---
name: "Taisto Tammi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taisto-tammi"
fi1m_id: "taisto-tammi"
imdb_id: "nm1376592"
tmdb_id: 2509155
wikidata_id: "Q4450929"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "10 December 1945"
died: "5 February 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:48:11.301878+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Taisto Tammi

## Identity

Taisto Tammi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taisto-tammi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** taisto-tammi
- **IMDb ID:** nm1376592
- **TMDB ID:** 2509155
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4450929
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Tammi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4450929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1376592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2509155

Composer. Born 10 December 1945 in Kuusankoski, Finland. Died 5 February 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 10 December 1945, Kuusankoski, Finland
- **Died:** 5 February 1979
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisto_Tammi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4450929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1376592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2509155

## Biography

Taisto Tammi was a Finnish schlager and tango singer. Born Taisto Lundberg on 10 December 1945 in Kuusankoski, he was the first Finnish Romani singer to make recordings and became known for his interpretations of Toivo Kärki tangos.

His career peaked in the early 1960s. Recordings by Tammi appear in the soundtrack of Aki Kaurismäki’s film *Ariel* (1988), alongside those of Esko Rahkonen and Rauli Somerjoki. He died on 5 February 1979 in Tampere, aged 33.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ariel* (1988), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ariel.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ariel* (1988), Music — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ariel.md)

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