Less than a month is left before the arrival of one of the most famous rock divas, the ex-soloist of the Nightwish band Tarja Turunen. The only performance of the vociferous Finn will take place on December 21 at the October Palace. On the eve of our arrival, we prepared a selection of little-known facts about this mysterious performer.
What do you know about one of the most powerful voices of our time? Here are 10 stories from Tarja’s biography that will surprise even her fans!
Tarja Turunen’s voice
For many years, Tarja Turunen has been in the top five academic vocalists in the world.
She has a voice of three octaves. Thanks to this, he masterfully performs the classical repertoire in the registers of mezzo-soprano, contralto, and even coloratura soprano.
The British magazine The Sun, along with Madonna, named Turunen one of 50 women who became immortal during their lifetime due to their contribution to music.
World fame
Turunen was the first foreign singer who managed to sell more than 20,000 copies of her album in the CIS countries.
Her album “My winter storm” brought her platinum and raised her to 11th place in Billboard’s Top 100 European Albums, and Tarja herself was nominated for Echo Awards and Emma Awards.
In total, over 900,000 Tarja solo discs and over 3 million copies of albums recorded as part of Nightwish have been sold.
In her native Finland, Tarja was dubbed the “Finnish Nightingale”.
In December 2003, Finnish President Tarja Halonen invited Tarja and her husband to the Presidential Palace in Helsinki to celebrate Independence Day. A reviewer for a Finnish TV channel called the artist the most impressively dressed lady at this event.
Tarja Turunen at Nightwish
In 1996 Tarja became the vocalist of the band Nightwish. As part of the team, Turunen traveled all over the world, recorded 6 albums, and received worldwide recognition. The artist left the group in 2005, going on a “solo voyage”.
Important career steps
As a member of Nightwish, Tarja took part in the Eurovision selection round with the song “Sleepwalker”.
Turunen was one of the mentors in the 3rd season of the Voice of Finland project. Her ward Miya Kosunen won the victory in this competition.
Tarja Turunen recorded a duet with the Scorpions The composition “The good die young” graced the last album of the legendary band – “Sting in the tale”. Turunen later recalled that it was an unforgettable moment when Klaus Meine himself called her and proposed a duet.
Tarja «Innocence»
A little about personal
Tarja Turunen was born in the small village of Puhos, Finland, to a carpenter’s family. Already at the age of 3, the girl noticed the strongest vocals, and the baby began to study music in the local church choir. Tarja started playing the piano at the age of 6.
Turunen has two higher educations, she speaks five languages: Finnish, Swedish, German, Spanish, and English, drive a car, loves running and diving.
The world’s most famous rock diva fears two things more than anything: spiders and losing her voice.
The most interesting facts about Tarja
- Tarja means Daria in Finnish.
- The height of the artist, like the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite, is 164 cm, and the shoe size is 35.5-36.
- Despite the fact that Tarja has such a voice, she practically does not limit herself in any way in her diet. She loves well-peppered steak, and she prefers potatoes in garlic sauce as a side dish. Tarja practically does not watch TV, except for the news and the best films on weekends.