Taika Puhakka (born 2007) began her cello studies in 2012 at the East Helsinki Music School, studying with Csilla Tuhkanen, and from 2014 onwards, with Taru Aarnio. Since the autumn of 2021, Taika has been studying at the Sibelius Academy's Youth Department under Tuomas Ylinen. She started at the Cello Academy in the autumn of 2022.
Taika has participated in several masterclasses and chamber music courses. She took part in the Salo Cello Competition in 2019 and the Porvoo Cello Competition in 2021 and 2024, where she reached the finals in the 13-15-year-old category (2021) and 16-20-year-old category (2024). Taika's studies have been supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation and the Mauno Pudaks Foundation.