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Markku started playing the trumpet in his hometown Heinola at the age
of 13. He practised orchestral playing in a local wind orchestra and
the Heinola Big Band, which he was invited to conduct at the age of
16. As it happens, the Heinola Big Band was also the band with which
Markku played his first ever gig in a famous Helsinki jazz club,
Groovy, when he was only 14. He took lessons from local musicians
Ensio Nokelainen and Markku Johansson, and he was also taught by Esa
Koponen and Touko Lundell in summercamps arranged by the Finnish
Amateur Musicians' Association, Sulasol. Local bands and school
orchestras provided many opportunities to arrange music, and Markku
was surrounded by talented musicians such as Markku Johansson, Heikki
Keskinen, Jukka Tuovinen, Markku Tabell, Klaus Suonsaari and his own
brother Olli Renko.
Between 1982 and 1987 Markku passed the general subjects of the School
of Music of Lahti Conservatory and took trumpet lessons from Juha
Pulkki, Jouko PerΣlΣ and Kari Karjalainen. The conservatory offered
Markku more ensemble playing in a symphony orchestra, wind orchestras,
different brass bands and the Lahti Big Band.
In 1991 it was time to serve in the military, and Markku actually
managed to negotiate his way through this compulsory service in the
Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces. During this time Markku
made history by winning the Defence Forces' contest for solo players
and playing in a brilliant jazz band with artists such as Manuel
Dunkel, Vesa-Matti Mattson, Jarmo Saari, Arttu Takalo, Janne Maarala,
Timo Mynttinen and Juha Salonen. He also collaborated with Mika
Huusari's bands.
Between 1987 and 2001 Markku's trumpet teacher was Olavi Koskela, and
during this time Markku also studied in the teacher education program
of the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory (1992-1997) and took a post
-graduate degree in 2001. In the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory his
teachers were Raimo Korhonen, Jarmo Hoegendijk, Anders Bergcrantz,
Simo Salminen, Pentti Lahti, Ingrid Jensen, Eric Vloiemans and Kurt
Weiss among others.
Throughout his student days Markku was employed by the television,
radio and record industry (approximately 500 recordings), musicals of
the Helsinki City Theatre (Piukat Paikat, Mambo Kings, West Side
Story, Sound of Music, Les Miserables, Cabaret) and a bunch of Finnish
top bands such as UMO Jazz Orchestra, Espoo Big Band, Tapiola
Sinfonietta, SuurlΣhettilΣΣt, Maarit, Salsamania, Antti Sarpila
Classic Jazz Orchestra, Mestarit Areenalla, Mamba, Oiling Boiling,
Pepe Ahlqvist, Danny, Tapani Kansa, Niko Ahvonen, Julio Romero and the
Kallio Horns. On top of this Markku was busy teaching in the Helsinki
Pop & Jazz Conservatory, in the music schools of Vantaa, HyvinkΣΣ and
RiihimΣki, and in the Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia. The 1990's seemed
to fly by pretty fast...
The thought of making music of his own grew in Markku's mind during a
study trip to New York in the year 2000. Trumpet player Marvin Stamm
encouraged Markku to make his own record, and Markku received great
help from a world-famous trumpet pedagog Laurie Frink and composer
Edgar Grana. After returning to Finland, Markku founded a band called
the Markku Renko Septet (now called Rengon Keinu), which plays
Markku's music only. They recorded a demo and started playing gigs.
The debut album "Soul Searching" was released in 2002.
Working freelance has since given way to teaching and composing music.
Nowadays Markku lives in Mikkeli with his family and works as a
trumpet teacher in Mikkeli Music School and is in charge of the wind
instrument subject group. Markku's duties also include developing the
education program of popular music and conducting orchestras (Markku
has studied conducting with Petri Sakari and Atso Almila). In the
music school Markku conducts the Mikkeli Winds orchestra and Winds
Jazz Orchestra.
During the years Markku has been some kind of an odd-jobber of music
(to support himself) working as a musician, composer, arranger,
teacher, producer and a conductor in very different contexts. On the
classical side his employers have been the HyvinkΣΣ Orchestra (also as
a soloist), Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, JyvΣskylΣ Chamber Orchestra and
RiihimΣki Orchestra, which Markku conducted between 2001 and 2003.
However, jazz has always made Markku's heart throb with joy, and he is
very pleased with his current situation in which he can share his
knowledge with his students and concentrate on making music of his
own. Rengon Keinu
Rengon Keinu (Renko's Swing, meaning the gallows pole...) plays music,
which is composed and arranged by the Finnish trumpeter Markku Renko.
The band was founded in 2000 and its debut album "Soul Searching" was
released in 2002. The music is based on improvisation and, in addition
to having national features, it also has ethnic influences and
features deriving from the classical Blue Note tradition. The ensemble
has performed in the Arabian KevΣt festival, MΣnttΣ Art Festival,
Tiistaijazz concert series of the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory and
in the Saimaa jazz festival.
http://www.unclebop.fi/renko/
Tracks:
01. Introduction And Blues (3:30)
02. In God We Trust? (5:24)
03. Hesitation (5:09)
04. Love And Fear (5:58)
05. Minnalle (7:42)
06. Medicore Funk (6:27)
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