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Antero Manninen
Background information
Born	January 19, 1973 (1973-01-19) (age 36)
Origin	Tampere, Finland
Genres	Classical, chamber
Occupations	Cellist
Years active	1993–present
Associated acts	Apocalyptica Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Antero Manninen (also known as 'Mr. Cool') is a session musician and former band member of Finnish Cello metal quartet Apocalyptica. He was an official member but did not write the music and left in 1999 due to prior commitments, although he has come back to help the band because they are currently short one member. Besides his job in Apocalyptica he used to work as a musician in a Tapiola Sinfonietta Avanti! and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and once (1 time) in the orchestra of the Finnish National Opera. He is also one of the founders of Sibelius-Academy’s Cellosextet (SSS). Antero has been performing also at funerals. Currently he is a member of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra.^[1]

Equipment

• Giuseppe Pedrazzini cello (1946).
• L. Breshnev bow.
• Jargar and Spirocore (by Thomastik-Infeld) Tungsten strings.

References

1. ^ Antero Manninen - www.cellist.nl

• Biography of Antero Manninen
• Photos of Antero Manninen
• http://apocalyptica.free.fr/antero-en.htm
• http://apocalyptica1.w.interia.pl/sklad.html
• http://www.cellist.nl/database/showcellist.asp?id=469
• http://www.btinternet.com/~spookyuki/apo/agw.htm