Archive: Old News
- TARJA'S MEET AND GREET
Rock Sound is offering lucky readers' the opportunity to hear tracks from Tarja Turunen's new solo album, watch the video for her new single and put their questions to the woman herself. Simply email the questions you'd like to ask the former Nightwish frontwoman to:
Closing date is Sept 14. The Meet and Greet session will take place on Sunday 16 Septemberin London, Location TBA. Winners must be available to attend on that day.
- NEW LAYOUT
As you can see, we have changed the layout of the website. Since we got news from the new Tarja's album (My Winter Storm), we had been talking about making a new design. And now here it is! so we hope you like it and enjoy it. The sidebar is at the right of the page now. Have a nice week!
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PD: Because of the new layout, we've been named "site of the month" (September) at www.angelictarjaturunen.com! Thank you very much for this honor!
- NEW VIDEO SHOOTING AND PHOTO SESSION
Tarja wrote on her official blog:
"Hello everybody,
Last Tuesday and Wednesday I have been making the photos for the album cover and booklet in Hamburg, Germany.
They were very long hard working days with my dear friend Heidi who prepared a special make up for me this time.
The results are amazing!
I won’t write too much now because I am really tired and probably the images can explain better what I have been doing (See images at Tarja's blog).
So let me introduce to you the characters that you will find in My Winter Storm songs, in the art of the single and the album and in the video of I Walk Alone: The Dead Boy, The Doll, The Phoenix, The Queen of Ice.
Thanks to photographer Jens Boldt for the great job!
After Hamburg sessions we travelled to Berlin. I was exhausted and having a terrible look. [...]
Since yesterday I have been shooting the video for I Walk Alone and we finished just one hour ago.
I will try to post some photos of the video shooting in the following days.
Thank you so much that you remembered my birthday.
Thank you also for all the messages you wrote for me in this blog and in the forum of tarjaturunen.com!
Unfortunately, no chance to party this time
Love, Tarja
- TARJA TURUNEN SIGNING DEAL WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC
Universal Music sent the first official press release for Tarja’s “My Winter Storm” album:
TARJA TURUNEN, the exceptionally gifted singer, has signed to Universal Music on an exclusive worldwide basis. Tarja rose to prominence as the voice and the face of Finnish outfit Nightwish, with her unique tones and striking stage presence having played a key role in the international success of that band. Tarja is now ideally placed to take her solo career to a whole new level, both in terms of musical ambition and personal profile; to this end, the 29-year-old – originally from the Finnish town of Kitee – is currently working on her first recordings as a solo artist, with a studio deep in the Irish countryside the initial home for these sessions – a studio that has already played host to the likes of R.E.M., Michael Jackson and the Manic Street Preachers.
Tarja’s debut single, ‘I Walk Alone’, is being lined up for a mid of October release, with the full album, ‘My Winter Storm’, due to follow on November 9th. Both the single and the album are being produced by Daniel Presley (Faith No More, Jewel, The Breeders), who has been joined in the studio by a truly stellar line-up of musicians: Doug Wimbish on bass (Living Colour, Annie Lennox, Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Madonna, Rolling Stones), Alex Scholpp on electric guitars (Farmer Boys) and Earl Harvin on drums (Seal, Pet Shop Boys, Air), a player personally selected by Tarja after she saw him stealing the show at a Seal concert. Keyboards & programming, meanwhile, are being provided by Torsten Stenzel, whose previous credits include Nelly Furtado, Moby, Tina Turner, Vanessa Mae and more.
Throughout her career, Tarja has managed to achieve that most difficult of tasks – seamlessly joining worlds that, at first glance, would appear to be poles apart; in this case, Metal & Opera. Could these two ever really stand shoulder to shoulder without one diluting the other? Well… not only did the soprano singer drive herself to achieve the perfect balance, with hits such as ‘Nemo’ storming the international charts, but in doing so she helped to create a style that is currently exerting a huge influence on the Rock & Metal scene.
Released in 2004, the highly-acclaimed ‘Once’ was Tarja’s last studio outing – an album that rose to the top of the charts around the world, from Mexico through to the European Billboard lists; the record picked up platinum awards in Germany & Finland, and turned gold right across Scandinavia, as well as in Brazil, Austria, Switzerland, Greece & Hungary.
I terms of vocal training, Tarja started this (ongoing) journey at the age of six, and in due course she was accepted at the world famous Music University, the Sibelius Academy in Kuopio. It was here that she developed what has genuinely become a signature style, achieving an emotional connection with the listener that transcends language, location or musical type. Whether as a soloist with the Finnish National Opera, performing a concert in a church, or holding the gaze of 20,000 rock fans in arenas around the world, Tarja Turunen is a singing phenomenon. As simple as that.
And now, of course, she’s pursuing a solo career, taking a musical path that (in terms of direction, variety & scope) should keep her existing fanbase happy, whilst at the same time reaching out to a wider audience. Anyone who likes their music dark of spirit, dramatic in intent and shot through with giant slabs of melody will find plenty to interest them here, and as always, Tarja is pulling out all of the stops…
“Some of these new songs are already sending shivers down my spine; they’re awakening me to a new way of living, a way that I’ve never experienced before..”.
Tarja Turunen has always had the voice of an angel; now she’s about to (fully) spread her wings.
- TARJA'S BLOG
Last Monday 11th the Blog for Tarja’s new album was open!
Click here to access the initial page. It's in english language!
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