Tarja Turunen was interviewed by Tea Fluksi of the “Metal Eye” show on Z1 TV when the former NIGHTWISH singer performed at Boogaloo in Zagreb, Croatia on January 23. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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Fan-filmed video footage of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen‘s January 17 performance at Forum Palace in in Vilnius, Lithuania can be seen below.
Turunen‘s new project, HARUS, last month released a CD/DVD/Blu-ray, entitled “In Concert – Live At Sibelius Hall”.
The HARUS live album/DVD was made available worldwide by earMUSIC in collaboration with Edel‘s classic music division Berlin Classics. This joint venture from two music labels apparently far away from each other would probably sound bizarre at first sight (a label operating in alternative and metal music with one representing traditional classical music artists). The reason lies beneath the many sides of Tarja Turunen‘s music.
The first output of HARUS features traditional and emotional music from Finland presented together with more international repertoire.
Tarja‘s sophomore solo album, “What Lies Beneath”, sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 24 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
“What Lies Beneath” was released in North America on September 14, 2010 via The End Records.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
According to YLE, the Helsinki District Court has dismissed charges of libel related to the contents of an authorized book about the Finnish symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH.
Marcelo Cabuli, the husband of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, and his business partners demanded nearly 100,000 euros (approximately $135,000) in defamation damages from the parties behind “Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006”. Named in the lawsuit were the publishing house Like Kustannus Oy and the author of the book, Marko “Mape” Ollila. Cabuli and his Brazilian business partners argued that the book includes false accusations and insinuations that have caused them suffering and financial problems.
The book, which was published in Finnish in 2006 and in English three years later, blames Cabuli for the events leading up to Turunen‘s dramatic expulsion from the band in late 2005.
The court ruled that the book — which criticizes Cabuli on only a few of its 380 pages — did not detrimentally affect his work or reputation in South America. In addition, the court determined that Ollila did not maliciously portray Cabuli in a negative light.
As a writer, Ollila had the right to report what people familiar with NIGHTWISH told him in interviews, the District Court said.
The Argentine businessman sought more than 50,000 euros in damages over claims made in the book, while three of his Brazilian business partners are seeking 15,000 euros each.
Cabuli earlier in the year dropped some of his previous demands, such as that the author and publisher should receive harsher punishment because “Cabuli is a citizen of Argentina,” according to Ilta-Sanomat.
Like Kustannus Oy CEO Päivi Isosaari and Ollila denied the charges and stood behind the book, which chronicles NIGHTWISH‘s rise to the status of one of the most successful symphonic metal acts in the world, including the circumstances that led to the departure of Turunen. Isosaari and Ollila insisted that they had good reason to believe that the claims of the book were true and they intended to call Ollila‘s sources, including several influential music-business figures, as their witnesses.
“Well, I did read the text and I authorized it to be published and therefore I stand behind the book,” Isosaari told Ilta-Sanomat in a 2009 interview.
Turunen was fired from NIGHTWISH a year before the book was published.
“Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006” has reportedly sold 11,000 copies in Finland since its 2006 release.
In his 2006 review of the book, Jarkko Jokelainen of Helsingin Sanomat wrote, “The book points the finger [for the split with Tarja] most firmly in the direction of Marcelo Cabuli, husband and personal manager of the band’s former vocal soloist Tarja Turunen. With every turning page, the charges against the Argentine Cabuli get heavier and heavier.
“The portrait of Marcelo Cabuli depicts a money-grasping, less-than-honest, arbitrary, and manipulative manager who was engaged on setting up his wife’s solo career and who drove a wedge between her and the other members of the power metal band.
“NIGHTWISH‘s contractual dealings and touring plans became a painful exercise, as there was ‘a Hispanic in the works’ at every turn.
“Against this background, it is somewhat awkward that the defendant himself does not get a hearing in the book, even though the other sources close to the band are given full rein to open their hearts and mouths. Not even Tarja Turunen gets to comment on her husband’s doings.
“It is probable that the decision is the couple’s own, but this does not disguise the fact that it is the book’s greatest drawback. The author Marko ‘Mape’ Ollila has sought to be even-handed in his coverage, but in part for the reasons above, this band-history inevitably becomes a speech on behalf of the male members of the group and other figures in the background.
“NIGHTWISH would seem on the basis of this work to have been so divided into two distinct camps that both sides of the story cannot be fitted between the covers of one book.”
Read the entire review at this location.
Bazillion Points Books is offering a free download of “Chapter 5. The Upward Spiral”, excerpted from the North American edition of “Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006”, by Mape Ollila.
Joining the book in progress at the start of 2000 during the aftermath of “Oceanborn”, this chapter gives inside perspective on events including NIGHTWISH‘s early gigs with RAGE and future bassist Marco Hietala‘s early band SINERGY; singer Tarja Turunen‘s bloody battles with mosquitoes in the wilds of Finland; the band and chief songwriter Tuomas Holopainen‘s rarely discussed and ill-fated flirtation with the Eurovision song contest; and the creation of what would ultimately be the breakthrough “Wishmaster” CD.
The sample chapter can be downloaded from Bazillion Points Books at this location. Source: Blabbermouth.net
An eight-minute video clip in which former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen and the musicians in her new project HARUS talk about their new CD/DVD/Blu-ray, “In Concert – Live At Sibelius Hall”, can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
“Varpunen Jouluaamuna”, the new video from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen‘s new project HARUS, can be seen below.
A brand new HARUS live album/DVD will be made available worldwide by earMUSIC in collaboration with Edel‘s classic music division Berlin Classics. This joint venture from two music labels apparently far away from each other would probably sound bizarre at first sight (a label operating in alternative and metal music with one representing traditional classical music artists). The reason lies beneath the many sides of Tarja Turunen‘s music.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Former NIGHTWISH singer TARJA TURUNEN will present a new, Paulo Coelho inspired song, ‘Outlanders’, at Paulo Coelho Day on November 26th at Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, Kamppi Centre. The free event is organized by Bazar Kustannus together with Suomalainen Kirjakauppa.
Paulo Coelho has inspired Tarja Turunen to compose the new song, ‘Outlanders’. The song will be presented to the public for the first time at the Paulo Coelho Day. Mr Lauri Salovaara is interviewing Tarja Turunen at 12.30 and 2 PM. The song is about the secrecy of each exact moment, the importance of enjoying life as its full every day. The extracts are taken from Coelho’s books: Alkemisti, Piedrajoen Rannalla Istuin Ja Itkin and Elämä.
earMUSIC recently announced the release of the first official product by Tarja’s new project HARUS.
A brand new live album/DVD called In Concert – Live At Sibelius Hall – will be released worldwide in collaboration with Edel’s classic music division Berlin Classics. The international release date for the live CD is November 25th. The audio/video bundles (CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray) will hit stores one week later (December 2nd).
Check out the new video, for the album track ‘Walking In The Air’, below:
An official HD teaser for the release can be seen below:
Check out the artwork and CD tracklisting below:
‘Arkihuolesi Kaikki Heitä’
Music Leevi Madetoja, Lyrics Alpo Noponen
Arrangement Marzi Nyman
WCMF Serious Catalogue
‘Ave Maria Op. 80’
Music Luigi Luzzi, Lyrics Trad.
Arrangement Jarkko Kiiski (percussion), Kalevi Kiviniemi (organ)
‘Ave Maria’
Music Tarja Turunen, Lyrics Trad.
Arrangement Kalevi Kiviniemi, Marzi Nyman
Universal Music Publishing
‘Maa On Niin Kaunis’
Music Trad. Lyrics Bernhard Ingemann (Finnish Lyrics Hilja Haahti)
Arrangement Anders Öhrwall, Marzi Nyman (guitar)
‘Varpunen Jouluaamuna’
Music Otto Kotilainen, Lyrics Zacharias Topelius (Finnish Lyrics K.A. Hougberg)
Arrangement Marzi Nyman (guitar)
WCMF Serious Catalogue
‘Heinillä Härkien’
Music Trad. Lyrics Martti Korpilahti
Arrangement Olli Ahvenlahti, Kalevi Kiviniemi, Marzi Nyman
Copyright Control
‘En Etsi Valtaa Loistoa’
Music Jean Sibelius, Lyrics Zacharias Topelius
Arrangement Marzi Nyman (guitar)
Warner Chappel Music Finland
‘Jouluyö, Juhlayö’ (Silent Night)
Music Franz Gruber, Lyrics Joseph Mohr (Finnish lyrics G.O Schönemann)
Arrangement Marzi Nyman, Kalevi Kiviniemi
‘Astral Bells’
Markku Krohn, Marzi Nyman, Kalevi Kiviniemi
‘You Would Have Loved This’
Cori Connors
Arrangement Marzi Nyman
Songcastle Music
‘Walking In The Air’
Howard Blake
Arrangement Marzi Nyman, Kalevi Kiviniemi
EMI Music Publishing
‘Improvisation: Variations Sur Un Noël’
Kalevi Kiviniemi
CD Exclusive Bonus Track
Recorded at Melbourne Town Hall, Australia
DVD /Blu-Ray tracklisting:
‘Heinillä Härkien’
Music Trad. Lyrics Martti Korpilahti
Arrangement Olli Ahvenlahti, Kalevi Kiviniemi, Marzi Nyman
Copyright Control
‘Ave Maria Op. 80’
Music Luigi Luzzi, Lyrics Trad.
Arrangement Jarkko Kiiski (percussion), Kalevi Kiviniemi (organ)
‘Varpunen Jouluaamuna’
Music Otto Kotilainen, Lyrics Zacharias Topelius (Finnish Lyrics K.A. Hougberg)
Arrangement Marzi Nyman (guitar)
WCMF Serious Catalogue
‘Maa On Niin Kaunis’
Music Trad. Lyrics Bernhard Ingemann (Finnish Lyrics Hilja Haahti)
Arrangement Anders Öhrwall, Marzi Nyman (guitar)
‘Concert Etude’
Franz Liszt
Arrangement Kalevi Kiviniemi
DVD /Blu-Ray exclusive
‘En Etsi Valtaa Loistoa’
Music Jean Sibelius, Lyrics Zacharias Topelius
Arrangement Marzi Nyman (guitar)
Warner Chappel Music Finland
‘Arkihuolesi Kaikki Heitä’
Music Leevi Madetoja, Lyrics Alpo Noponen
Arrangement Marzi Nyman
WCMF Serious Catalogue
‘Improvisation On Christmas Themes’
Kalevi Kiviniemi
DVD /Blu-Ray exclusive
‘Ave Maria’
Music Tarja Turunen, Lyrics Trad.
Arrangement Kalevi Kiviniemi, Marzi Nyman
Universal Music Publishing
‘You Would Have Loved This’
Cori Connors
Arrangement Marzi Nyman
Songcastle Music
‘Astral Bells’
Markku Krohn, Marzi Nyman, Kalevi Kiviniemi
‘Ave Maria’
Music Giulio Caccini, Lyrics Trad.
Arrangement Marzi Nyman, Jarkko Kiiski, Kalevi Kiviniemi
DVD /Blu-Ray exclusive
‘Walking In The Air’
Howard Blake
Arrangement Marzi Nyman, Kalevi Kiviniemi
EMI Music Publishing
‘Jouluyö, Juhlayö’ (Silent Night)
Music Franz Gruber, Lyrics Joseph Mohr (Finnish lyrics G.O. Schönemann)
Arrangement Marzi Nyman, Kalevi Kiviniemi
It’s widely known that Tarja’s music background is in classical music. She later became one of the most important female voices of metal, first as part of multi-million seller Nightwish and later with her successful solo career, carrying her own name.
After two gems of heavy rock, Tarja can finally go back to her “first love” for a while. The new live CD and DVD shows a side of Tarja’s music personality that so far was only enjoyed by the lucky fans attending her classical music concerts.
The first output of Harus features traditional and emotional music from Finland presented together with more international repertoire. If Tarja’s vocal approach when it comes to rock music is “classical”, what stands out in this new musical adventure is the modern approach to classical music.
Tarja Turunen and Harus created a unique blend of organ, electric guitar, percussion and voice. Tarja has the talent to make it sound warm and soft, appealing for the purists as well as for the fans who follow her with a unique dedication.
Besides Tarja’s metal superstar status, Harus represents the start of a new journey, crossing genres and music cultures. Harus is a rather peculiar, uncommon Finnish word that describes the four tensors that keep a tent together or the tensor that keeps the mast from falling in a sailing boat. Both of the meanings apply to the musicians involved in Tarja’s new project: four members, four equals, four different backgrounds to tie together exquisite classical music developed strongly and in a very stable way, with a taste of experimental, modern feel.
Tarja has declared: “In 2006 we did our first concert together. We had such a joy and fun that we decided to keep on performing as a group. The name came many years after when we believed it is time to make it official. What is special in HARUS is that every concert represents a magic moment. We have the freedom to be inspired by our own emotions. We hope to be able to offer you that spirit with this CD/DVD.”
Harus are:
Tarja Turunen: vocals
Kalevi Kiviniemi: organ
Marzi Nyman: guitar
Markku Krohn: percussion
Source: Bravewords
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