Interview с Tarja Turunen : DARKSIDE.ru

llo, how are you?

Fine, and you?

Yes, fine.

Let’s start our interview. First of all let us to speak about your new project Harus, you launch it soon and release a live album. Could you tell something about this project? How can you describe its idea?

It’s very different from what I’ve released, from what has been released so far. You know, Harus’s lineup is so called classical lineup, you know, consisting of organist, consisting of percussionist, electric guitar player, and me as a singer. We all four are musicians coming from different backgrounds. We started playing together in 2006 and now we put up the name for the lineup because we have been making concerts for many many years, in Finland only so far, so we decided that it’s time to put a name for this, to make playing a bit more official. And so we decided upon the name Harus. Even in this Christmas time we are going to have Christmas concerts in Finland. But Harus is not only a Christmas band, Christmas lineup. We are going to perform in several other countries in future too, and we are going to make studio recording in future too, but this is a live concert recording that is now going to be available. From one concert, one evening, that was recorded in Finland at Sibelius Hall in 2009. It’s a Christmas concert; I sing, you know, Christmas songs, international songs, then Ave Maria, so

me other classical pieces, one Ave Maria that I wrote for this tour. Now it is going to be published for the first time and contains very very traditional Finnish Christmas songs.

That’s why you’re singing Silent Night, right?

Silent Night in Finnish, yes!

And do you participate in writing music for Harus?

Yes, I did for this time. Not especially for Harus. I wrote Ave Maria for this concert that we did with Harus. And of course with Ave Maria now it’s going to be released, published, it’s going to be available widely.

With this project you returned to classical music which is your background. How do you feel about the project? Are you satisfied with the result of your work?

Well, you know, I did a live recording, it’s a live recording, you cannot compare it to the studio real recording, because in a live recording whatever happens in a live situation is recorded and you can hear all the errors, you know, but these are things you cannot avoid recording something purely live. And it was a magical evening that happened in Finland in 2009, now it is going to be available for everybody released and you can feel the night that was there. I think now with the help we are hopefully done with the CD, of course and now hopefully we can start making concerts, you know, not only in Finland be

cause many of my fans are already traveling from all over the world, from Russia, from everywhere to see the concerts of Harus in Finland. I would love to be able to come for example to Russia with Harus one day. Hopefully this will be possible.

By the way you have already performed in Russia this year on the festival this summer, right?

Yes, I was there.

You collaborated with Kipelov and performed the song “I’m Here” together. I think Russian fans would love to know more about about this performance. Was it difficult for you to sing in Russian?

Oh it was very difficult, I cannot lie you about that (laughs). I mean, very difficult language for me. You know how it was, I was very nervous during that day, I was rehearsing a lot my Russian, seriously, Kipelov helped me a lot with my language. He was very proud of me because we had a rehearsal in Moscow before we made the show in Samara, so he was very happy because I really learned, really done a lot of work with the language. When the song was finished, I mean, when I ran off the stage after the performance I was so happy because I was not reading the lyrics, I was having them on the stage just in case I don’t remember something, but I never looked at them. I was so happy that I could do it without, you know, I could memorize the lyrics in Russian. And hopefully one day I could lea

rn a bit of this language, it’s wonderful.

You did really well! Did you know the translation of these lyrics?

Yes, of course, I know the meaning, of course, I would never sing a song if I wouldn’t know what I’m singing about!

And how did you like that song?

Oh, I liked it very much, it’s very powerful, it has powerful lyrics and powerful music. I think I liked it very much before I could do it with him. I think it was a wonderful idea for the band to invite me to sing with them.

Maybe you plan to work with other Russian musicians in future?

Not yet, nobody has really contacted me, not yet, but I’m having a chance to perform a concert in Russia with my band, and that makes me very very happy as we worked really hard for several years to be able to make a real show in Russia. How it’s planned happening in March, in the beginning of March, several concerts in Russia, I’m really happy.

Again speaking about your new project Harus: why have you decided to release a live CD first, not a studio album?

Mainly because we wanted just to make it official, you know, that this is a steady lineup, that we are going to be performing together, making music for you, so mainly this was the reason for that. When we had this opportunity to record the sho

w in 2009, actually it was my friend’s recording company so I was happy to be able work with my close friends, very dear friends of mine. We did it and we had a lot of fun during the recording, during the planning, after the editing and everything. It was done by my friends. So it is the first time for now for people to see this steady lineup, to see the other side of me also as a singer, because of course my fans and many people know me as a rock singer. Maybe they also know that my background is classical music, but they have really never seen me performing, so now they can really see me for the first time performing something like that.

Does the work on this project differ from the work on your metal project? What requires more of your effort?

It’s very different, because, you know, this was just one recording, one night, if you’re… considering, I’m considering going for a tour, it was a tour, I am rehearsing at home. What’s different from the metal project, I was rehearsing at home alone, we don’t rehearse together with Harus, we just go and perform. They are professional musicians, they know the material, everybody rehearses on their own, we just go once through the songs before the concerts and that’s it. For every place the arrangements were changed, we were constantly changing something, rearranging songs for every concert. Though in a metal album that has another concept, t

hat’s another part of me of course, everything is different – I have a band, rehearsed, early, many days before the real tour starts, and I am writing more songs. You know, my baby, my music - “What lies beneath”, “My Winterstorm” is my music, and Harus is four equals, we are doing something different together, doing beautiful music, doing covers. Hopefully one day I will write more songs for Harus.

Do you plan to concentrate on the work with Harus or you will work on several projects at once?

I am always, I’m like keen on my fans, they know that I’m a workaholic, a sort of…I work a lot, I love to work in music because I love music, I mean, seriously, I cannot live without music. So Harus is one of my projects, of course. The other thing is that I am all the time composing new material for my rock album that is going to be hopefully recorded after all the tours with “What lies beneath”, my previous album, are done. You know, I will be touring until the middle of April. January, February, March and April I will still be touring with “What lies beneath”, Russia also with seven concerts, and then, after that, hopefully I will be recording the new album of mine, and again it will take a lot of time for recording and production. So Harus is one of my projects and I would still love to do many more of other concept projects (laughs), maybe composing a soundtrack one day, I don’t know. Wh

o knows? (laughs)

Speaking about tours, are there any countries where you love where you love to perform most or maybe places where you find it difficult to sing?

Oh, well... I can tell you that classical concerts in general are very difficult for me, vocally, of course, I have to rehearse a lot for them and I am fully concentrated on my vocal performance on the concerts. For example, for the rock tours that I’m doing of course I need to keep myself in a very good shape because it’s a very hard job for me to run around on a stage, and I’m trying to keep myself healthy while travelling all the time and maybe getting sick because you’re travelling with many people and meeting lots of people all the time and lots of bacteria are running around and as a singer it is always hard to keep yourself well when you are on a road. But the thing is that demanding everything as a singer, demanding when you are a performing artist, it’s very demanding to be healthy and the preparations to help me before everything happens. But there are different circumstances both for the classical concerts and as for metal concerts.

Is there a significant difference between fans in different countries?

Of course they are different everywhere, like in cultures, like in all the countries. Even in Europe when you are traveling from one country to another, you can see the difference. You can see there is another culture, a sort of, and the people, my fans are changing, their mentality, their reactions, the way they are enjoying the show are different. I have had this amazing opportunity to be able to do concerts all over the world, almost…I have seen how it is, what is the reaction of my fans, and it is really wonderful because each concert is different and every night is also unique, and, you know, even my feelings every night, they are wonderful.

How do you communicate with your fans except for the concerts?

Well, I have many tools to communicate with my fans, I really feel that communication is very very important if you are an artist – with your public, with your audience. I have an official blog, I write there some news for my fans, post some pretty pictures from my journeys. I keep a Twitter, and a Facebook. And of course I met my fans, almost every concert I try to do that if I’m not sick or if I’m not badly tired or something is wrong I always try to meet them after the concert. Or do signing sessions, or do whatever kinds of events with my fans. I must say I have a lot of fun communicating with my fans.

Finally, please say a few words to your Russian fans and the readers of Darkside.ru.

First of all, I need to tell you how excited I am about the seven concerts that are going to happen in March in Russia. It’s unbelievable that finally I can come there for you and see other cities than Moscow, St. Petersburg and Samara. I haven’t seen really much in Russia so far though I’ve been many times but I’m really looking forward to see more of your beautiful country because I’ve been doing concerts here for several years already, so I am deeply deeply grateful about it. So, in March is very soon, the next year is on the doorstep. Thank you very much everybody, and I love you guys, love you very very much. Hope to see you there.

Thank you very much for the interview, we are waiting for you in Russia.

Thank you very much too, thank you for calling. Bye-bye.

Interview by Ekaterina Kiseki
14 ноя 2011 the End


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No_moon 16 ноя 2011, 02:59	блин... я её обожаю.... уже много лет... спасибо Дарксайду за это интервью :))
ThrashFan 16 ноя 2011, 16:18	Весьма уныло...
ufx07 19 ноя 2011, 22:07	ThrashFan, иди Холопайнена слушай, а здесь не отписывайся. Тарья воистину Молодец!!! Металл в теперешнее время играть нет никакого смысла. Тем более с таким шикарным голосом. Очень надеюсь, что этот проект не распадётся и будет радовать нас шедеврами
Deviant-Artist 22 ноя 2011, 12:18	По сути это будет рождественский альбом Тарьи в живом исполнении. Но в классическом стиле, было бы неплохо её услышать, мне всё равно с её творчества по большей части спокойные песни нравятся...
Napalmer 13 дек 2011, 02:40	Тарья молодец конечно, но интервью вялое и откровенно блаблабла)) ну вот Harus конечно послушаем , посмакуем
PonosCherezNos 5 янв 2012, 18:34	В каких точно городах пройдут концерты в марте? ufx07, очень странно видеть на дарксайде человека, так сильно ненавидящего метал.
Domilition 28 мар 2012, 13:44	кажется она сама поняла, что метал ей сочинять не дано, решила поиздеваться над поклонниками классики. вот ей богу, как Киске из Хэловина - петь умеет, а композитор унылейший
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