Tarja Turunen - Wrocław, 3.05.2019

TARJA TURUNEN concerts, whose voice being a lyrical soprano that reaches three octaves, is always an unforgettable experience. She began her musical education at the age of six. In addition to singing lessons, she also took piano and flute lessons. At the age of 18, she began studying opera singing at the Sibellius Academy in Kuopio. At the same time, at the instigation of the school friend Tuomas Holopainen, she became the vocalist in the band Nightwish. Despite the growing popularity of the band, which gained recognition thanks to the album Oceanborn released in 1998, she continued her studies and also performed as a soloist in operas and ballets such as Evankeliumi. She studied at the Academy of Music in Karlsruhe in Germany. In 2004, together with the band Nightwish, she released the album “Once”, and also began a solo career since the release of the single Yhden Enkelin Unelma. On October 23rd, 2005, the cooperation with Nightwish came to an end and she continued her solo career. Within the next years she released well-acclaimed albums, e.g. “Henkäys Ikuisuudesta”, which gained the status of a double platinum record in Finland. “My Winter Storm”, released in 2007 gained the status of a gold record on the day of the première in Finland, and a few days later gained the title of double platinum in Russia, gold in the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. On September 1, 2010, she released the third studio album "What Lies Beneath", which is warmly welcomed by music critics.

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