Leena Jaakkola (b.1987) began her violin studies at the age of six at Kerava Music Institute with Erkki Palola. In 2004 she was accepted in Sibelius-Akademy Youth department to study with Seppo Tukiainen. In 2006 she started at the department for Music Performance. Currently Leena is studying with professor Mari Tampere-Bezrodny and finished her Bachelor in Spring 2010.
Leena has participated in many masterclasses with Hagai Shaham, Gerhald Schultz, Tuomas Haapanen, Vilmos Szabadi, Päivyt Meller, Gordan Nicolich. She has also studied chamber music with Paavo Pohjola, Marko Ylönen, Martti Rautio and Gerhard Schultz. She has played in Helsinki Philharmonic orchestra and performed solo and chambermusic in Finland and Estonia.

Kuva/Photo Jaakko Paarvala