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Raoul Melvin Björkenheim (born February 11, 1956) is a Finnish-American jazz guitarist, who has lived in Helsinki, New York, and Los Angeles. His mother is Finnish-American actress Taina Elg. In his teens he moved to Finland. He attended the Helsinki Conservatory and the Berklee School of Music.
With a musical career spanning forty years, Raoul Björkenheim explores a rainbow of musical sources through his guitar playing, focusing on projects ranging from a duo with the legendary Juhani Aaltonen to a freejazz nonet featuring four Senegalese drummers.
Raoul Björkenheim is a Finnish-American guitarist and composer who has been creating original music for the past four decades living in New York City and Helsinki, where he is presently based. Describing his on-going work as investigative guitarism, he is best known for an expressionistic and lyrical guitar style.
Mar 8, 2018 · about. Two legends of Finnish jazz and progressive rock: Juhani Aaltonen (Tasavallan Presidentti etc.) and Raoul Björkenheim (Krakatau, Ecstacy, Triad) in an intimate live recording from the Tampere Jazz Happening 2016.
Apr 13, 2004 · Raoul Bj: Ritual. Finnish-American guitarist Raoul Björkenheim is more or less the definition of iconoclast, which is especially notable given the fact that he attended one of the biggest jazz factories in the United States, Boston's Berklee School of Music.
Raoul Björkenheim is a guitarist and composer in a constant search for new levels of expression. This versatile musician is at home on two continents and in various musical styles. For him, improvisation is a matter of life philosophy and music should have true personal value.
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Raoul Björkenheim - Composer. While mainly focused on playing the guitar and developing a language of improvisation, Björkenheim has also maintained a keen interest in composing.
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