Kristian Wahlström is a widely recognized performer, educator, and researcher with over 25 years of professional experience on electric guitar in Finland and internationally, collaborating with a wide range of bands and leading artists. For more than two decades, he has taught guitar and ensembles at the Pop & Jazz Conservatory in Helsinki, instructed guitar pedagogy at Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, and he conducts research on student-centred popular music pedagogy, groove and microrythm, and the psychodynamics of music learning.