Emmi Silvennoinen (born 9 April 1988) is a Finnish keyboardist who is the former

keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instr ...

for the

folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...

band

Ensiferum Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal." History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002) ''Ensiferum'' was founde ...

. She filled the role following the departure of

Meiju Enho Meiju Enho, born in 1981 in Finland, is the former keyboard player of the Finnish Viking/folk metal band Ensiferum. Meiju joined the band in 2001 following the release of their debut album ''Ensiferum'' and played on all subsequent releases unt ...

from Ensiferum in September 2007 before joining it as a member during the recording of the album '' From Afar'' (2009). Emmi was also the keyboard player for the melodic death/gothic metal band Exsecratus.

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Finnish heavy metal keyboardists 1988 births Living people Ensiferum members {{finland-musician-stub