Perttu Kivilaakso
Perttu Kivilaakso | |
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 Kivilaakso at the 2018 at "Drive With Full Force" festival in Ferropolis, Germany | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 11 May 1978 |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | Gothic metal, symphonic metal |
| Occupations | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Cello |
Perttu Päivö Kullervo Kivilaakso (born 11 May 1978) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica.[1] Like fellow band members Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen, he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.[2] He plays a German 19th century cello; he started playing the cello when he was 5 years old[3] and joined Apocalyptica for their third studio album Cult.[4] Kivilaakso played in Apocalyptica's 1995 line up, but he was concentrating on his studies when the band began their professional career. At the end of 1999 he came back,[4] switching places with Antero Manninen, who then went to play in a classical orchestra.
Career
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Kivilaakso won third place in the second International Paulo Cello Competition in 1996 at age 18.[5] Shortly afterward, he attained a lifetime chair in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,[4] where his father, Juhani,[6] is also a cellist. He was on indefinite leave while touring with Apocalyptica, but left for good in 2007.
Kivilaakso has also composed music for the video game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, a few documentary films, as well as many original compositions for Apocalyptica, including "Conclusion",[7] "Farewell"[8] and "Beautiful"[9]
His first opera, Indigo, composed with his Apocalyptica bandmate Eicca Toppinen, was premiered at the Finnish National Opera on 22 January 2016. The opera tells "a story of an omnipotent, multinational company and a search for happiness".[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ Ankeny, Jason. Biography: Apocalyptica at AllMusic
- ^ "Interview with Mikko and Eicca|for FaceCulture.nl 2007", via apocalyptica.apocello.ru
- ^ AU Apocalyptica - Started To Play Cello – Interview on YouTube, 27 August 2010
- ^ a b c "Apocalyptica". halbe miete. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Previous Winners: 1996", cellocompetitionpaulo.org/
- ^ "Juhani Kivilaakso". hel.fi. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
- ^ Reflections CD booklet[full citation needed]
- ^ Apocalyptica CD booklet[full citation needed]
- ^ 7th Symphony CD booklet[full citation needed]
- ^ "New works commissioned by the Finnish National Opera and the Finnish National Ballet". Music Finland. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Apocalyptica's Perttu Kivilaakso and Eicca Toppinen Create Indigo Opera". Blabbermouth.net. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
External links
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Media related to Perttu Kivilaakso at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1978 births
- 20th-century Finnish composers
- 20th-century Finnish male musicians
- 21st-century Finnish composers
- 21st-century Finnish male musicians
- Apocalyptica members
- Finnish classical cellists
- Finnish heavy metal cellists
- Finnish male composers
- Finnish male opera composers
- Finnish opera composers
- Living people
- Musicians from Helsinki
- Sibelius Academy alumni