Juho Laitinen was born 1977 in Lieksa, Finland. Shortly afterwards he discovered that pillows were hugely enjoyable to drum on, and family guests were entertained. Singing in choirs and playing the piano and the cello at the local music school became a hobby, and after finishing high school Juho decided to give it a go for real. His studies began at the conservatory of Turku with Erkki Lahesmaa and Timo Hanhinen. During these four years he also took singing lessons and played major and minor parts in musicals and operas, such as Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte and Sailor #3 in Anything goes.  

Juho started mingling with dancers and jazz musicians, feeling liberated by improvisation. Collaborations with theatre and dance students and professionals ensued, as well as original compositions for their performances. With Harri Wallenius (clarinets) and Mikko Väärälä (percussion instruments) he co-founded group seven , an ensemble of improvised music that had a short but active life span of three years. Juho also joined Niklas Winter's multi-national Jazz Workshop and recorded the cd Saknad with them. The band also went on a tour in Finland and Sweden. Juho continues to work with Niklas, most recently in a quartet setting.

More studies were needed. After graduating from Turku, Juho continued at the Royal College of Music in London with Lowri Blake and Jerome Pernoo and completed a performance diploma in 2002. During this time he also took part in master classes by Natalia Gutman, Tsyoshi Tsutsumi, Ralf Gothoni and the Chilingirian Quartet. Immensely influential was participating in the Ostrava New Music Days in Czech Republic in 2001 and getting exposed to the musical aesthetic of composers Petr Kotik, Christian Wolff, Alvin Lucier and Phill Niblock. This experience made a huge impact on his musical life.

After graduating from London Juho won a scholarship to pursue his interest in Italian contemporary music at British School at Rome. During this residency he studied and performed music by Giacinto Scelsi, Salvatore Sciarrino, Luciano Berio and Valentino Bucchi. He collaborated with Keir Fraser creating a spatial work for cello and electronics at RialtoSanAmbrogio. It was also fruitful was to hang out with painters, sculptors and art historians: with painter Geoff Uglow he created an exhibition of paintings and a soundtrack about physical processes involved with learning a piece of music. Also important was meeting Brazilian singer Rosalia de Souza with whom Juho has played at many important venues since, including La Palma jazz club and the new Auditorium.

After Rome a stint in the Finnish military ensued. A highlight during this time was to perform Friedrich Gulda's entertaining concerto with the Guards' Band conducted by Petri Komulainen.

In the winter of 2003/4 Juho co-created the music for "Song of Seili", a play at the Swedish theatre (ÅST) in Turku. He performed a solo version for cello, voice and live electronics in Rome with Joe Casagrande the following summer. That same year Juho won the prestigious Fulbright scholarship and in September 2004 he travelled to New York City to study American contemporary music. Whilst there he worked extensively with S.E.M. Ensemble and ACME, and also played with Elliott Sharp, Bruce Gremo and Tania Leon among others. The year came to close too soon, but as NY remains his favourite city on earth Juho travels back regularly, recently to perform with Thomas Buckner and Christian Wolff.

Since July 2005 Juho has been based in Helsinki, giving solo concerts in Finland and abroad, playing with John Zorn and Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and working with a range of groups such as Albero, Karikko and Ahava. As of last September he in on a new journey: a doctorate at Sibelius Academy focusing on 20th century innovations in music for cello. During the season 2007-8 he will tour Finland with a solo program, appear as soloist with the Navy Band in Turku and give a recital of electroacoustic music in New York.