Finnish singer Tarja Turunen is one of the most well-known heavy metal soprano singers and one of the most important female voices and faces in metal music. No other voice and artist influenced and basically created the female fronted symphonic metal genre as much as Tarja. A pioneer in goth and symphonic metal, the classically trained Finn rose to fame with the band Nightwish, whose face and voice she had
been for 9 years. In 2004, she started her successful solo career, carrying her own name and releasing three studio albums so far.

Classical music was Tarja Turunen s first love though. The classically trained soprano studied Church Music
at Sibelius Academy in Finland as well as German Lied at the Music University of Karlsruhe, Germany. She has always crossed genres and musical cultures, showing a wide versatility with projects such as Tarja Turunen & HARUS and Beauty & The Beat ; HARUS being a mix of traditional and modern pie...