Roope Kivimaa (b. 1975) is a composer, musician (violin/piano) and music educator from Paimio, Southwestern Finland. Despite his classical music background Kivimaa hardly cares about boundaries between musical genres. He has moved from cinematic expression to contemporary classical music and from north indian influences all the way to progressive rock. After a large amount of unpublished orchestral and chamber music and some commissioned theater music, "Above" (2021) was Kivimaa's first (own cost) album. This is how Kivimaa describes it: "Blended with influences from progressive rock, classical, cinematic music, folk and ambient it is a unique mix of (electro-) acoustic violin and piano sounds with some percussive effects." Currently Kivimaa is making new music, the style varying from orchestral and electronic prog to psychedelic art pop.