Jukka Särkkä is a versatile musician who plays guitar, mandolin and banjo and works as ateacher, composer, arranger and producer. He teaches guitar at the Central Helsinki Music Institute and plays regularly at the Finnish National Opera and other orchestras in Helsinki area.

Jukka Särkkä studied classical guitar at the Music institute of Mikkeli and at the Helsinki Conservatory, graduating 1986. His teachers include Juan Antonio Muro, Kari Äikäs and Jukka Savijoki. He has attended masterclasses by Jose Luis Lopategui, John Mills, Hubert Käppel and Göran Söllscher.

In 1986 Jukka Särkkä won first prize at the K.V.Leino guitar competition in Jyväskylä. In 2011 his song won the first prize in Vuoden merilaulu -competition.

From 1993 to 1998 he was conductor of the Helsinki Conservatory Wind Orchestra.

Jukka Särkkä conducts and writes arrangements for Kääk! Guitar Ensemble. They have played concerts and attended music festivals in Finland, Estonia, Austria, Italy and Spain.

As a composer he has written mainly for guitar, voice, winds and piano.

Email: jukka.sarkkaATiki.fi