{{Infobox musical artist| | name = Tapani Rinne | image = Tapani rinne imgp4609.jpg | caption = | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_date = 1962 | birth_place = Pori, Finland | genre = ambient, jazz, electronic music, experimental music, contemporary, world music | occupation = {{flatlist| * Musician * composer * record producer * sound designer}} | years_active = 1981–present | label = Rockadillo Records, Aani Records, Signature Dark | website = {{URL|www.tapanirinne.com}} | current_member_of = RinneRadio, Wimme & Rinne, SlowHill | instrument = Clarinet, saxophone }}
'''Tapani Rinne''' (born February 2, 1962) is a Finnish musician, composer, record producer and sound designer, who is known for his experimental and innovative style with the clarinet and saxophone. It has earned him a reputation as one of the most respected and unique Nordic instrumentalists.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Summary of Tapani Rinne.|url=http://jazzfinland.fi/artisti/tapani-rinne|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Jazz Finland|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref>
Rinne is most widely recognized as the foreman of the pioneering Finnish electro jazz group RinneRadio, but he has an established solo career with several albums of his own, too. As a record producer he has been also responsible for several albums made together with the Sámi yoik singer Wimme Saari<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Biography of Rinneradio|url=http://jazzfinland.fi/band/rinneradio/biography|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Jazz Finland|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref> as well as for the albums ''Kielo'' (1999) and ''Kluster'' (2002) by the experimental accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Petri|date=December 1, 2001|title=Kimmo Pohjonen and vanguard accordion|url=https://fmq.fi/articles/kimmo-pohjonen-and-vanguard-accordion|website=Finnish Music Quarterly|publisher=Music Finland}}</ref> Besides his solo career as a recording artist and numerous other artist collaborations, Rinne has composed music and soundscapes for theater, radio plays, documentaries, films, art exhibitions, contemporary circus shows and dance performances.<ref name=":1" />
Author Petri Silas wrote about Tapani Rinne as a musician the following way in the 5th edition of ''Finnish Jazz'' published by Finnish Music Information Centre in 1998: “One of the most successful category-smashers in contemporary jazz, Tapani Rinne has carefully steered his career from one victory to another. His eccentric mix of trad jazz, fragile ambient soundscapes and hard-driving techno, hip hop and drum’n’bass beats in the group RinneRadio has paved the way to stardom both nationally and internationally.”<ref>{{Cite book|last=Silas|first=Petri|title=Finnish Jazz|publisher=Finnish Music Information Centre|year=1998|location=Mainos-Makasiini, Tampere|pages=43 |edition=5th }}</ref>
==Biography==
=== As a solo artist === Tapani Rinne has been an avid student of clarinets and saxophones since the age of eight. He started his musical career in the sax section of the Pori Big Band in 1974 and studied clarinet at the prestigious Sibelius Academy in Helsinki between 1981 and 1986. In the 1980s, Tapani Rinne was playing as one of the members in Edward Vesala Sound & Fury on the album ''Lumi'' (1986) as well as in Raoul Björkenheim’s group Krakatau on the album ''Ritual'' (1988). He was also developing his talent among the ranks of UMO Jazz Orchestra, Espoo Big Band and the EBU Big Band. During those years Vesala encouraged Rinne to launch a project of his own and thus RinneRadio was born. Vesala was responsible also for the production of RinneRadio's self-titled debut album in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography of Tapani Rinne.|url=http://jazzfinland.fi/artist/tapani-rinne/biography|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Jazz Finland|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref>
The solo career as a recording artist started in 1999 with the release of his debut solo album ''Insider''. Tapani Rinne has released four albums since that. Musically they are all ambient-based, while the fourth ''Radioton'' album from 2019 was described as a dive directly into the deep layers of minimal ambient creating a breathlike soothing soundscape brainstorming with only a bass clarinet and effect pedals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tapani Rinne artist profile|url=https://www.chaoslabagency.com/tapani-rinne|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Chaos Lab Agency}}</ref> His fifth album ''Foghornia'' was released on Signature Dark label in October 2020 picking up where the previous one left off, said to dig even deeper into melancholic depths of dark ambient music.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 16, 2020|title=Tapani Rinne celebrates his new album at We Jazz Festival on 3 December|url=https://wejazz.fi/2020/en/tapani-rinne-celebrates-his-new-album-at-we-jazz-festival-on-3-december/|website=We Jazz}}</ref>
=== With RinneRadio === RinneRadio is a pioneering Finnish electro jazz group, which Tapani Rinne founded in 1988. They are best known for fusing jazz into ambient music and techno and adding hints of world music into it. RinneRadio has released more than a dozen of albums and performed all over the world.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Petri|date=May 9, 2018|title=Three decades of innovation by Tapani Rinne|url=https://fmq.fi/articles/three-decades-of-innovation-by-tapani-rinne|website=Finnish Music Quarterly|publisher=Music Finland}}</ref>
RinneRadio found success with their unique sound in albums ''Dance and Visions'' (1990), ''Joik'' (1992), ''Unik'' (1994) and ''Rok'' (1996), pushing the ever-evolving group into further exploration of new types of music. While the line-up of RinneRadio has changed several times during the years, Tapani Rinne is still the leader and the musical conductor of the group.<ref name=":1" />
{{See also|RinneRadio}}
=== With Wimme Saari === Tapani Rinne has paired with the Sámi yoik singer Wimme Saari on two albums ''Soabbi'' (2013) and ''Human'' (2017) which they made and released together.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Petri|date=September 16, 2018|title=Tapani Rinne – soundin ytimessä soundin ehdoilla|url=https://riffi.fi/artikkelit/haastattelut/tapani-rinne-soundin-ytimessä-soundin-ehdoilla|website=Riffi (magazine)|publisher=Idemco Oy}}</ref> Before officially coming out as a duo they had collaborated already on RinneRadio’s albums ''Dance and Visions'' (1990),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Album details of RinneRadio: Dance and Visions|url=http://jazzfinland.fi/levy/dance-and-visions|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Jazz Finland|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref> ''Joik'' (1992)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Album details of RinneRadio: Joik|url=http://jazzfinland.fi/levy/joik|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Jazz Finland|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref> and ''Unik'' (1994),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Virtanen|first=Leena|date=April 29, 1995|title=RinneRadio soittaa äänielämyksiä tanssiyleisölle ja mietiskelijöille Rinteen monitoimikone|url=https://www.hs.fi/radiotelevisio/art-2000003429144.html|website=Helsingin Sanomat|publisher=Sanoma Osakeyhtiö}}</ref> which led Tapani Rinne to produce the first albums ''Wimme'' (1995), ''Gierran'' (1997) and ''Cugu'' (2000) for the Wimme act.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Virtanen|first=Tommi E.|date=January 6, 2020|title=Väsymätön kokeilija|url=https://musiikintekijat.fi/artikkeli/vasymaton-kokeilija/|website=Suomen Musiikintekijät Magazine|publisher=Finnish Music Creators’ Association}}</ref>
After dropping off from the liaison for a while to focus on RinneRadio, Tapani Rinne returned to produce the Wimme album ''Mun'' (2009), which landed them the respected Finnish Teosto prize in 2011 and was another success after the earlier breakthrough albums.<ref name=":3" /> ''Mun'' peaked on the World Music Charts Europe’s radio charts as the #3 album in May 2010 and reached the Top 20 list on five months during that year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charts database (March, April, May, June & September, 2010)|url=https://www.wmce.de|website=World Music Charts Europe|publisher=Gift Music GmbH}}</ref>
Since the 2010s, Wimme and Rinne have performed worldwide together as a duo, including shows at WOMEX in Copenhagen in 2011<ref name=":3" /> and in Tampere in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Performers: Wimme & Rinne at WOMEX Fri Oct 25|url=http://womex-festival.com/performer/wimme-rinne/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=WOMEX 2019|publisher=WOMEX c/o Piranha Arts AG|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128032943/http://womex-festival.com/performer/wimme-rinne/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Songlines magazine called the album ''Human'' "a genre-defying tribute to the raw beauty ‒ and occasional madness ‒ of the human condition”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Driver|first=Merlyn|date=October 2017|title=Album review of Human by Wimme & Rinne|url=https://www.songlines.co.uk/review/human|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Songlines|publisher=MA Music, Leisure & Travel Ltd. (Marc Allen Group)}}</ref> The album drew inspiration from the natural world combining calm beauty, affirmation and a holistic worldview, while the previous album ''Soabbi'' was based on religious hymns.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blackstone|first=Lee|date=July 2017|title=Review of Human album by Wimme and Rinne.|url=http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/human-17.shtml|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=RootsWorld}}</ref>
{{See also|Wimme Saari}}
=== With SlowHill === SlowHill are a Finnish instrumental downtempo/lounge band, which Rinne formed with the well-known Finnish DJ Slow (aka Vellu Maurola), a former member of the band Pepe Deluxé. The band fuses hip hop and electronic beats into easy listening jazz atmospheres. Their debut album ''Finndisc'' was issued by the legendary Blue Note Records in 2002.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2020|title=Exclusive Video Premiere: SlowHill – 'India Ink'|url=http://lastdaydeaf.com/exclusive-video-premiere-slowhill-india-ink/|website=Last Day Leaf}}</ref> The second album ''Fennika'' was published by Plastinka Records.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Artist profile of Slowhill|url=http://www.musicmakers.fi/plastinka/slowhill.php|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Musicmakers / Plastinka}}</ref> The third album ''Muzak'' was released five years later in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 22, 2010|title=SlowHill julkaisee uuden albumin Muzak|url=https://www.findance.com/uutiset/11565/slowhill-julkaisee-uuden-albumin-muzak|website=Findance}}</ref> It was issued by Universal Music Finland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography of SlowHill|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slowhill-mn0001428842|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=All Music}}</ref>
The latest project ''SlowHillxEGS'' is a collaboration with the Helsinki-based contemporary artist EGS, known for his global graffiti art and other visual projects. The trio does not perform concerts in the traditional form as their rare appearances are about composing new chill hop sounds while simultaneously creating a work of art. The tracks are inspired by lo-fi hip hop genre, mellow relaxation and elevator music. The aim of the concept album or performance is to create a new kind of live dialogue with live instruments, groovy beats and painterly techniques, which forms a feedback loop of immediate inspiration to give birth to new creations.<ref name=":4" />
{{See also|SlowHill}}
=== Other collaborations === Outside of RinneRadio, Wimme, SlowHill and his solo albums, reedsman/composer Tapani Rinne has made his mark through close collaborations with several artists, mostly from Finland. In the early days of his career he collaborated with respected jazz musicians such as Edward Vesala and Raoul Björkenheim with guest appearances on each other's albums.<ref name=":0" /> Another famous Finnish jazz musician, who worked closely together with Tapani Rinne, was pianist Iro Haarla. She was also part of the original lineup on RinneRadio's debut album.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nissilä|first=Pekka|date=October 18, 2013|title=Maailma puhaltajan filtterin läpi ‒ Tapani Rinne|url=https://musiikintekijat.fi/artikkeli/maailma-puhaltajan-filtterin-lapi-tapani-rinne/|website=Suomen Musiikintekijät Magazine|publisher=Finnish Music Creators’ Association}}</ref>
In the beginning of the 1990s, Tapani Rinne collaborated with another unconventional Finnish saxophonist, internationally acknowledged Jimi Tenor. They ended up doing together album titled ''Suburban Sax'', which was released in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Album details of Tapani Rinne & Jimi Tenor: Suburban Sax|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/suburban-sax-mw0003226402/releases|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=All Music}}</ref>
Collaborations with Finnish multi-instrumentalist and percussionist Teho Majamäki led Tapani Rinne to record experimental albums ''Inside the Temple'' in 2012 and ''Under The Ground'' in 2015. The first one was recorded inside holy places in India, and the latter in the newly blasted rock tunnels of the railroad built to connect the center of Helsinki to the Vantaa airport. On both albums the artists improvised music inspired by the surroundings, while preserving the physical acoustics and echoes of the exceptional locations.<ref name=":2" /> All About Jazz credited ''Inside The Temple'' as a five stars album in their review in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shaw|first=Anthony|date=July 1, 2011|title=Album review of Tapani Rinne / Teho Majamäki: Inside The Temple|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/inside-the-temple-tapani-rinne-tero-majamaki-rockadillo-review-by-anthony-shaw.php|website=All About Jazz}}</ref>
In 2020, Tapani Rinne collaborated with Helsinki-based electronic music artist Aleksi Myllykoski by playing saxophone on the minimalist, melancholic and introspective album ''Dark Days''. Musically the album has been described as ambient and drone-based noir jazz with influences from techno and jungle to experimental music.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Album info of Aleksi Myllykoski with Tapani Rinne: Dark Days|url=http://jazzfinland.fi/yhtye/aleksi-myllykoski-feat-tapani-rinne|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Jazz Finland|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref> Aleksi Myllykoski also replaced Konsta “DJ Muffler” Mikkonen in the official lineup of RinneRadio in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography of RinneRadio|url=http://www.rinneradio.com/biography/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Official website of RinneRadio}}</ref>
Using the alias TR, Tapani Rinne has collaborated with popular Finnish EDM artist Janji on several tracks, such as “Milky Way Stars” in 2014, which has garnered millions of listens on various stream services.<ref name=":2" />
Since 2016, Rinne has participated as a musician in the innovative and widely covered Classical Trancelations in Concert music concept fusing classical music and rave culture and performing live together with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and a wide range of popular Finnish music artists on many occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Event info on Classical Trancelations in Concert at Hartwall Arena Sat 29/09/2018|url=https://helsinginkaupunginorkesteri.fi/en/concerts/classical-trancelations-in-concert|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Official website of Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra}}</ref>
With RinneRadio, Tapani Rinne has collaborated with several artists, including Pan Sonic’s synthetist Mika Vainio and world renowned dance producers such as Jaakko “JS16” Salovaara and Jori Hulkkonen.<ref name=":1" />
Pauli Saastamoinen has been mainly responsible in the studio for the quality control and final sound mastering of recordings by Tapani Rinne during the years.<ref name=":3" /> Tapani Rinne has also collaborated with Tuomas Norvio frequently, also after the period when Norvio was officially a member of RinneRadio from 2001 till 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past work|url=http://tuomasnorvio.net/past|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Official website of Tuomas Norvio}}</ref>
In the 1980s, Tapani Rinne played tenor saxophone in the Finnish band The Bullworkers, which fused many elements from rock to rhythm & blues, jazz and popular music, for some years until founding and focusing on RinneRadio.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sorjanen|first=Axa|date=December 22, 2014|title=Suomirock ei tunnustanut rajojaan enää 1990-luvulla|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2014/12/22/suomirock-ei-tunnustanut-rajojaan-enaa-1990-luvulla|website=YLE Elävä arkisto|publisher=YLE}}</ref>
=== Production work for other artists === Tapani Rinne worked as the musical producer of avantgarde and experimental accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen’s albums ''Kielo'' (1999) and ''Kluster'' (2002). Kimmo Pohjonen has been granted the accolade of Finnish Folk Musician of the Year in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 in the Finnish Ethnogala and has achieved international success and recognition worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Petri|date=December 1, 2001|title=Kimmo Pohjonen and vanguard accordion|url=https://fmq.fi/articles/kimmo-pohjonen-and-vanguard-accordion|website=FMQ (Finnish Music Quarterly)|publisher=Music Finland}}</ref>
Rinne's production can also be heard on Finnish folk artist Sanna Kurki-Suonio’s album ''Huria'', where he played as one of the musicians himself as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alle Rezensionen zu Sanna Kurki-Suonio|url=https://nordische-musik.de/2262-Sanna-Kurki-Suonio.html|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Nordische Musik}}</ref> The album was released in 2007 by Rockadillo Records.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Album info on Sanna Kurki-Suonio: Huria|url=http://www.rockadillo.fi/sanna-kurki-suonio-huria|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Rockadillo Records & Production}}</ref>
=== Compositions for films, theater, radio and art exhibitions ===
==== Film music ==== Besides albums, Tapani Rinne has composed a lot of music for numerous films including documentaries, fiction movies and short films.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Films with Tapani Rinne as the author|url=https://elonet.finna.fi/Search/Results?filter%5B0%5D=author2_id_str_mv%3A"kavi.elonet_henkilo_147365"&lng=en-gb|website=Finna Database.|publisher=National Audiovisual Institute of Finland}}</ref> The music for the fiction film ''Koti-ikävä'' (2005) was chosen as the representative of Finland for the competition in the international Auxerre Music & Cinema Festival in France.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 2006|title=Lyhyet uutiset|url=https://musiikintekijat.fi/artikkeli/lyhyet-uutiset-10/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Musiikintekijät Magazine|publisher=Suomen Musiikintekijät ry}}</ref> For the same soundtrack, Tapani Rinne and DJ Slow were also nominees in the Finnish Jussi Awards for the best film music of 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 16, 2006|title=Jussi-ehdokkaat nimetty|url=https://mediaviikko.fi/kategoriat/uutiset/jussi-ehdokkaat-nimetty.html|website=Mediaviikko|publisher=Wasala|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201031628/https://mediaviikko.fi/kategoriat/uutiset/jussi-ehdokkaat-nimetty.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Rinne also composed music for the Finnish documentary film Angel of the North, which premiered in 2017 and was directed by the French director Jean Michel Roux.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kartastenpää|first=Tero|date=January 15, 2018|title=Jean-Michel Roux'n dokumentti tarjoaa erilaisia tulkintoja Hugo Simbergin Haavoittuneesta enkelistä|url=https://seura.fi/tv/poiminnat/dokumenttiprojekti-pohjolan-enkeli/|website=Seura (magazine)|publisher=Otava Media}}</ref> One of his later international assignments was working as a composer for Norwegian dance film ''Human Habitat'' 2019''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portland Dance Film Fest: Picks 2 of 2020|url=http://portlanddancefilmfest.com/2020-picks-2/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Portland Dance Film Fest}}</ref> Earlier during his career, Rinne has composed music for documentary film ''White Terror'', which was an international co-production and premiered in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=White Terror by Daniel Schweizer|url=https://www.dvfilm.ch/en/movies/documentaries/white-terror|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion}}</ref>
Wimme & Rinne and RinneRadio were responsible for compositions in the experimental short film ''Eatnanvuloš lottit'' (Maan sisällä linnut) by Finnish-Sámi director Marja Helander in 2017.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Introduction of Maan sisällä linnut, 2017 by Marja Helander|url=https://www.kansallisgalleria.fi/fi/object/678676|website=Finnish National Gallery}}</ref> The film was credited with the Risto Jarva Award in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kiviranta|first=Varpu|date=March 11, 2018|title=Risto Jarva -palkinto saamelaiselokuvalle Maan sisällä linnut|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10111624|website=YLE Uutiset|publisher=YLE}}</ref> It was screened also at Sundance Film Festival in 2019 and eventually purchased into the collections of Finnish National Gallery.<ref name=":5" />
For television series, Tapani Rinne has worked as the composer for the Nordic co-production ''Insider'' in 1999 <ref>{{Cite web|title=Film info and crew on Insider (1999)|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=38638#crew|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=The Swedish Film Database}}</ref> as well provided theme music by RinneRadio for the series ''Kylmäverisesti sinun,'' broadcast in Finland in the beginning of the millennium.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meriläinen|first=Mikko|date=September 1, 2016|title=Keikalle artistin olohuoneeseen? RinneRadio julkaisee Kylmäverisesti sinun -tunnusmusiikit|url=https://www.soundi.fi/uutiset/keikalle-artistin-olohuoneeseen-rinneradio-julkaisee-kylmaverisesti-sinun-tunnusmusiikit/|website=Soundi|publisher=Pop Media}}</ref>
RinneRadio also composed music for the Italian films ''Atomic! A train of mad Italians in China'' (Cimap! Cento italiani matti a Pechino) in 2008<ref>{{Cite web|title=Films: Cimap! Cento italiani matti a Pechino|url=http://www.italiandoc.it/area/public/wid/UDZO/video.htm|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Italiandoc|publisher=Associazione Doc/IT}}</ref> and ''The Missing Piece'' (Il pezzo mancante) in 2010, both directed by Giovanni Piperno.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Films & documentaries 2011: The Missing Piece|url=https://www.filmitalia.org/p.aspx?t=film&l=en&did=52164|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Filmitalia|publisher=Istituto Luce Cinecittà “Filmitalia”}}</ref>
Other noteworthy film compositions by Tapani Rinne include documentary films ''Nokia Mobile: We Were Connecting People'' (Nokia Mobile: Matkapuhelimen tarina) (2017) directed by Arto Koskinen as well as ''When Heroes Lie'' (Sinivalkoinen valhe) (2012) and ''Pavlov’s Dogs'' (Pavlovin koirat) (2005) by director Arto Halonen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Films including Tapani Rinne|url=https://legacy.mubi.com/cast/tapani-rinne/films?sort=year|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=MUBI|publisher=MUBI UK Limited}}</ref>
==== Incidental music ==== Tapani Rinne has composed incidental music for different performances from theater plays to contemporary circus and dance shows internationally.
Rinne's premiere work as a theater composer was for the drama ''Frankenstein'' played in 2013 in the Finnish National Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vuori|first=Suna|date=January 18, 2013|title=Paula Vesala ja Tapani Rinne säveltävät teatterimusiikkia|url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000002606874.html|website=Helsingin Sanomat|publisher=Sanoma Osakeyhtiö}}</ref> In 2019, he composed music for a contemporary theater performance named ''Tie Konyaan'' there.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kytölä|first=Laura|date=May 3, 2019|title=Näyttelijä Jari Virmanin kuukauden kestäneestä vaelluksesta Turkin vuoristoon syntyi upeasti äänisuunniteltu esitys|url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000006092641.html|website=Helsingin Sanomat|publisher=Sanoma Osakeyhtiö}}</ref>
Another collaboration with Wimme Saari was to compose the music for the physical and cinematic performance ''Strømsteder // Sarfartuut'' in Teater Grob, Copenhagen in 2013. The show was co-produced by the National Theatre of Greenland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction of Strømsteder // Sarfartuut|url=https://www.grob.dk/forestilling/stroemsteder-sarfartuut-2/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Teater Grob |date=3 May 2013 }}</ref>
Projects include also incidental music and compositions for contemporary dance performances, such as choreographer Susanna Leinonen's works ''No One, Just Your Friend'' in 2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Works: No One, Just Your Friend. Susanna Leinonen Company|url=https://susannaleinonen.com/en/works/499/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Susanna Leinonen Company}}</ref> and ''Babolat'' in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Works: Babolat. Susanna Leinonen Company.|url=https://susannaleinonen.com/en/works/babolat-2/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Susanna Leinonen Company}}</ref>
In the 2010s, Tapani Rinne composed and performed music for the Finnish contemporary circus group Circo Aereo’s shows. For example, in ''Mano'' he created a multi-faceted sonar landscape for the performance with his clarinet in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction of Circo Aereo: Mano|url=https://sirkusinfo.fi/en/shows-artists/show/?work_id=543|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=CircusInfo Finland}}</ref> Rinne has collaborated also with contemporary music group Defunensemble, when working together with sound designer and musician Tuomas Norvio as the composer for performances such as ''Concerto Planos'' in 2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Event info on Cirko Festival's show Circo Aereo & Defunensemble: Concerto Planos|url=https://www.kultus.fi/fi/tapahtumat/3217/circo-aereo-defunensemble-concerto-planos|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Kultus|publisher=The City of Helsinki|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201011931/https://www.kultus.fi/fi/tapahtumat/3217/circo-aereo-defunensemble-concerto-planos|url-status=dead}}</ref> and electro-acoustic live performance ''Ko(o)dit Home Codes Gå dit! i''n 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Event info on Ko(o)dit Home Codes Gå dit! on Mon 16 Jan 2017 at Black Box|url=http://www.klanghelsinki.fi/?p=1392&lang=en|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Klang Concert Series|publisher=Klang Helsinki}}</ref>
RinneRadio played live music as the guest stars when Helsinki-based Dance Theater Hurjaruuth performed their Winter Circus show of 2006 in Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 9, 2006|title=Winter Circus ray sul ghiaccio|url=https://www.auditorium.com/evento/winter_circus_ray_ghiaccio-12097.html|website=Auditorium Parco Della Musica|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=January 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119014119/https://www.auditorium.com/evento/winter_circus_ray_ghiaccio-12097.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==== Soundscape design ==== As a sound designer, Tapani Rinne has composed ambient soundscapes based on live instrumentation, many times in collaboration with Tuomas Norvio, for radio plays and programs of Finnish Broadcast Company YLE. Many of these soundscapes were for ''Radioateljee'' show, which was broadcast for a period of more than 35 years on YLE radio and produced by Harri Huhtamäki.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Niinimäki|first=Pirjo-Liisa|date=February 20, 2014|title=Aikamoista ambientia|url=https://www.hameensanomat.fi/kanta-hame/aikamoista-ambientia-144182/|website=Hämeen Sanomat}}</ref> One of these plays directed by Huhtamäki, ''Hänen täytyy olla erilainen – Balladi Hallin Jannesta'', was announced as the winner in Prix Italia Awards in 2011 for the overall quality among radio documentaries.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=September 23, 2011|title=Hämeenlinnalaisen radioteos sai Prix Italia-palkinnon|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5427819|website=YLE Uutiset|publisher=YLE}}</ref> Rinne has also designed soundscapes for other radio programs, such as ''Ääniversumi'' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Details of radio show: Ääniversumi 2.8.2013|url=https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-1942875|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=YLE Areena|publisher=YLE}}</ref> and ''Radio Variaatio'' on YLE.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Details of radio show. Radio Variaatio Nousukiidossa - Tosi on. January 28, 2018.|url=https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-4317943|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=YLE Areena|publisher=YLE}}</ref>
Tapani Rinne has also created and composed soundscapes to art installations. One of these was the environmental art installation with Pia Ilonen, Ilkka Paloniemi and Annina Holmberg titled ''Kuiskausten puutarha'' in January 2000 in the Sinebrychoff park in Helsinki.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oksanen|first=Kimmo|date=December 2, 1999|title=Satumainen ympäristöteos Sinebrychoffin puistoon|url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000003846217.html|website=Helsingin Sanomat|publisher=Sanoma Osakeyhtiö}}</ref> Another one was a collaborative installation ''Kuula'' with Ilkka Paloniemi combining light and sound and exhibited on Lux Helsinki light festival in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction of Ilkka Paloniemi & Tapani Rinne's installation Kuula|url=http://2014.luxhelsinki.fi/en/kuula/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Lux Helsinki 2014|publisher=City of Helsinki}}</ref> In 2018, he created the soundscape for ''Fire Garden'' installation exhibited for Helsinki Design Week and made together with designer Leena Kouhia and architect Sofie Hagerström.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HDW HOP 2018: Share a special moment with fellow festival-goers at Fire Garden|url=https://www.helsinkidesignweek.com/festival/hdw-hop-2018-share-a-special-moment-with-fellow-festival-goers-at-fire-garden/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Helsinki Design Week|date=15 August 2018 |publisher=Helsinki Design Week / Luovi Productions Ltd.}}</ref> The next year Rinne worked as the sound designer on another installation titled ''Kotikatu/Uudenmaankatu'' with Leena Kouhia for HDW.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What we learnt 2019 – Helsinki Design Week takes sustainability further|url=https://www.helsinkidesignweek.com/festival/what-we-learnt-2019-helsinki-design-week-takes-sustainability-further/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Helsinki Design Week|date=24 September 2019 |publisher=Helsinki Design Week / Luovi Productions Ltd.}}</ref>
Collaboration album ''Under The Ground'' in 2015 with Teho Majamäki was based on the recordings, which City of Vantaa originally ordered from the duo to be used as the soundscapes inside the new train stations connecting the Helsinki airport to the city by rail.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suvanto|first=Antti|date=July 10, 2015|title=Tapani Rinne vie syvyyksiin|url=https://jazzrytmit.fi/wp/s11-esittelyt/c53-muusikot/tapani-rinne-vie-syvyyksiin/|website=Jazzrytmit|publisher=Jazzaimaa ry}}</ref>
Rinne's soundscapes have been also heard in several art exhibitions, many of them focusing on photos in particular and including artists such as the Finnish fine art photographer Marja Pirilä.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Syynimaa|first=Suvi|date=November 1, 2017|title=Milavidan uni avautuu perjantaina|url=https://www.tampere.fi/tampereen-kaupunki/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/2017/11/01112017_2.html|website=City of Tampere}}</ref>
==Discography==
=== Solo albums === *''Insider'' (1999) *''Nectic'' (2002) *''Silent Night'' (2005) *''Radioton'' (2019) *''Foghornia'' (2020)
=== With RinneRadio === ''See: RinneRadio''
=== With Wimme and Wimme & Rinne ===
* ''Wimme'' (Wimme) (1995) * ''Gierran'' (Wimme) (1997) * ''Cugu'' (Wimme) (2000) * ''Mun'' (Wimme) (2009) * ''Soabbi'' (2013) (Wimme Saari & Tapani Rinne) * ''Human'' (2017) (Wimme & Rinne)
=== With SlowHill === ''See: SlowHill''
=== With Jimi Tenor ===
* ''Suburban Sax'' (1991)
=== With Teho Majamäki ===
* ''Inside The Temple'' (2011) * ''Under The Ground'' (2015)
=== With Aleksi Myllykoski ===
* ''Dark Days'' (2020)
=== With Pori Big Band ===
* ''Luhtahuitti'' (2012)
=== With Tuomas Norvio and Harri Huhtamäki ===
* ''Mindscape Music'' (2014)
===(As sideman...)===
==== With Edward Vesala ==== *''Lumi'' (ECM, 1986)
==== With Krakatau ====
* ''Ritual'' (1988)
== Awards == Tapani Rinne has been granted numerous awards for his musical work during the years. Some of the most notable include:
* Teosto Prize of 2011 for compositions and arrangements on Wimme Saari's album ''Mun''<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 14, 2011|title=Teosto-palkinto Chisulle, Wimmelle ja Sebastian Fagerlundille|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5345088|website=YLE Uutiset}}</ref> * Prix Italia Awards Winner of 2011 for ''Hänen täytyy olla erilainen – Balladi Hallin Jannesta'' for the overall quality among radio documentaries<ref name=":6" /> * Etno-Emma Prize of 2007 in the Finnish Emma Awards for Sanna Kurki-Suonio's album ''Huria'' produced by Tapani Rinne<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emma-voittajat 2007|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/uutiset/2008/03/emma-voittajat-2007/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland ry |date=7 March 2008 }}</ref> * Pori Jazz Artist of the Year 1996<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Pori Jazz: Festival year 1996|url=https://historia.porijazz.fi/?classname=festivalyear&methodname=year&year=1996&lang=en|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=Pori Jazz}}</ref> * Jazz-Emma Prize of 1994 in the Finnish Emma Awards for RinneRadio's album ''Unik'' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Emma-gaala 2007. Ehdokkaat kategoriassa Jazz-Emma|url=http://vintti.yle.fi/yle.fi/emmagaala_2007/index2dd9.html?id=3&theme=62|website=YLE Vintti|publisher=YLE}}</ref> * Georgie (Yrjö) Award of 1992 for the most distinguished and topical Finnish jazz musician of the year <ref>{{Cite web|date=April 18, 2016|title=Jazzliitto 50 vuotta: Tapani Rinne vastaanottaa Yrjö-palkinnon Joensuussa 1992|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=kxbBhYgLRD0|website=YouTube|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jazz Finland. National Activities.|url=http://jazzfinland.fi/jazzliitto/kotimaan-toiminta|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=Jazz Finland|publisher=The Finnish Jazz Federation}}</ref>
== Other nominations == In 2014, Tapani Rinne was nominated as one of the artistic advisors of Helsinki Festival in the committee founded for years 2014–2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 16, 2013|title=Helsingin juhlaviikoille uusia taiteellisia neuvonantajia|url=http://www.festivals.fi/helsingin-juhlaviikoille-uusia-taiteellisia-neuvonantajia/#.X397BbJR270|website=Finland Festivals}}</ref> In 2013, he was also responsible for designing the program of Helsinki Festival's Wunderkammer club event organized in the Helsinki Music Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 14, 2012|title=RinneRadion levynjulkaisukeikka sekä Tapani Rinteen suunnittelemia yllätyksiä Wunderkammer-klubilla|url=http://www.festivals.fi/rinneradion-levynjulkaisukeikka-seka-tapani-rinteen-suunnittelemia-yllatyksia-wunderkammer-klubilla/#.X397W7JR270|website=Finland Festivals}}</ref>
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[http://www.tapanirinne.com Official website of Tapani Rinne] *[http://www.rinneradio.com RinneRadio’s official website]
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