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Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Person · male · Finland · Turku · born 1963 · recording since 1998
Finnish composer and translator
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Also known as ヤーコ・マンテュヤルヴィ
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1960s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Encore!
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2020s
Biography
English biography301 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370780753
Biography
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjɑːkːo ˈmæntyˌjærʋi]) is a Finnish composer of classical music, and a professional translator.
Early life
Mäntyjärvi was born in Turku. He studied musicology, English language and literature and linguistics at the University of Helsinki, graduating with the equivalent of an MA degree in 1991. In 1987, he was accredited as an Authorized Translator from Finnish to English and English to Finnish. He also studied theory of music and choir conducting at the Sibelius Academy.
Professional life
Mäntyjärvi is a professional freelance translator and composer, and also an amateur and semi-professional choral singer and conductor. He is one of Finland’s internationally best known composers of choral music, with a catalog of some 150 works published to date. He has given talks on his works at various choral events in Europe, the USA and Australia, and has occasionally given a course on the history of choral music at the Sibelius Academy.
Compositions
As a composer, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi describes himself as an eclectic traditionalist: adopting influences from a number of styles and periods, and basing his musical idiom largely on traditionally oriented materials. Because he is himself active in making music, his music is very practically oriented; most of his works are for choir.
His major choral works include Four Shakespeare Songs (1984), Dagen svalnar... (Day is cooling; 1991/93), Pseudo-Yoik (1994), El Hambo (1997), the 40-part motet Tentatio (2006), Stuttgarter Psalmen (2009) and the Trinity Service (2019). His work Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae received third prize in the European composition competition for cathedral choirs in 1997. His major commissions include works for the Cork International Choral Festival (1999), the 700th anniversary of the consecration of Turku Cathedral (2000), Chanticleer (2001, 2016), the King’s Singers (2002) and the World Symposium on Choral Music (2008, 2017). He was composer-in-residence of the Tapiola Chamber Choir from 2000 to 2005.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 22 | 49.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 5:11
1El Hambo2:362Tauko - Paus - Pause0:053Pseudo-Yoik2:302002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:06:39
1Salvat 1701: Vaivainen valitan vaikiast'2:592Salvat 1701: Tann', Herra, korvas kallista8:273Salvat 1701: Mailma minua pettaa1:554Salvat 1701: Kaikki kelvotoin ja joutilas partii…2:125Salvat 1701: Kirjoittaa on minull' miel3:216Salvat 1701: Koska on tama tauti…0:547Salvat 1701: O Christe, Kunnian Kuningas5:148Salvat 1701: Ne talot joissa tauti asken alkaa…1:179Salvat 1701: Ah! miks' olet ihmisraukka4:5110Salvat 1701: Koska joku tarttuvaisesta taudista pois kuolee…1:4011Salvat 1701: Mustaan multaan tuhvaks6:4812Salvat 1701: Niinkuin niille vanhurskaille ja ulosvalituille…0:4313Salvat 1701: Ah! mik' ompi elom' taall'?3:0814Salvat 1701: Pitaa kaupungissa asuvaisista itsekukin…1:0415Salvat 1701: Ah surutoin! koskas synnista lakkaat2:3016Salvat 1701: Elaessani vahvana ja terveena…1:3417Salvat 1701: Jo aikani nyt joutuu1:5018Salvat 1701: Paiva tykoom' pois kulkee3:2619Salvat 1701: Mailma, sinun jatan3:5920Salvat 1701: Herra Jeesus jun taalla vain kanssamme on8:472002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:07:36
1Pseudo-Yoik2:162Four Shakespeare Songs: Come Away, Death2:553Four Shakespeare Songs: Lullaby3:404Four Shakespeare Songs: Double, Double Toil and Trouble2:595Four Shakespeare Songs: Full Fathom Five2:296El Hambo2:367More Shakespeare Songs: Fear No More3:278More Shakespeare Songs: Over Hill, Over Dale2:019More Shakespeare Songs: Time3:4610More Shakespeare Songs: Who Is Silvia?2:4411More Shakespeare Songs: A Scurvy Tune1:2012Psalm 150 in Grandsire Triples3:5113Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae10:4514Psalm 150 in Kent Treble Bob Minor5:2815Kouta17:192020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:10:45
1Ave Maria d’Aosta2:442Stuttgarter Psalmen: Warum toben die Heiden?7:313Stuttgarter Psalmen: Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?13:314Stuttgarter Psalmen: Richte mich, Gott7:035Benedic anima mea Domino4:046Pulchra es2:587Trinity Service: Introit. Ave Maria1:348Trinity Service: Preces1:339Trinity Service: Psalm 128 “Beati omnes”2:4110Trinity Service: Magnificat4:2311Trinity Service: Nunc dimittis5:1612Trinity Service: Responses0:5413Trinity Service: The Lord’s Prayer2:1214Trinity Service: Responses & Collects4:2715Trinity Service: Anthem. O lux beata Trinitas4:2516Trinity Service: Final Responses0:3917O magnum mysterium4:50
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jaakko Mäntyjärvi head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 22 | 49.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat(band) | 1981 | 1987 | timpani |
| Savolaisen Osakunnan Laulajat(band) | 1982 | 1987 | |
| Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlakuoro(band) | 1986 | 1992 | |
| Tapiolan Kamarikuoro(band) | 1988 | 2004 | |
| Klemetti-Opiston Kamarikuoro(band) | 2006 | present | |
| Suomalainen Kamarikuoro(band) | 2010 | present | |
| Kampin Laulu(band) | 2012 | present |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaakko_M%C3%A4ntyj%C3%A4rvi.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73a0eaca-4a58-490d-8c74-82f5d0391186discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73a0eaca-4a58-490d-8c74-82f5d0391186core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361250seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_M%C3%A4ntyj%C3%A4rvibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_M%C3%A4ntyj%C3%A4rvi
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Wikidata: Q1361250 · MusicBrainz: 73a0eaca-4a58-490d-8c74-82f5d0391186
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