Antti Kaarlo Henrikki Saarinen

I was born in Salo Finland 1966. I have studied at the University of Turku, Central Ostrobothnia Conservatory of Music, Sofia Music Academy and West Helsinki Music Institute. Currently, I work full-time as a chamber musician and entrepreneur in my Tmi Musiikkipalvelu Saarinen.

I graduated in Hermanni upper secondary school and joined the army 1986 which is compulsory in Finland. I served in yhe Navy Band of the Archipelago Sea Naval Command playing double bass and some percussions. Before it I studied double bass at Salo music school. It was year 1987 when I begun at Turku University in the institute of musicology. In 1988, I aspired to Ostrobothnia's conservatory, where I started the same autumn.

Ostrobothian conservatory is known by high quality in string music as well as in winds and vocals. I was there about five years studying double bass as main subject under supervision of Timo Miettinen. In the year of 1992 I had an opportunity to sign in to The State Academy of Music in Sofia. For that I got a Bulgaria state scholarship via CIMO.

Todor Toshev was my teacher there. I came back to Finland 1993 when assistant principal double bassist Jiri Parviainen, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,  begun teaching me. In 1995 I made B (Sibelius Academy system) -examination for the Ostrobothnian conservatory with exellent. Meanwhile I made periods in Helsinki Filharmony as assistant bassist.

Year 1995 - 1996 I was a deputy co-principal bassist in Umeå orchestra which is also orchestra of Norrlands opera. During that time I got an intresting invitation to the Cyprus State Orchestra. I was very pleased to work in there but forcing family reasons made this period last only for six months. After that I continued studying bass and made short periods in HPO and some other Finnish orchestras and allso in Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Norway.

I have performed as a soloist of an orchestra for example in Kaustinen Chamber Musik Festival and som conserts. At present I make approximately 150 chamber concerts a year with my dear wife; violinist Sari Saarinen. This has been my lifework since 1999.

Hobbies: voluntary usher, reading, outdoors exercise, sauna

updated March 29th 2023, Antti Saarinen