Marko Putkonen (born 18 October 1947 in

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) is a Finnish opera singer with a bass background.

Life and career

Putkonen is known as a singer of

Hortto Kaalo Hortto Kaalo is a Finnish gypsy music band performing in both Finnish and Romani. They specialize in Eastern European and French gypsy music. The band's name in Romani means 'real Roma'. The group was formed in 1969 by Feija Åkerlund, Marko P ...

, fi, :fi:Horto Kaalo who specializes in Roma music. He is one of founding member of band Hortto Kaalo, which was founded in 1969. In the 1980s, he began his career as an opera singer. He studied singing at the Sibelius Academy's Opera School (1982–1984), the Zurich Opera Studio (1984–1985) and the Zurich Academy of Music (1985–1986), and was attached to the Zurich Opera (1985–1986) and the Finnish National Opera (1986–2002). Putkonen's wife is a journalist and theater director Tuovi Putkonen. They have three children, a son

Janus Putkonen Janus Kostia Putkonen (born 16 January 1974 in Pernå) is a Finnish theater director and journalist. Putkonen was the editor-in-chief of the Verkkomedia website, which was active from 2011–2013. From 2015 to 2018, he was the director of the Russi ...

and daughters Esma Haddas and Krista Putkonen-Örn.

References

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