{"id":7953,"date":"2026-08-17T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/happy-birthday-tarja-turunen\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:41:09","slug":"happy-birthday-tarja-turunen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/happy-birthday-tarja-turunen\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday TARJA TURUNEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0817_TarjaTurunen_Tim_Tronckoe-ohne.jpg\" alt=\"Tarja Turunen by Tim Tronckoe\" class=\"wp-image-7979\" style=\"width:512px;height:512px\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Tim Tronckoe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With her absolutely unique voice, she first lent her voice to <strong>Nightwish<\/strong> before devoting herself to her solo project. <strong>Tara Turunen<\/strong> was born 46 years ago today in Kitee, Finland. We wish her all the best!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do these items already count towards your Tarja collection?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=14172&amp;awinaffid=1386213&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emp.de%2Fband-merch%2Ftarja%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EMP*<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With her absolutely unique voice, she first lent her voice to Nightwish before devoting herself to her solo project. Tara Turunen was born 46 years ago today in Kitee, Finland. We wish her all the best! 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