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Comment by wildplum on October 22, 2010 at 2:14pm

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 is 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 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 continued to tour and record with Nightwish through 2000 and 2001, after which she enrolled in the Music University in Karlsruhe, Germany. While there, she recorded vocals for Nightwish’s 2002 album Century Child and Argentinian bassist Beto Vazquez’s internationally successful album Infinity.
In 2002, Tarja toured South America, performing in the classical Lied concert Noche Escandinava (Scandinavian Night), again to sold-out houses. Following this and an exhausting world tour in support of Century Child, Nightwish took a hiatus and Tarja returned to Karlsruhe.

On October 21, 2005, Tarja was asked to leave Nightwish in an open letter by the other members of the band, over a dispute that involved “a changed attitude” and increased financial interest.
She responded through another open letter, which was posted on her website in both Finnish and English.
Tarja’s first solo album, My Winter Storm, was released in November 2007 and achieved gold status in Finland on the day of release.

Comment by wildplum on October 22, 2010 at 3:30am

...do you have any plans for Saturday,Love? ...oh.. I forgot ...12,000 kms...*sigh*
Did you know Tarja was once the lead singer for Nightwish ?( one of my favorite bands)

Comment by Swëët♥ԼƠƔЄ♥ on October 21, 2010 at 10:03am

..?me too... hehehe... thanks Siggi...nice one.