Jyrki Niskanen [SEP] voice type
Jyrki Niskanen
Jyrki Niskanen (born 12 February 1956 in Helsinki) is an operatic tenor from Finland.
Niskanen started his musical career as an entertainment musician, playing piano, keyboard and accordion, accompanying many of the well-known Finnish artists of the 1970s-1980s.
Niskanen studied piano at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and obtained diploma in improvisation and free accompaniment. He studied singing at the Sibelius Academy, in London with Vera Rózsa and in Vienna and Berlin with Peter Berne. Niskanen is known for his versatile and strong
Among Vera Rózsa's students were Sarah Walker, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ileana Cotrubaș, Sonia Theodoridou, Agathe Martel, Karita Mattila, Dorothea Röschmann, Tom Krause, Jyrki Niskanen, Martina Bovet, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anne Howells, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, François le Roux, Nora Gubisch, Marie Te Hapuku, Ildikó Komlósi, Louise Werner, and many others. Maria Callas intended to work with Rózsa in order to make a career comeback, but died shortly before she could do so. Participation in her classes and