Elis Hakola is a Finnish cellist who recently completed his Master's degree in Orchestral Performance at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he studied with Kati Raitinen. He previously completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, studying with Johannes Rostamo.

Elis Hakola has experience as both an orchestral and chamber musician and has performed with orchestras including the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic. He has also participated in the Åland Opera Festival and the Confidencen Baroque Orchestra Academy, where he studied and performed on baroque cello.

As a chamber musician, Elis Hakola has performed Nordic repertoire for cello and piano in Finland and Iceland together with pianist Herdís Ágústa Linnet. In spring 2026, he also performed with Ensemble Klangfabriken at one of the festival concerts during Svensk Musikvår.

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