Janne Oksanen (b. 1994) is a young finnish pianist based in Helsinki. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician widely in Finland as well as in France, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania and USA. Giving piano recitals since age 15 he has developed a highly professional attitude towards concertizing and thus his musical personality has had the proper time to mature already starting from an early age. He has a wide repertoire reaching all the way from early Baroque to the 21st Century music. However, its focal point stands in the Classical and Romantic eras. In February 2018 he performed the complete works of Toivo Kuula in Sibafest, Helsinki Music Centre. Oksanen has been succesful in various national and international competitions. He has been awarded in the 8th Nordic Piano Competition 2017 in Sweden, in Madetoja Piano Competition 2012 in Oulu, Finland and in Citta di Ghioggia Competition in Italy 2009. In 2011 he played as soloist with the Tapiola Youth Symphony Orchestra. In Spring 2016 he received the Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance. He is currently studying in the Master’s Program in Sibelius Academy with Risto-Matti Marin. In 2014-2015 he studied in Conservatoire de Paris with Denis Pascal. His previous teachers include Teppo Koivisto and Rebekka Angervo. Chamber music has an important role in his musicianship. He has studied with Paavo Pohjola and Marko Ylönen in Sibelius Academy and with Itamar Golan in Conservatoire de Paris and performed with Yuval Gotlibovich, for example. Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival has offered him great insight in to ensemble playing during various editions of the festival and master class. He is currently working with a piano trio and duo ensembles. In 2017 he played with Esa-Pekka Salonen in the Sibelius Academy/Juilliard School Orchestra tour in Alice Tully Hall in New York, Stockholm Baltic Sea Festival and Helsinki Music Centre. Oksanen’s love for music doesn’t stop at the piano nor in classical music. Rock music has been an important part of his life since a child and this has given him unique aspects to music making overall. In 2016 he formed and led a rock band Aurora Lights as lead singer/guitarist. He composed about 30 songs with english lyrics. In addition to composing some classical music he has arranged Sibelius’ Finlandia for 2 pianos, a work he performed over 20 times in the Concert Hall of Music Centre in Helsinki. In 2011-2012 he studied conducting with the legendary maestro Jorma Panula. .