Tuomo (born as Tuomo Prättälä, 1979). Soul-singer, jazz pianist, composer, lyricist, producer. Tuomo began taking piano lessons at the age of 7. After Sibelius Senior Secondary School of Music, Helsinki Conservatory of Pop and Jazz and the civil service as sound engineer in the Finnish Theater Academy, he started his career as a professional musician.

During 2002-2006 Tuomo contributed in 10 full-length albums in 7 different line-ups. Together with his various bands he was nominated for Jazz Emma Award for 4 times, won 2 international jazz contests, received the highly-acclaimed Finnish Teosto Award, was The Young Artist of the Year chosen by Finland Festivals and toured intensively all around the world.

In January 2007 Tuomo released his first solo album titled “My Thing”, which immediatelly hit Finnish Top 10 and received only rave 5-star, 4-star reviews. In the summer of 2007 the album was distributed all over the world and has got same kind of reception. The album style is singer-songwriter music based strongly on 70s soul heritage.

Mr. Gilles Peterson, the most famous and influential DJ and broadcaster in the whole world, has been a big fan of Tuomo’s since the first single “Don’t take it too hard” saw daylight. Gilles' radio show Worldwide Winners of 2007 chose Tuomo's album as one of the best in 2007.

In Japan, the single has reached number 5 on J-Wave’s Tokyo Hot 100 Chart. The song continues to be in Top 10 on many radio stations' playlists.

In February 2009, Tuomo released his second album "Reaches out for you" and a year later the 3rd album "My own private Sunday" was released. International tours have covered Japan, Germany, UK, Austria, Benelux, Sweden, Norway, Estonia etc.