Tarja Turunen

This here is Tarja Turunen one of Finland’s best lyric soprano singer. She is also well known all throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. She is slowly rising in North America. Born in Kitee, Finland on August 17, 1977 Tarja began to study music at the age of six and by the age of eighteen she began to study at the Sibelius Academy in Kuopio.  She was one of the founder members of a band called Nightwish in the year of 1996 and recorded an album Angel’s Fall First. That was the first time she was introduced to heavy metal. That same year Tarja performed with the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Nevertheless she didn’t become internationally famous the release of Nightwish’s second album, Oceanborn, in 1998. In 1999 she sang solo in Waltari’s rock-themed ballet called Evankeliumi (Evangelicum) at the Finnish National Opera. In 2002 Nightwish’s album, Century Child, came out which a follow up of Tarja performing in  South America in the classical Lied Noche Escandinavia (Scandinavian Night). Following that was a world tour with Nightwish. In December of 2003 Tarja Halonen (President of Finland) and her husband invited Tarja Turunen to the President’s Palace in Helsinki for the Finnish Independence Day party. One of Finland’s biggest social events in which Tarja was named the best dressed lady by the viewers of Yle finnish television also by many magazines and newspapers. In 2004-2005 Tarja rejoined Nightwish for the next album Once and another world tour. On october 21, 2005 Tarja was asked to leave Nightwish through a public open letter by the other members adressing her “change of attitude” and her”asking” for more money. She responded back through another open letter. Hence this did not stop her from doing what she does best. In November 2007 Tarja released her first independent album My Winter Storm and accomplished gold status in Finland on the day of the release. The albulm also achieved number one on the Finnish charts as well as platinum in Finland, gold in Russia, Czhech Republic, and in Hungary. She began a world tour on late 2007 which she is still touring. The picture above is when I went to go see her live on May 8,2009 at the House of Blues in Hollywood. That was her first time to ever come to North America. That was one of the best shows that I have ever been to so far. I recommend you to listen to her and give her a chance. Her voice is that of an angel.

If you would like to check her out you can visit her website at www.tarjaturunen.com

 

 

 

 

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