# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-lilja
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:16:01.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-lilja"
name: "Max Lilja"
slug: "max-lilja"
description: "Max Lilja is a Finnish cello player. He is best known as a founding member of the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, a band he left in 2001 to join the Finnish thrash metal band Hevein. Beginning in 2007, Lilja has been a recording and touring member of Tarja Turunen's solo band. Throughout his career, Lilja has continued to play classical music alongside rock, metal, and crossover projects."
tagline: "Finnish cellist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20160723_K%C3%B6ln_Amphi_Tarja_0076.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.97
  momentum:             5.607544472858436
  historical:           10.29172266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/maxlilja.page"
    handle:    "maxlilja.page"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1810408/"
    handle:    "nm1810408"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/325911"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ماكس ليلچا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Lilja"
    title: "Max Lilja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Lilja"
    title: "Max Lilja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Lilja"
    title: "Max Lilja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Lilja"
    title: "Max Lilja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Lilja"
    title: "Max Lilja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Lilja"
    title: "Max Lilja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Лилья, Макс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Lilja"
    title: "Max Lilja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F"
    title: "Макс Лілья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fc6c07b0-e05d-4fa8-a29b-1f49184efdab"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2420049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump