Jukka Myllys has graduated as a Master of Music from the Sibelius Academy. Myllys has worked as an euphonium player and an assistant conductor of the Pohja Military Band 1989-1995. Since 1996 he has played trombone with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as a soloist with several symphony orchestras and wind bands, recorded and has given solo recitals and world premieres in Europe, Japan and the United States. The Lieksa Brass Week named him the "Brass Player of the Year" in 1994. Jukka Myllys teaches at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the University of Applied Sciences in Oulu. Myllys has been as a conductor and artistic director of the Kemi Symphony Orchestra from January 2007. He also conducts the Wind Band Viventi which has won five last Finnish championships. Jukka Myllys plays exlusively the WILLSON Euphonium mod. 2950TA.