Paavo Lötjönen

{{Short description|Finnish cellist (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Paavo Lötjönen

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| image = File:Apocalyptica gdansk nnastazja IMG 9333.jpg

| caption = Lötjönen performing in 2023

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|7|29}}

| origin = Kuopio, Finland

| genre = Cello rock
Symphonic metal

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Cello

}}

Paavo Lötjönen (born 29 July 1968) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p203437/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Apocalyptica|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=12 June 2010}}

Paavo comes from a family where both of his parents were professional musicians.{{cite web |publisher=St. Louis Music Press |title=Interview With Paavo Lötjönen of Apocalyptica |first=Angie |last=Knost |date=13 October 2010 |url=http://stlmusicpress.com/news/?p=2366 |accessdate=20 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316090053/http://stlmusicpress.com/news/?p=2366 |archive-date=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} At the age of 6,{{cite web |publisher=Apocalyptica.com|title=Youtube interactive interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFesTOwz36g&feature=channel |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/RFesTOwz36g |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|date=5 August 2010|accessdate=20 August 2011}}{{cbignore}} he took a cello and decided that would be the instrument he would play all his life. Like fellow band members Perttu Kivilaakso and Eicca Toppinen, he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.{{Cite web|title=Paavo Lotjonen biography - Paavo Lotjonen comes from a family where everyone is musician|url=http://apocalyptica.apocello.ru/apocalyptica/paavo-lotjonen.php|access-date=2021-10-03|website=apocalyptica.apocello.ru}}

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" as well. 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.{{Cite web|title=Apocalyptica - Interview with Paavo Lotjonen - How would you describe Apocalyptica's music with three words?|url=https://apocello.ru/media/press/cari-paavo-2005-en.php|access-date=2021-10-03|website=apocello.ru}} He also enjoys sky-diving, windsurfing, and water skiing.