Erkki Pohjanheimo

Erkki Pohjanheimo (born 28 January 1942 in Multia) is a Finnish TV-producer and director.

Erkki Pohjanheimo
Born (1942-01-28) 28 January 1942
Multia, Finland
NationalityFinnish
EducationUniversity of Helsinki
OccupationTelevision producer, television director, singer, television presenter
EmployerYLE
Spouse(s)Mervi Pohjanheimo

In 1961 Pohjanheimo joint Yleisradio in 1961 as a television cameraman and worked as a cameraman for five years. In 1966 Pohjanheimo was appointed director of entertainment at TV1 and later became a journalist, screenwriter and editor manager of Entertainment. During the 1970s Pohjanheimo produced and directed various music programmes and colabiratid with other musicians including The Spencer Davis Group[1], Cilla Black, Lena Horne[2], Sarah Vaughan[3], Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton. In 1982 he produced and directed a TV concert of Canto General in two parts with Mikis Theodorakis.[4] In 1991 Pohjanheimo did a concert with Montserrat Caballé ja José Carreras for YLE TV1 in Turku[5]. In 1994 Erkki Pohjanheimo's documentary of Kings Singers was shot for television in Tallinn, Estonia and in Helsinki as well as in Lahti and in Hollola, Finland.[6] Pohjanheimo produced and directed also a concert of Natalie Cole in Turku in 1992.[7]

Over the years Pohjanheimo has been associated with the European Broadcasting Union and the Eurovision Network he also provided the Finnish television commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest on ten occasions between 1973 and 1996 he also hosted the Finnish heat for the 1981 Contest.[8]

Since 1997 Pohjanheimo has set up his own television company Sunny Notes.

Erkki Pohjanheimo has worked also as a Singer and sung some records 1962 – 1967. The most popular songs:

He sang in the dance band of Jorma Weneskoski and later he had his own dance orchestra.

Family

Erkki Pohjanheimo has two daughters, Singer and Vocal Pedagogue Pauliina Pohjanheimo (artist name Pauliina May) and Actress-Singer Petriikka Pohjanheimo.

References
  1. http://www.spencer-davis-group.com/
  2. Helsingin Sanomat 13 October 1977: "Upea oppitunti."
  3. Helsingin Sanomat 9 December 1978
  4. http://yle.fi/vintti/yle.fi/venla2002/historia_etu1.htm
  5. Helsingin Sanomat 7 October 1991
  6. Ilta-Sanomat 27 December 1994
  7. Ilta-Sanomat / Päivyri 2 March 1992: "Natalie Cole nostalgoi tyylikkäästi."
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. http://www.sunnynotes.fi/levytyksia.html
  10. http://www.sunnynotes.fi/levytyksia.html
  11. http://www.sunnynotes.fi/levytyksia.html
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