Laura Mikkola

Who is Laura Mikkola?

Laura Imola Mikkola is a Finnish pianist.

Laura Mikkola, having previously won Pretoria's UNISA TRANSNET and Helsinki's Maj Lind competitions, and been awarded the XII Paloma O'Shea Competition's contemporary music prize and a grant-prize, was second to Markus Groh at the XIII Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. She has performed internationally since the mid-90s.

There are a lot of CD recordings from different labels available. She is well known for her recordings of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Piano Concertos and piano works for Naxos Records.