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Kitee, Finland (1996 – present)
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli (born August 17, 1977, in Kitee, Finland), better known as Tarja Turunen (while she was vocalist of Nightwish) or simply Tarja (after she and Nightwish parted ways.), is a Finnish singer. She secretly married the Argentine businessman Marcelo Cabuli in early 2003.
She was the former lead singer of the Finnish band Nightwish which she founded along with Emppu Vuorinen and Tuomas Holopainen in 1996. After being expelled from the band in October 2005, Tarja Turunen is now devoting her time to her solo career under the stage name of Tarja.
Tarja’s first solo album, My Winter Storm, was released in November 2007 and achieved gold status in Finland on the day of release. The album took the number 1 spot in the Finnish charts. Tarja also sings on track In The Picture, composed by Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, on Nuclear Blast Allstars’ album ‘Into The Light’, 2007.
Official site: www.tarjaturunen.com
Tarja is the most popular singer from the genre in Finland and throughout Europe, as well as an accomplished classical and opera singer.
Tarja began to study music at age six, and moved to the city of Kuopio at 18 to study at the Sibelius Academy.
She became a founding member of Nightwish in 1996 when her classmate Tuomas Holopainen invited her to join his new musical project. That year Tarja also performed with the Savonlinna Opera Festival. However, she did not become internationally famous until the release of Nightwish’s successful follow-up album, Oceanborn, in 1998.
Tarja sang solo in Waltari’s rock-themed 1999 ballet Evankeliumi (also known as Evangelicum) in several sold-out performances at the Finnish National Opera.
She was the former lead singer of the Finnish band Nightwish which she founded along with Emppu Vuorinen and Tuomas Holopainen in 1996. After being expelled from the band in October 2005, Tarja Turunen is now devoting her time to her solo career under the stage name of Tarja.
Tarja’s first solo album, My Winter Storm, was released in November 2007 and achieved gold status in Finland on the day of release. The album took the number 1 spot in the Finnish charts. Tarja also sings on track In The Picture, composed by Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, on Nuclear Blast Allstars’ album ‘Into The Light’, 2007.
Official site: www.tarjaturunen.com
Tarja is the most popular singer from the genre in Finland and throughout Europe, as well as an accomplished classical and opera singer.
Tarja began to study music at age six, and moved to the city of Kuopio at 18 to study at the Sibelius Academy.
She became a founding member of Nightwish in 1996 when her classmate Tuomas Holopainen invited her to join his new musical project. That year Tarja also performed with the Savonlinna Opera Festival. However, she did not become internationally famous until the release of Nightwish’s successful follow-up album, Oceanborn, in 1998.
Tarja sang solo in Waltari’s rock-themed 1999 ballet Evankeliumi (also known as Evangelicum) in several sold-out performances at the Finnish National Opera.
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Die Alive
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The Seer EP
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Poison
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Lost Northern Star
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Sing For Me
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Oasis
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Boy And The Ghost
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Seeking For The Reign
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My Little Phoenix
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The Escape Of The Doll
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Minor Heaven
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Our Great Divide
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Sunset
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Calling Grace
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Shoutbox
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fichokamikaza wrote:
I love Tarja Turunen ... her solo carrier is so awesome!
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boianachronism wrote:
Tarja's finally getting 1 million plays... that's good... she has almost 5 million plays counting Tarja Turunen...
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iSui wrote:
I'd so love to have a christmas concert in Germany one day.:(
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x4EPToffKAx wrote:
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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nDroae wrote:
Huh... cool. :-P
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os_teriyaki wrote:
Oh yay, it worked today \:D/
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os_teriyaki wrote:
Well, I'm far from being Tarja's biggest fan but she probably is my favourite solo artist, except maybe Nana Kitade :)
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nDroae wrote:
Thanks any way :D
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os_teriyaki wrote:
D'oh, it's not letting me through T___T It says "csrf token: CSRF attack detected." every time, even though I'm putting in the right code.
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nDroae wrote:
From Voices of Enchantment - "Tarja is nominated in the annual poll of the Argentinian SI! magazine. You can reach the vote on http://www.encuestasi.com by entering the image code. Tarja is nominated in the categories 'Mejor Show Del Año' (best show/gig of the year) and 'Solista Internacional' (International Solo Artist). The deadline of this poll is December 18, 2009."
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os_teriyaki wrote:
Almost = the same to us Anglo-Saxons I'm afraid :-P [2] Sad but true :P And I didn't know Liv meant life, that's not boring at all :)
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nDroae wrote:
Almost = the same to us Anglo-Saxons I'm afraid :-P
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Quispiam wrote:
nDroae: Liv is not pronounced Leave unless you have a bad accent. At least not the Scandinavian Liv, but the Scandinavian I as used in such words is pretty uncommon in most languages, it's not really pronounced as ee in see (or ea in leave), but almost. And Liv means life in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish by the way. </boring>
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The_Fenix wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/user/The_Fenix/journal/2009/11/23/36p4nd_2012_and_the_end_of_the_world...?success=1
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florianblaschke wrote:
The "similar artists" for "Tarja" are interestingly different from those for "Tarja Turunen". Amberian Dawn FTW!
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os_teriyaki wrote:
In this shoutbox only three shouts are not from either of us, Andro xDD LOCKOUT SUCCESSFUL
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os_teriyaki wrote:
Wow ^__^;;
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nDroae wrote:
Guy named Aslan worked on Turkish Star Wars.... :-P
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os_teriyaki wrote:
lol xD I'm surprised you didn't wish you were called Aslan, though :P
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nDroae wrote:
Only in Scandinavia. :-P It's not an actual variant of the name as far as I'm concerned, it's just a matter of dialect. I always pronounce it Liv. :) I used to wish my name was Daniel. Probably because I was obsessed with lions at the time. XD
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