Juho Laitinen (b. 1977) is a many-sided member of the music community, performing, teaching, writing and curating. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician, teaches and studies at Sibelius Academy, makes recordings for the Finnish Broadcasting Company, writes for various music publications and serves as artistic director at Kallio New Music Days and the Tulkinnanvaraista recital series.

Juho has a particular interest in the traditions of American and European modernism, avant-garde and experimental new music. His repertoire includes works by Cage, Scelsi, Stockhausen and Xenakis. Microtonal and electroacoustic music as well as improvisation are among his key interests. In 2011 he released his first solo cd with modernist and experimental solo works alongside with duo improvisations.

Juho often works with jazz musicians and currently plays with the band of Pepa Päivinen. He also performs on the Baroque cello and plays some classical music from the Near East as well as fado. Juho pursues his interest in the possibilities of electronic sound manipulation with Mikko Hassinen in Sound Dentistry.

Among the works he has commissioned and premiered are On Air-Line for cello, electronics and big band by Riikka Talvitie, Boost for cello and analog synthesizer, in extended just intonation, by Juhani Nuorvala and Dead Man Theme for electric cello and electronics by Maija Hynninen. Recently some new works were written for a virtual rhythmicon that he programmed.

He received his initial training at Turku Conservatory and Royal College of Music in London and additionally in Rome and New York, with Timo Hanhinen, Jérôme Pernoo and Petr Kotik as his main mentors. Currently he is working towards a doctorate at Sibelius Academy with 20th century experimental cello music as his topic. In the related five large-scale recitals he performs music by Feldman, Lucier, Meriläinen and Andriessen as well as works of his own. 

In 2009–10 Juho was the editor for Amfion, an online magazine for classical music, and has also written for Rondo and Finaali magazines. Since 2009 he teaches at Sibelius Academy.

Juho is extremely grateful for the support of his artistic pursuits given by Finnish Cultural Foundation, Kordelin Foundation, Finnish Arts Council, National Performing Arts Research Academy, Finnish Performing Music Promotion Center, Lehtinen Foundation, Finnish Composers' Union, Foundation for Promotion of Finnish Music, the city of Helsinki and Sibelius Academy.