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Un pic cam mare, dar calitatea fisierului original era buna
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TARJA TURUNEN Announces Last Show Of 'Final Storm Tour' - June 3, 2009
Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has confirmed a one-off headline concert at the O2 Islington Academy in London, England on October 19, 2009 — the very last date of her "Final Storm Tour 2009" and only her second U.K. solo show, the first being back in November 2007.

Tarja Turunen has set "What Lies Beneath" as the working title of her new solo CD, tentatively due before the end of the year. She says, "With [2007's] 'My Winter Storm', I chose the name of the album in the early stages and that helped me to create the concept for the album. With the new album, I decided to do it the same way, so I searched for an inspiring title and all the songs are one way or another related to it."

Regarding the songwriting process for the new CD, Turunen said, "In the last months I've been writing a lot of music for my new album. Songwriting is always an amazing learning experience, and it has been a pleasure to discuss music with different people.

"The album process is still going on and I have more songs that are in the working. It is sounding very promising. The songs are absolutely more mature, wild, and emotional and they sound more me, if I can say so.

"The biggest difference in preparing this new album is that I will be taking the time that I need until the songs are in a shape that I am happy with. No matter how long it takes. I want it to be perfect for me. No hurry; no pressure."

Traducerea interviului din Venezuela:

Interviewer: We are here with the great singer, Tarja Turunen, the ex-singer of Nightwish who is here to promote her solo career, and her CD, My Winter Storm. Welcome to Venezuela!
Tarja: Thank you.
Interviewer: You have a lot of fans in Venezuela, and many bands got inspiration from you, like Epica, After Forever, all of them have to thank you for the inspiration, your voice. You started a new career after Nightwish, and tehre have been a lot of international interviews with you. What do you think of these people, these bands, who were inspired by you to start a career?
Tarja: It's an honour, of course, for me to be an inspiration for them. It's also quite difficult still for me to understand that it's really like that because of the fact that I still believe that I'm an artist that has been doing my career on my own in a way that i have not had any idols, and I have not had any teacher to teach me to sing metal. Of course lyrical singing, I still have. I have a very good teacher. But it's an honour for me to feel that and I know there are many bands existing because of my work and I really wish them good luck in their career. I really do that.
Interviewer: Tell me about the new record, My Winter Storm, that is being sold in all the world. And you are writing a new record and when it is ready. How it is compared to My Winter Storm and when it will be released.
Tarja: Yes. Now I am still working with My Winter Storm, with the tours, I will have festivals in Europe in the summer, and also one more tour in September/October. Twenty concerts, more or less. I already had concerts in many countries with My Winter Storm and I am very happy about the first CD. At the moment I am working on my second one, which will be released next year. I hope so. If everything goes well. I will enter the studio with the band in the end of this year.
Interviewer: Tell me about the new versionof the CD, the new songs, and then there are some songs which are part of the EP [The Seer]..
Tarja: Yes, those are part of the EP.
Interviewer: This material hasn't been released before?
Tarja: No, it's completely new. I have composed about 20 songs already, new songs for the new album, and nto all of them are going to be in the album, but they are great material, good songs.
Interviewer: And when will we hear them?
Tarja: Uh, I think the next year. You have to wait a bit.
Interviewer: Many fans sent us messages, they like you a lot and they are waiting for the new CD. There are a lot of exceptations.
Tarja: Yes.
Interviewer: The truth is that they really like the album and you have a very warm reception here, in Venezuela. How are the fans in Latin America, the contact with them?
Tarja: It's really incredible. My relashionship with the fans is very warm. I'm very happy with that. I mean, fans are the most important thing for me. Because that's teh reality; without them there wouldn't be me as an artist, that is good to know, they keep on reminding you that and it's really keeping your feet on the ground because you know without those people my career wouldn't be as it is. So my tours in Latin America have been excellent, I have been really happy to return and be in Venezuela for the first time.
Interviewer: You were in Colombia last year, and your fans really wanted to see you here too, and now you finally came here. You have a concert on Wednesday. Can we hope to see you here again?
Tarja: I really hope so.
Interviewer: So do we. Well, Tarja, it has been a pleasure for us, and for me as a fan of your music, to spend time with you and... [praises her and the CD]

Perkele, 1998 tradus de Orion:

New album, the second of the Kitee band Nightwish has seen the light of day.
We gave a call toTuomas who's been partying hard and Tarja who's been very busy, in a bus on its way to Kuopio. We asked how is it going and how do they feel about, pretty tolerable (read the rewiew in this magazine) album that came out at the end of November.

Tell us about the new album.

Tuomas: We made our first album Angels Fall First without any contract, we just wrote songs and try what comes out of it. Spinefarm got exited about it and the songs ended up on the album. Back then it felt like a very good idea and like that's our thing. On the other hand, since we didn't have a record deal, we had no motivation to do as a good quality songs as we probably were capable of, and what this new album is. Then we got the deal, and you can hear it on this new album. Now we have better songs, and we're just starting to find our style.

Tarja: The new album sounds very interesting compared to the previous one. It does have some similar things and feelings from the previous songs, but of course it also has much more too... You can hear laxity in playing and developement in vocals. I got very positive mood from it. It's allright.

Well the songs weren't bad on the previous album either...

Tuomas: Well no, but there were some thing that I wasn't stisfied with. One of them was my singing. We we're supposed to hire a professonal singer, but then we couldn't find one, and I became a victim of my own cleverness, and I had to sing myself. Now these songs on the new album were born in a long time line, and they've been polished very well. When Angels Fall First came out, we already had the basics for the new album. We were polishing these about a year very carefully. Now we have a record deal, and that made us very ambitious. We are very stisfied. We noticed that the songs work very well, and the lyrics became really good too. One thing that rose the level a lot, is the sound. We wanted to make the sound as perfect as possible from the very beginning, and we asked the record company if we could get Mikko Karmila to mix the album, because we wanted a Stratovarius-like sound for the album. That was also like winning in a lottery, that we got him to mix our album in FinVox (studio). Just like that...

Oceanborn is much more speedy than the previous album. Is this what Nightwish is really about?

Tuomas: Yeah, we have found our own thing already. We started as an accoustic project, and we we're supposed to make real floating stuff, but then we noticed that the more we eat, the hungryer we get, and that we'd like to know what would it sound like if it was heavier. Then we made some more of the first album kinda stuff, and even faster and bigger. Now we're finding the style we wanna do.

There's some interesting things like trepak song. Where did that came from?

Tuomas: That was my idea. I don't know where did it came from.We're not having second thoughts about is, I think it's quite funny there in the midlle of everything...There is a drunken choir in the end. It has a funny story. It was two days before we went to mix the album, we were really drunk and we just went behind the microphone and see what comes out. It's all on the album, and the yealls are there as memories...

Tarja, how does it feel to sing faster and more technical stuff like this compared to the athmospherical stuff on the previous album?

Tarja: It was quite a thing...Now when we had a gig yesterday based on this new album, it really showed that it's very had work moving on stage and stuff, when at the same time I'll have to try to keep my technique together. Lot of thoughts goes through my mind, that how should I do some things, but I'm not capable of...But it's really fun to do this, cos I haven't done it before. One gets new dimentions out of oneself, like Hey! I can do this kind of thing too...But it's hard for a female singer like me.

You probably won't get compared to The Gathering after this one..?

Tuomas: Yeah...In a way we didn't like to the comparig with The Gathering. The recor company and people started to compare us to them, and we have nothing in common exept that both of us have a female singer. Our style is way different. I think comparing us to Therion, Rhapsody and Stratovarius are more realistic. Especially after this new album.

Tarja, you have two different worlds, the opera world and and smoky heavy gig places...

Yeah...We've been laughing how the girl is every week in some classical concerts and in weekends singing heavy metal. But actually they're not that different, today, and before heavy metal has used lot of things from classical music and other music too. It's interesting how they can be mixed together. Tuomas is more like a movie-guy and he gets a lot out of those (movies) and I'm very anxious to find out what's coming out in the future. I have lost all my prejudices that I had when I got in to this project. There was lot of those back then. I thought that what are they gonna say, when a woman is in a circles like this, and how would they accept me.

But you're not the first case like this...

Tarja: Well, no...But you hardly find a classical singer from these circles...

Who makes Nightwish's vocal melodies?

Tarja: Tuomas mostly. The I arrange them with the best of my capability, if there are parts that I can't reach high with some vocal, then we think about it together. Some songs have my chorus', but most of them are made by Tuomas. The second pitch's I've done myself of course, and some songs have three or four different pitch's.

And Oceanborn comes out...when?

Tuomas: End of this month. In Germany it has a waiting period, so it can be published only three months later.

Is it Nuclear Blast who's distributing it in there?

Tuomas: They've been talking that they might be interested.

What about after the album is done? Gig plans?

Tuomas: This gig yesterday...It was here in Kitee and we played half old songs and half new songs. The place was sold out and over 100 people were left outside. Playing was incredible and now we've got a real spark for palyiong live. We haven't done many gigs, this was our 9th gig in total. Afte mid January we should have two, three gigs every week. All aroud Finland and in February-March we're going to Germany.

Tarja, is it terrifying?

Tarja: Yes! I've been told that we'd have gigs like Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday... After Ephiphany we have more gigs. I just need those days off when I got my exams. So I would gain some credit. We just have to do gigs. It's more like a charity when incomings are same as costs, and we get +-0, but we have to let peole know us so they know what kind of band we are. We'll se how if we can do it.

You had lots of opera concerts last summer...

Tarja: Yeah. I was two months in Savonlinna. We were rehearsing in June and singing and performing in July, and it was very interesting. I got to see the life how those artists are living and behaving. At the same time I also learned some theatre work which I'm very interested of. I was able to be on stage and enjoy the paly.

Little bit history...How was Nightwish built originally?

Tuomas: I was playing in Nattvindens Grät and I'm still playing in Dearkwoods My Bethrothed. I just felt that Iwasn't able to express myself enough in those bands, and that I wanna do this accoustic stuff... We're all friends from school, we've known each others for long time and we've been in different bands. So first I got Ewmppu and Tarja, and that's how we started. Then Jukka was in Emppu's class and Sami was in my class in school. It was a typical thing that we got together and started to play. From same school in a same town.

What kind of band experience Tarja had before Nightwish? Probably not so much Heavy Metal...

Tuomas: No...Tarja was in these Jazz- and Soul-type of bands. She was in Savonlinna artschool and they had those bands there. Tarja has also sung a lot of classical music and now when she's studying in Sibelius Academy, she's got these opera style gigs all the time.

Tarja, how are your friends from school taking your career as a Heavy Metal singer?

Tarja: Well the Information about this spreaded like a fire in our school about six months ago. There were different opinions, and thay all weren't capable of accepting this. But some others were hoping they'd have a similar opportunity. But they can think whatever they want, I wouldn't be doing this, if it wasn't fun.

Demi, 2008, tradus de Orion:

Singer Tarja Turunen tells about the important year of her life.

Tarja Turunen: Time to become independent.

At the spring during 9th grade I took music lessons 5 times a week. From my hom Puhos village I had 15 kilometers to Kitee and my parents took me there, if bus' didn't go. I played transverse flute, I took band classes and sung in a choir. I was also in a girl band where we were singing four voice's a cappela, meaning without any instruments.
We participated to the youth singing contest and we got honourable mention. I can't remember the name of the song, but I remember the notes were printed on a green paper. I also went to listening student in classical music singing classes. I already knew back then, that I wanna make a livin with music, and I understood that I'll have to leave Kitee, even though living in there wasn't really distracting me.
I felt I was ready to leave home and that spring I attempted to the Savonlinna art school's music class. I knew my chances were good, but I was insecure about it – as I've always been when I've attempted to some school. After I got the result, my summer was just searching for an apartment with my parents from Savonlinna.

My friend Mia got in to the same school in art class, which made moving 90 kilometers away from home easier. Still it made me nervous to start an independent life, and I was thinking how am I gonna make it. Luckily I've had a summer job in a cafeteria and in some factory canteen, and I also had my child allowance in my bank account. I'm not the kind of person who'd ask money from my parents. Mother was prety sure that I would make it just fine, but dad was probably more nervous bout it than anyone els, but he he never said it out loud.
Single apartment was in a tower block. After the staircase there was a big hallway where one can leave coats. At the end of it there was a small kitchen room, that had room for only few plates and cups. The bedrooms were by the hallway. In another room there lived a boy, who later became a radio dj. I shared the other room with Mia. It's funny how different we were. I was the one who kept everything clean and in order – or at least I tried. When Mia came in, everything was all messy. But we lived almost a year together, and we stayed friends after that too.

I was full of energy. Before higschool, I hadn't really travelled anywhere, not even in Finland. I've been around the country little bit with my parents, but I had never really met that many kids of my age. Students came from all over Finland to Savonlinna school, and I was very exited to get to know new people. At weekends I met my boyfriend from Kitee.
In school we had a great group of girls and guys. We cooked and went to the movies and studied together. I felt that my friends really knew what was in my mind.
Thinking about religious things was really important part for me at the time. After confirmation class I was a confirmation leader, and music has always connected me with religion.In highschool I became friends with a very religious girl. Many of my friends were searching faith for their own life and trust for something higher, that cannot be understood – and still today can't.
My taste of music is miscellaneous. I was listening to Whitesnake, Guns 'n' Roses and Whitney houston for example. I was worshipping Whitney's incredible voice. Singing was my strongest part already when I went to the school, but after I got there, it became my main instrument. My singing teacher was very important to me, and we still keep in touch with each others.
Music things took time from other school stuff. In a first year we did Peter Pan-musical, where we composed songs by ourselfs. I was playing Tigerlily(?) (=Lilium lancifolium in Latin). Many times I had to leave in the middle of class for practice. I felt like I was learning a lot all the time.

I never recall feeling lonely in the first year of high school. I was enjoying my freedom.
I came home for a summer. I went from Puhos to Kitee by bicycle every morning, either it was raining or shining. I left home 6:15 am, so I had time to bake buns before the cafeteria was opened.
Some friends back at home were asking that did I had to go to school so far away. I said come on, Savonlinna is right behind the corner

Traducere din Kerrang:












Attention
Tarja in Spain:
26th June - Zaragoza (Metalway Festival)
26th Sept - Barcelona (Salamandra 1)
27 Sept Madrid (la Riviera)

First of all, tell us how it felt for you to end your tour in Buenos Aires. You looked very emotional when you presented the band especially during the last concert.
Tarja: Yes, of course. Especially that my conciousness has grown in Buenos Aires and the people have realised my condition as an artist here, and the band was also very happy about finishing the tour here. We toured in many cities in South America, and I think that all of them would agree with me that we like it best here, the people are very nice, we feel safe on the streets, so playing one week in Buenos Aires was a good idea. On the other hand I was very happy with the shows, and everything went well, there will be many things to remember and keep in mind for the future.

You are heading to Metalway now, how does it feel to jump from a small and intimate place to a big festival?
Tarja: I am very excited because it will be the first show with my new album there. Since one and a half years since it was released, we didn't manage to combine the dates. And I am very eager to return to Spain, I have many fans there, I usually get in contact with them and I know they are looking forward to this concert and the ones in September. Of course that we will arm ourselves with a great setlist and we will clearly think what to do to please and entertain such an important audience. There will be many bands and their fans, and when there are so many people it's difficult to please everybody.

Last time you told me that you were to Ibiza. Would you like to spend more time in Spain?
Tarja: We were in Ibiza recording My Winter Storm, for a month, more or less. Before that I imagined Spain as party, party and party again. I didn't intend to go there before because that story of people dancing and partying all night didn't attract me much, but it was only in my imagination. I found an island of natural beauty, simple people and enough places to get lost. We rented a house, we recorded, had a good time, we were diving and traveling... very nice. Moreover, Barcelona is my favorite city from Europe. I love going there. As a matter of fact, I would like to live in Barcelona one day, a very beautiful city indeed.

About the band, I was surprised to not see Kiko Loureiro tehre, but it is obvious that it has consolidaded..
Tarja: Yes, I am working with Alex Scholpp on some songs for What Lies Beneath. Doug Wimbish is also helping me, even though he has many commitements and his position in Living Colour, Mike Terrana always tells me I am the first for him and to call him any time, Alex will be a father now, lots of things.. But yes, we really feel like a band, and I am very lucky to have these musicians with me, and eventually also Kiko.

With respect to your new ideas, do you intend to bring guests to interpret?
Tarja: Yes, I plan to have guests. There some songs that need special elements at times. The idea is not to make just a heavy metal album, but all these musicians that I have been working with come from different schools, which is very good because understanding the music with an open mind always benefits the result. Of course that before each song one starts to think about what the musician inteprets. I contacted some of the musicians that I like who were working on the album.

When will the album be released?
Tarja: The idea is to release it the following year. I finished about 18 songs, the lyrics are almost ready, and now I don't know when it will be released. I am very happy about the songs, the material is very mature in the composition but also in the lyrics, it feels very good to make it this way, with so much freedom and many people who understand me around.

Will there be any cover, like there was Alice Cooper's Poison on the first album?
Tarja: It was very difficult then. [laughs]

But it worked very well, so...
Tarja: I don't know yet. There could be a duet, I have the perfect song for that.

Some people were very surprised by the fact that you sang a cover of Seru Giran's "Desarma Y Sangra" at La Trastienda. You're not planning to record it, are you?
Tarja: No, definitely not. It's a nice song, and I sang it my way. Every time I do a cover I try to do it my way, but without ruining the original. I like the band and what Charly Garcia does. And besides, I like surprising people. [laughs]

And when you change your outfit on the stage, what is the reason behind that? Is it purely theatrical, or is there another idea?
Tarja: Since I was playing with Nightwish, I was trying to show to the audience how the songs "look like", to become in the same way the songs are. It's a part of the concert, for mi, I never got any comments from the band about what they saw. But I think that the people somehow expect me to do this. And today I think it is fantastic to chose my own outfits and to have this unbelievable artistic freedom to plan my concerts how I interpret them. I like the theater, I like the dramatic parts in my songs, and to show this in a theatrical way.

Do you feel different or weird singing Nightwish songs with a new band?
Tarja: [makes a face like"should-I-answer-this?"] I have a great band and the songs sound very powerful when these people play them. For me it is wonderful to be able to sing these songs now, that I couldn't sing properly at the time. When we recorded some of them I was in a learning process, and I couldn't give the best of myself for these songs.

Oh, you mean Passion And The Opera...
Tarja: Of course! For example. But now I can sing the songs I recorded with Nightwish a lot easier. I am a more mature singer and I know my instrument a lot better. And being with these musicians does nothing but help me.

At the moment you are preparing for the concert with Rata Blanca, that will be a special occasion. How is that working?
Tarja: Yesterday afternoon we had the first test, and I really had a great time with them. We will sing three songs, and two of them will be with Adrian [Barillari]. i think Walter [Giardiano] liked it, and I am also very happy about it. I like working with him.

When did this idea of working together emerge?
Tarja: Oh, actually a few years ago. but we never had the chance. Now we agreed on a big concert in Buenos Aires.

How was it to do a duet with Doro for her new album, "Fear No Evil"?
Tarja: It was great to know her better. When we recorded the two songs and talked on the phone and did the shows it felt very good because she has a very big career behind her and i respect her a lot. The things that I can do with my voice are nice, this is my characteristic and mixing it with a very different voice can be very difficult, but in this case it turned out very well. I can't make my voice more rough, it doesn't work, but when the completion is suitable, there is a chance that it will sound very well.

Then a duet with Angela Gossow would be out of the question. [laughs]
Tarja: I don't know.. Well I never thought about this before, but she could get a role with her voice in a certain song, telling a story, perhaps. But I think that it would be too much for my music, I don't know if I could go so far from the edge [laughs]. Many times I listened to her on the radio and I admire what she can do with her voice. There is no way I could do that with mine.

What thing? Forcing her throat so hard without ruining it?
Tarja: Yes. I really think that's admirable.

Some last words for the people who will come to see you at Metalway?
Tarja: That I am very happy to go there. And so is the rest of the band. returning to Spain is very important to me. I had a great time there and teh fans always keep in touch. I'm sure we will have a great time there.

Articolul scurt de pe Iltalehti.fi, tradus de Sindar

http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/2009080510029180_vi.shtml

Tarja Turunen:

I did not know that this kind of love is.

Tarja Turunen avoided before the conflicts in order to please the man.
To the singer even a feeling that the other benefited from him economically came.

- My former partner it was possible to hold true in the eyes of the others by keeping company with me.
After that I did not believe in the right love any more, Tarja describes her earlier pair relation in new Ilona.

Marcelo Cabuli just the meeting revolutionised Tarja's idea of the pair relation.
The pair met Chile on the work lunch in Santiago, but at first glance the love did not light.
Tarja tells in Ilona how he tested the tolerance Marcelo, when the man lived in Tarja's bed-sitting-room at the beginning of the relation for a month.

The present pair relation has helped Tarja to collect more self-confidence. Before she was disappointed if one sang even one word wrong in his concert.

- The pressure made the life heavy. Now the doing of mistakes has become rather a pleasure.
Others get the possibility to see who I am rightly.

Calitatea traducerii e mai mult decat indoielnica, doar vreo cateva propozitii au sens fara prea multe sfortari acadabristice de a rearanja topica si intelege din context

Poate cel/care care a tradus a folosit (si) un online translator, cam acleasi rezultat am avut si eu cand am incercat.

Mda, as prefera si eu o traducere ceva mai umana la interviul ala, sa inteleg si eu despre ce e vorba...

Tentativa mea de traducere a interviului din Ilona:


Ilona 5.8.2009

"I didn't know this kind of love exists"

Tarja Turunen used to avoid conflicts to please men. She had the feeling that partners benefit her financially. Only meeting Marcelo revolutionized Tarja's understanding of couple relashionships.

We met for the first time... at a working lunch in Santiago, Chile. Our love was not born at the first sight, not really. I did notice that he was quiet for a South-American. When we got to know eachother, I was impressed that he didn't suck up and always had time to listen.

The most beautiful someone has done for me... when Marcelo followed me to Finland though I told him not to. We hadn't seen eachother for a few weeks, but he could no longer take the seperation. I didn't believe it when Marcelo called me claiming he was standing 50 meters away from my door. The surprise was complete. I had missed him too.

The last thing that irritated me was... when I couldn't get Marcelo away from the computer for even an hour. He sometimes works from 7 in the morning until past midnight. When I complain he says work has to be done. He's right of course. When I see that Marcelo is tired and stressed, I try to make him more relaxed.

A man's role is.... in our family to follow the woman's terms. Wife's stardom requires a lot of patience and a healty self-esteem. Our relashionship wouldn be difficult if Marcelo wouldn't support me and understand my work. Of course I support him. Fortunately, my husband is not a man who needs to be in the heart of the debate.

I laughed a lot... in a radio interview with Marcelo in Panama. I can't remember exactly what happened, but we both started to laugh uncontrollably. We have such similar sense of humour. Eventually I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the interview. The presenter was left alone in puzzlement on air.

I understood only in time that... I can trust this man. When Marcelo lived for one month at my house in Finland at the beginning of our relashionship, I gave him a hard time. I tested my limits and I didn't even agree to give him the little finger. When the guy lasted for 30 days in my 30 square meter one room appartment, I believed that he could keep up with me in long run.

We fight... believe it or not, not at all. It is impossible to fight with Marcelo because his nerves don't burn easily. Of course, we exchange opinions or we discuss more vehemently, but we never put eachother down.
Some friends of mine didn't believe this at first, but eventually they had to admit they were wrong.

I overcame myself, when... I understood that no one is perfect. I have finally given myself permission to make mistakes. I remember when I was disappointed in the past for singing even just one word wrong. The pressure made my life hard. Making mistakes has now become rather a pleasure. This way others will be able to see exactly who I am.

At home we are fussy about... purity (cleaning). Over the years I learned that if I want Marcelo's socks off the floor, I have to lift them myself. Yes, it is me who does the work in Kuusankoski. But when we got our second home, in Buenos Aires, my husband also got more housework. He also makes delicious food.

Marcelo has changed me... a lot. I have become more straightforward. Marcelo has helped me to get more self-confidence. Next to him, I've blossomed, also artistically.
I sing better now, because of perfirmung starts with emotions. It's wonderful when you have a man who will support you one hundred percent.

I'm afraid.. if something bad happens to one of us. Of course, I read too many news about plane crashes. We usually travel together, so that would probably happen to both of us. We have spoken about death and we know that we are lucky to be able to spend so much time together.

I pamper Marcelo by... arranging surprises for him. I often plot something behind his back with some of our friends. Marcelo doesn't dare to say no even for work, when friends come to us to go to movies or to drive karts. It's more difficult to surprise him now though, because we are almost always together.

I would never agree to.. be like one of those couples, where someone would exploit me. I once experienced that the man benefited from me financially. Furthermore, it felt like he had the opportunity to show off by going out with me. Both have to have their hearts fully in the relationship.

A family... we have talked about this recently. My brother recently had his first child. Yes, a woman at this age thinks about having children. I'm not stressed because pregnancy isn't current right now. My biological clock hasn't started to tick yet. And it might not at all. But I wouldn't want to miss the experience of being a mother.

I regret... only the fact that our life is very busy at the moment that we don't have time to stop. Our workday is so constant going that I have thought about starting joga or meditating. On the other hand, I wouldn't do this work or travel all the time, if I didn't get such a pleasure out of it.

The best thing about our relashionship is... the deep trust. I can be sure that Marcelo will not betray me. Even though we are together all the time, we aren't dependent on eachother. You have to keep your independence in doing art. I don't want a man who is under my boot. Marcelo always has a word to say.

My biggest illusion of love was... that I didn't believe in true love anymore. I avoided the thought that someone could sweep me off my feet. Before I tried to avoid conflicts and please the men. I didn't know that such love exists. In this relashionship I get to be myself. I don't need to be more than I am.

Tarja's and Marcelo's story
2000 - The couple met in Chile, when Marcelo was organising Nightwish's tour in South America.
2001 - The relashionship started to stabilize. Marcelo followed Tarja in Finland, and lived for a month in her appartment.
2002 - The couple got married in the end of the year and organized the wedding for the following summer.
2003- Marcelo started to tour with Nightwish. The fresh married couple bought two homes in Buenos Aires and Kuusankoski.
2004 - The couple participated at castle celebrations. Tarja's dress charmed the viewers and was voted "the night's queen".
2005 - Nightwish dismissed Tarja through a public letter. The letter wasn't only attacking Tarja, but also Marcelo.
2006 - Tarja and Marcelo sold the home in Kuusankoski and bought a new house, that was renovated from the floor to the ceiling.
2007 - Tarja's album, My Winter Storm, was released in the end of the year in the whole world.
2008 - Tarja moved permanently to Argentina. The house in Kuusankoski became the couple's vacation house.

Merci!

Over the years I learned that if I want Marcelo's socks off the floor, I have to lift them myself.