kalle kalima

Kalle Kalima (b. 1973 in Helsinki, Finland) has worked as a guitarist in contemporary music with composers such as Michael Wertmüller, Sven-Ingo Koch, Simon Stockhausen and Eero Hämeenniemi, trompeters Tomasz Stanko and Leo Wadada Smith, saxofonists Anthony Braxton and Jimi Tenor, bass players Greg Cohen and Sirone, guitarist Marc Ducret, pianist Jason Moran, drummers Jim Black and Tony Allen and singers Andreas Schaerer, Theresa Kronthaler, Linda Sharrock as well as with Ensemble Resonanz (Chamber Ensemble of Elbfilharmony in Hamburg), Opera Lyon, String Trio of Munich Symphony, Philharmony of Konstanz, Berliner Ensemble and Jazzanova DJs. Kalima has composed music for Opera Lyon, Ensemble Resonanz, NDR Big Band, Umo Big Band and Jousia Ensemble among others. He has also composed music for jazz groups Klima Kalima, Johnny La Marama, Kuu! and K-18. These compositions can be heard on various albums released by these groups.