Paavo Lötjönen

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Paavo Lötjönen
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

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Born = birth date and age|1968|7|29
Origin = Kuopio/Helsinki, Finland
Genre = Cello metal
Symphonic metal
Occupation = Musician
Instrument = Cello

Paavo Lötjönen is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Paavo comes from a family where everyone is a musician (parents and grandparents).At the age of 7, he took a cello and decided that would be the instrument he would play all his life.20 years later, Paavo got his "Solist Cellist" diploma at the Sibelius Academy and shortly after began to work as a cello teacher in music schools. He played in the "Finnish National Opera" too.

Like fellow band members Perttu Kivilaakso and Eicca Toppinen he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He plays a Gulbrandt Enger cello (1882) with a R. Wainio bow. Apart from his work with Apocalyptica he is a cello teacher and a skiing instructor.

Lötjönen is married and has three children, sons Okko (born 2003) and Aki (born 2006) and daughter Anna (born 2007).