Wednesday, 22 September 2010
from Tarjas official blog
"My new album is out nearly everywhere now. I hope you have found it exciting. Believe me, it was so much fun for me to work on it and the fun must continue now when the tour is about to begin.
The summer went so fast over that I cannot believe it’s time to start rocking again! Anyway, many things will be different since I am going to be performing new songs, have a new stage design, new performance clothes and even some changes in the line up!!!! 
It was really nice to plan the new set list for the tours that are about to happen soon. There will be several surprises and among them, a song that many of you have requested in the forums for more than 10 years…
I can already tell you that there are plans to keep on presenting WLB at least until the end of 2011, since there are many places for me to visit. Of course there will be some breaks and classical concerts in between the rock tours, but I am lucky to be able to rock my new album for a pretty long time.
The rest of the year will be also very busy as I am starting to plan the follow up to WLB as well as several side projects.
I have been practising the new songs for the shows at home on my own and in few days I am heading to Poland to rehearse with my band. I am really excited about this. I am sure I will have great time together again with the lovely guys. I am really thrilled to tell you that we added in a last minute a show in Kiev, Ukraine. So if you are Ukrainian fan, you must know that we are coming for real. I will be there on October 4th!
The new video for Until My Last Breath is ready and will be online hopefully this week 
A big kiss from sunny Buenos Aires and see you soon in Warsaw!
With love, Tarja"
Monday, 20 September 2010
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Tarja singing teacher 2
She is...Mitsuko Shirai.
Soprano and mezzo-soprano Mitsuko Shirai about her pupil Tarja Turunen:
“For the first time I saw Tarja at the entrance examination for the Music University in Karlsruhe. She didn’t even apply for solo singing but I recognized immediately that she is somebody who puts a lot of personal feelings into her singing. I liked that and so I encouraged her not letting herself train to be a choir singer but a lead singer.
"I can imagine that she is a real highlight in the rock scene with her unusual voice. In my opinion she has only used 80 to 85 percent of her voice’s classical potential. Even today she still visits me to work with her voice. As a student and as a human Tarja Turunen is a pleasant and sensitive woman.”
CREDIT GOES TO tarjaissuchadiva.com
Tarja singing teacher 1
We know for some time now that Tarja takes/took singing lessons from two great opera singers: the first one I want you to know is Marta Blanco, mezzosoprano from Argentina.
Today we even found a VERY interesting interview a Tarja fansite did to Mrs Blanco at tarjaissuchadiva (great job, great job!!!)
"Comment about my pupil Tarja:
Even if I am a professor specialized in lyrical singing, I accepted to see Tarja because previously I had had a couple of female students who sang rock and roll in Buenos Aires and I had to take care of their voices, and some other who sang Tango.
My surprise was big when she asked me to give her lessons to develop her voice so she could feel comfortable with lyrical singing. (I have to recognize I didn’t know about her antecedents).
Later I learned that she carried out many performances with a lyrical repertoire using piano, as well as several orchestras and orchestral ensembles.
Nonetheless, and beyond any singing style, I try to take care of the vocal health so she could feel comfortable in all of her performances.
The work, however, is always a joint effort. It is useless for me to give a bunch of indications if these are not understood or are impossible to practice and the necessary exercises are not done, and I have to say that Tarja’s hard work toward her vocal development has an uncommon commitment in any musical field.
I could witness the first results in the CD she gave me with Christmas music, which I had [vocally] supervised.
She chooses, she looks for repertoires which fit her and she is never a conformist. She accepts critics well because she finds sense in doing it.
I also believe that she has developed her voice looking for full sounds, but effortlessly, and that makes her feel freer.
Sometimes, with my scarce English and her flourishing Castilian, we laugh a lot when looking for the exact word to help her get a better hold on her new learning."
Please read more at tarjaissuchadiva.com
Tarja Turunen-Montanas de Silencio (Studio Version)
Lyrics
Vuela tan alto como puedas
Nadie debajo
Nadie esta detrás
Siempre comienza cuando está solo.
Amor, temor, siente y encuentra en la soledad.
Tuya y nadie más.
Fly as high As you can
Nobody below Nobody is behind
It always begins when you are alone
Love, fear, feel and find yourself in loneliness
yours and no one's else
Friday, 17 September 2010
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