Matti Rantanen
Illustration — Matti Rantanen Matti Juhani Rantanen (born February 20, 1952) is a Finnish accordionist. Rantanen won the Finnish Youth Accordion Championship four successive times from 1964 to 1967, national championship in 1968, the Scandinavian championship in 1969 and 1970, and was third in the world championship in 1970.
Matti Rantanen
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- Full name
- Matti Juhani Rantanen.
- Born
- 1952 · Helsinki.
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- musician · university teacher · accordionist
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- Languages
- Finnish
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Illustration — Matti Rantanen Matti Juhani Rantanen (born February 20, 1952) is a Finnish accordionist. Rantanen won the Finnish Youth Accordion Championship four successive times from 1964 to 1967, national championship in 1968, the Scandinavian championship in 1969 and 1970, and was third in the world championship in 1970.
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Recorded at birth as Matti Juhani Rantanen.
The recorded working language is Finnish. Employment is recorded with Sibelius Academy. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
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