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Mikko Härkin (born May 25, 1979 in Keitele, Finland) is a Finnish power metal keyboardist, who has performed with Sonata Arctica and Kenziner. ==History== Härkin begun to study piano at the age of 5. He joined ''Kenziner'' in 1999 and with them recorded his first album, ''The Prophecies''. In 2000, he joined ''Sonata Arctica'' and toured Europe with ''Stratovarius'' and ''Rhapsody''. Härkin recorded keyboards for ''Sonata Arctica's'' second album, ''Silence'', which was released in 2001. ''Sonata Arctica's'' first live CD, named ''Songs of Silence'', featured Härkin on keyboards. At the end of 2002, Härkin left ''Sonata Arctica''. In 2003, Härkin started a band named Wingdom with vocalist Sami Asp, Alessandro Lotta (ex-Rhapsody), Markus, and guitarist Jukka (who had worked with Härkin since 1998). In 2005, Wingdom' released their first album, ''Reality'', and Mikko Härkin left the band. Afterwards, the band ''Divinefire'' invited Härkin to play keyboards on the album ''Hero''. Härkin formed the band ''Essence of Sorrow'' with Markus (who played drums for Wingdom), Christian Palin (singer for Random Eyes) and Jani Stefanovic (guitarist for Divinefire). In January 2007, they released their first album, ''Reflections From The Obscure''. , Härkin is working on a project titled ''Mehida'', which consists of the three members of ''Wingdom'' as well as Jani Stefanovic from ''Essence of Sorrow'' and ''Divinefire''. He worked on Solution .45's debut album ''For Aeons Past'', alongside Jani Stefanovic and ex-Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam. In 2010 Härkin joined Symfonia, a power metal supergroup with André Matos, Timo Tolkki, Jari Kainulainen and Uli Kusch. The band made their debut performance at Finnish Metal Expo 2011, but broke up later that year. In 2012 Härkin joined Luca Turilli's Rhapsody as a live member, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mikko Härkin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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