Swedish pianist Roland Pöntinen, born 1963. He made his debut in 1981 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and has since then performed with major orchestras in Europe,USA, Korea, South-America, Australia and New Zealand.He has co-operated with Myung-Whun Chung, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Leif Segerstam, Evgeny Svetlanov ,Franz Welser-Möst and David Zinman to name a few.
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. In 2001 he received the Litteris et Artibus – a royal medal for recognition of eminent skills in the artistic field.