14 Facts About Timo Tolkki

Timo Tapio Tolkki was born on 3 March 1966 and is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius.

Timo Tolkki started playing guitar at the age of seven and practiced intensely, sometimes eight hours a day.

In 1994, Timo Tolkki released his first solo album, Classical Variations and Themes, which had at the time been one of his longtime ambitions.

Timo Tolkki later claimed this was done as a protest due to the remaining members deciding to continue the band as Stratovarius.

In March 2012, Timo Tolkki stated on his Facebook profile that although he had left the music business, he hadn't given up on music altogether: "With all the tools available for us today to release music, you will hear something interesting from me".

On 8 January 2013, Timo Tolkki announced the opening of a new mixing and mastering studio named Studiotolkki, located in Helsinki, Finland.

In October 2013 Timo Tolkki launched a news website for the project in which he announced the sequel to The Land of New Hope, which was provisionally titled Avalon II.

Timo Tolkki announced that there will be a contest for guitar and keyboard players, with the winners getting a chance to perform a solo with him in one of the songs.

In June 2019, Timo Tolkki released the third part of the Avalon trilogy, the album Return to Eden, with the main working song, "Promises".

In May 2015, it was announced that Timo Tolkki would produce and perform in a project with Chilean singer Caterina Nix titled Chaos Magic.

Caterina and Timo Tolkki met in Chile when Stratovarius was performing there.

Timo Tolkki has one daughter from his second marriage, born in 1988.

Since 2000, Timo Tolkki has been in a relationship with Dominika Gottova, eldest daughter of Czech singer Karel Gott.

In November 2023, Timo Tolkki was convicted by the Helsinki District Court for fraudulently claiming income support in 2020.