Born in Helsinki, he studied cello with Arto Noras at the Sibelius Academy, where he received his diploma in 1983.
The Finnish Broadcast Company honored him as "Musical act of the year 2003" which was awarded after his "Gambaa!"
[2] He has performed recitals with all Bach cello suites and is one of the pioneers commissioning contemporary music for the bass and treble viols.
His more than 40 solo and chamber music recordings (stand out his solo parts of Marais, Forqueray and Couperin) are available on the Alba, Avie, BIS, Linn, Simax, Channel Classics, Decca, GMN and Toccata Classics labels.
In 2002 he founded Lu-Mi Strings Ltd,[6] a company which produces fine hand made contemporary baroque instruments in Beijing.