Who is Tarja Turunen ?
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli professionally known as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja was born on 17 August 1977. She is a Finnish singer-songwriter.
She is a soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves.
Turunen studied singing at Sibelius Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.
She is a professional classical lied singer, and the former lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, which she founded with Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996.
Their combination of hard and fast guitar riffs with Turunen’s dramatic, “operatic” lead vocals quickly achieved critical and commercial popularity.
Their symphonic metal style, soon dubbed “opera metal”, inspired many other metal bands and performers.
Who is Tarja Turunen Dating ?
Tarja Turunen got married with Argentine businessman Marcelo Cabuli. They got married in 2003.
They lived in Buenos Aires with their daughter Naomi Eerika Alexia Cabuli Turunen (born 2012).
(In an interview Tarja explained that in 2016 they had plans to move back to Europe due to her touring schedule and that their daughter was starting school in the coming year. She currently lives in the south of Spain (Andalusia).)
What is Tarja Turunen Net Worth ?
We don’t have any information about her estimated net worth.
Quick Facts
- Birthday: August 17, 1977 (age 40)
- Birth Place: Kitee, Finland
- Birth Sign: Leo
- Nick Name: Tarja
- Birth Name: Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli
- Height: 1.64 m
- Weight: 56 kg
- Eye Color: Green
- Hair Color: Dyed Black
- Spouse: Marcelo Cabuli (m. 2003)
- Movies: Yhtä Kyytiä
- Music group: Nightwish (1996 – 2005)
- Parents: Ritva Sisko Marjatta (Hakkarainen) and Teuvo Turunen
- Measurement: Not available
- Ethnicity: White
- Nationality: Finnish
