Biography
Eicca Toppinen is a Finnish cellist, composer, songwriter and arranger. He formed the cello-metal band Apocalyptica in 1993 while studying at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Toppinen has composed scores for several films, including Black Ice (2007), for which he received a Jussi Award, Aquarela (2018) and Nightborn (2026). He has also created music for theatre, an opera titled Indigo (2016, with Perttu Kivilaakso) and other projects.
