Heidi Peltoniemi studied the Baroque cello and viola da gamba at the Sibelius Academy with Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, and at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur with Christophe Coin and Bruno Cocset. She is an active chamber musician, and has appeared with the Volante Quartet, Opus X ensemble, and the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra in several European countries and in the United States. The Vantaa Baroque Festival elected her Young Artist of the Year in 2008. Heidi Peltoniemi plays a cello by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1718.