Heikki Ruokangas (b. 1987) is a Finnish jazz/avantgarde-guitarist and composer. Ruokangas’ music ranges from melodic and delicate tones to more violent avantgarde. Ruokangas’ debut jazz-album, “Change Of Thought”, was released in 2015 by London-based F-IRE Records. Ruokangas has released two albums in 2017. Eclipse Music released Monologues, a solo guitar album. Later, Galileo Music released it in Germany. The second offering, a self-titled album by Finnish-Danish trio Ruokangas-Estola-Roland, was released in Finland through Alba Records and later in the USA by Naxos. Ruokangas, among other things, has taught guitar playing at Oulu University Of Applied Sciences as well as Oulu Conservatory. from www.heikkiruokangas.com
