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Helsinki, Finland
Perttu Päivö Kullervo Kivilaakso is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Like fellow band members Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen, he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Kivilaakso won third place in the second International Paulo Cello Competition in 1996 at age 18. Shortly afterward, he attained a lifetime chair in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,[4] where his father, Juhani,…
Known for
- Kaamos — Self2026
- Apocalyptica - M'era Luna Festival 2025 — Lead Cello2025
- Apocalyptica @ Hellfest 2025 — Lead Cello2025
- Apocalyptica Live at Wacken 20252025
- Bundesvision Song Contest — Self2005
- Apocalyptica: Live — Himself2001
- Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Interval Act1956
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1978-05-11
Discography
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- 934
- Total plays
- 10,527
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Perttu Kivilaakso started playing cello when he was 5. He got into the Sibelius academy, where he met Eicca Toppinen (founder of Apocalyptica). He played his first Apo gig when he was 16 but then Eicca told him he should finish his classical career first. So he did and joined the Helsinki Phil, where he played first cello. Antero Manninen replaced him in Apocalyptica until he was ready to come back, what he did in 2000 before the recording of Cult. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Perttu+Kivil
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Sibelius Academy
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Genre
- symphonic metal
- Instrument
- cello
- Image
- Perttu Kivilaakso - Ilosaarirock 2009.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1978-05-11
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- Perttu Kivilaakso
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
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- Apocalyptica
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