Tarja Colours In The Dark

2013, The brightest star on the Finnish rock scene, the soprano singer known as Tarja Turunen, has become one of the most well known Finnish faces in the world of music. Tarja started her musical studies at the age of six, and continued them in a Musical Institute in her hometown of Puhos, a small Finnish village close to the city of Kitee. She moved to the Music College in Savonlinna and then on to the prestigious Sibelius Academy of Kuopio city to study Church music and classical singing. Just a few months after being accepted at the Academy, Tarja was invited to record three songs for an acoustic project. Tarja accepted and thus Nightwish was born. After six albums together, 2005 would mark the end of Tarja's career with Nightwish. After the split, Tarja began focusing on her solo career. Whether classical music or metal, her powerful voice remains full of beauty and with her enchanting charisma, Tarja continues to capture the hearts of her listeners and fascinate audiences worldwide.