HEIDI PELTONIEMI studied with Markku Luolajan-Mikkola at the Sibelius Academy, graduating with a Master of Music degree in January 2009. She also studied with Christophe Coin and Bruno Cocset at the Paris Conservatoire in 2003–2004. Heidi frequently plays principal cello, continuo cello and viol with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. She lives at the former village church in Pitäjänmäki in Helsinki, where she hosts an early music chamber concert series.