanto](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1111-2.md): Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Ilkka Paananen, piano (ODE 1111-2, 2008)
- [Armas Järnefelt: Lieder](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1029-2.md): Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Camilla Nylund, soprano · Ilkka Paananen, piano (ODE 1029-2, 2003)
- [Gabriel Suovanen: Sydämeni laulut](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-954-2.md): Gabriel Suovanen, baritone · Ilkka Paananen, piano (ODE 954-2, 2000)
- [Dilbèr: Vocalise](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-890-2.md): Dilbèr, coloratura soprano · Ilkka Paananen, piano (ODE 890-2, 1997)
- [Seasons of Finnish Lifestyle](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1152-2.md): Photo album + CD (ODE 1152-2, 2009)