Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli (Finnish pronunciation: ) (born 17 August 1977, Finland) is a full lyric soprano and songwriter, best known as original member and the former lead vocalist of Finnis . .   Expand    Wikipedia

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli (Finnish pronunciation: ) (born 17 August 1977, Finland) is a full lyric soprano and songwriter, best known as original member and the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. She was dismissed from the band on 22 October 2005 after nine years. Turunen is now devoting her time to her solo career under the stage name of Tarja. She is married to Argentine businessman Marcelo Cabuli. Tarja has also appeared in various Finnish television programs, and was a guest judge on Idols on 27 March 2007. She is seen as one of Finland's biggest singers, having been called "the voice of Finland" by Tarja Halonen, the Finnish president. Born in Kitee, Finland, Turunen began to study music at the age of six, and moved to the city of Kuopio at the age of eighteen 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 Turunen 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.

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