Pertti Jalava
(he/him)

Composer
Finland
String Quartet Smackdown VII

Pertti Jalava (b. 1960 in Turku, Finland) has composed numerous works for various chamber ensembles and orchestra, among them five symphonies and several orchestral concertos. He has also written a considerable volume of music for big band and his jazz ensemble, in which he plays drums.

Jalava has won a number of prizes in international composition competitions with works in several genres. Most recently he was awarded in International Uuno Klami Composition Competition for his Viola Concerto.