Jaakko Arola

​Jaakko Arola is a musician, improviser, composer and instrument-maker from Finland. Arola plays multiple traditional and western woodwind instruments. His current practice is centered around expanding the acoustic timbral possibilities of the bass clarinet via a combination of handcrafted mouthpieces and playing techniques influenced by the diverse sonic aesthetics of traditional flutes. Arola's compositions explores the bass clarinet as a polyphonic instrument through shimmering multiphonics and pulsating drones, as well as through treating the bass clarinet as a flute.