Petri Piiparinen

Petri Piiparinen has been playing percussion instruments for over 27 years. He graduated from the Sibelius Academy in 2021.

As a freelance musician, Petri has played in many orchestras and ensembles during his career, such as the RSO, HKO, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Estonian Festival Orchestra, Estonian National Opera "Estonia", Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Animato Foundation Orchestra of Switzerland. He has led the Estonian Dixieland Band for over ten years and has been the drummer of the Estonian Defence Forces Big Band and the Raffaele Kohler Swing Band in Milan for many years. He has also participated in percussion courses with Peter Erskine, Dennis Chambers and Indonesian gamelan music.

Currently, Petri works as the percussion principal of the Finnish National Opera Orchestra and, from 2023, as the percussion principal of the Avanti Chamber Orchestra.