Aleksi Ranta

Guitarist, Composer & Sound Artist

Born 1980 in Oulu, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki

ALBUMS

Peltoniemi/Ranta Escapade - Escapade, 2024
Peltoniemi/Ranta Escapade - Brothers, 2024
Aleksi Ranta: The Baroness - Isak Dinesen´s Final Affair, 2024
Aleksi Ranta: The Death of a Musician, 2020
Aleksi Ranta: The Law of Nature, 2019
Aleksi Ranta Group: Capricorn Hill, 2016
Aleksi Ranta Group: Where We Belong, 2014
Aleksi Ranta Group: Long Lost LJ, 2010

AS A SIDEMAN

Anttila: Winterdance, 2024
Flickstick: Flickstick, 2018
Flickstick: Hymn, 2014
Lotta Band: It´s about the feeling, 2007
The Black League: Man´s ruin revisited, 2003
The Black League: Hot Wheels EP, 2003
The Black League: Utopia AD, 2001
The Black League: Doomsday Sun, 2000
The Black League: Ichor, 1999

FILM MUSIC
SOUND DESIGN
COMMERCIAL WORKS

The Law of Nature - Original Score, 2019
University of Vaasa - Commercial Music, 2019
Nordic Voice Collection - Dialect recording
(Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Gothenburg, Kopenhagen, 2018)
FGI - Commercial Music, 2018
HopLop - Sound Design, 2018
The Baroness - Isak Dinesen´s Final Affair - Theater Score, New York, 2017
Alko - Sound Design, 2017
Visit Finland - Commercial Music, 2016
Jolie Spa - Sound Design , 2016
Yoga Instructor Sakari Boman - Sound Design, 2016
Visit Finland promotional video - Original Score, 2016
The Story of Uotila - Commercial Music, 2016
Mercy All The Way - Original Score, 2015
The Story of Finlandia Hall - Original Score, 2015
Folklore Festival - Commercial Music, 2015
Sata-Häme Soi Festival - Commercial Music, 2015
Distant Traces photo exhibition by Tamara Erde - Sound Design, 2013
Photographer Nadi Hammouda - Music for fashion videos, 2012

GRANTS

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2022
The Finnish Music Foundation, 2021
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2021
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2020
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2020
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2020
The Finnish Music Foundation, 2018
The Finnish Music Foundation, 2015
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2012
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2012
The Finnish Music Foundation, 2012
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2011
The Finnish Music Foundation, 2011
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2011
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2010
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2010
The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, 2010
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 2009
The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2009
Oulu Cultural Board, 2009
Finnish Cultural Foundation &
The Conservatoire Association of Finland, 2008-2010
Valistustalo of Oulu, 2007
Finnish Cultural Foundation &
The Conservatoire Association of Finland, 2006-2008
Conservatory of Oulu, 2005
Cultural Board of Oulu, 2002

SELECTED CONCERTS

Tikkurila Church, Vantaa 2024
St. Paul's Church, Helsinki 2024
The Night of the Arts, Tuusula 2022
Music Theatre Kapsäkki, Helsinki 2020
Writers´ House Villa Kivi, Helsinki 2019
Kulturkino, Sassnitz 2019
Kulturforum, Kiel 2019
Marstall, Ahrensburg 2019
Theaterlabor, Südkreuz 2019
Gedächtniskirche, Berlin 2019
Stavenhagenhaus, Hamburg 2019
B-Flat, Berlin 2019
Writers´ House Villa Kivi, Helsinki 2018
Art Fair Suomi 17, Helsinki 2017
Halle 13, Hamburg 2017
Golem, Hamburg 2017
Cascadas Bar, Hamburg 2017
Grundvighaus, Sassnitz 2016
Kühlhaus, Flensburg 2016
Schlot, Berlin 2016
Kulturforum, Kiel 2016
Golem, Hamburg 2016
Lakes International Comics Festival, Kendal 2016
Hiljaisuus Festival, Kittilä 2016
WSOY, Helsinki 2015
Donau 115, Berlin 2015
Klangwert, Schwerin 2015
Tonhalle, Hannover 2015
Pori Jazz, Pori 2015
Jazz-Espa, Helsinki 2015
Finnish Literature Exchange, Munchen 2014
Fumetto Festival, Luzern 2014
University of Columbia, New York 2014
MoCCA -Arts Fest, New York 2014
Nordic Jazz and Arts Festival, Luleå 2014

MUSIC STUDIES

Bachelor of Culture and Arts - Oulu University of Applied Sciences, 2006-2011
Jazz and Composition - The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, 2008
Professional Musician - Pop & Jazz Conservatory of Oulu, 2002-2005
Classical Music - Conservatory of Oulu, 1996-1998