Matti Moilanen graduated from the Turku Conservatory of Music in 1990 as a cello teacher in Timo Hanhinen’s cello class. After graduation, he worked until 1998 in the Oulu City Orchestra as vice principal cellist and principal cellist. In 1998, he returned to Turku to work as a cello teacher at the Turku Region Music College, and since the merger of the Music institute and the Conservatory in 2020, he has been a lecturer of cello at the Turku Conservatory.

Matti Moilanen is a musician with a wide range of activities, performing regularly as a cellist and chamber musician in various ensembles.