Juho Laitinen (b. 1977) is a researching musician: cellist, improviser, composer, writer and teacher. He performs as a soloist and chamber and orchestral musician, teaches at Sibelius Academy, records for Finnish Broadcasting Company and is the editor for online magazine Amfion.

Juho has a particular interest in the tradition of American and European avant-garde. His repertoire includes works by Cage, Scelsi and Stockhausen among others. Also the most recent music – improvisation – is  important. In this realm he has worked for example with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp and Christian Wolff.

He also plays the baroque cello and performs the Classical  music of the Near East.

Juho pursues his interest in the possibilities of electronic sound manipulation in the duo Sound Dentistry. Among the works he has commissioned and premiered are On Air-Line for cello, electronics and big band by Riikka Talvitie and Boost for cello and analog synthesizer, in extended just intonation, by Juhani Nuorvala.

Throughout his career Juho has played with several jazz musicians, currently with the band of Pepa Päivinen.

He studied 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 "Innovations in 20th century cello music" as his topic. In the five recitals he performs music by Feldman, Lucier, Nancarrow and Xenakis as well as works of his own.

Recently Juho has given recitals in Finland as well as in the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Russia and USA. He curates Kallio New Music Days festival, that had its first instalment in January. This spring he played in New York and on a little Russian tour with flutist Kari Heinilä. In the summer festivals in Kerava, Pori, Korpo, Sipoo, Viitasaari and Lake Tuusula ensue.