In 2006, Holopainen went through a dark period filled with anxiety and depression, made worse by rumors about himself and Nightwish in the tabloids every day. Favorite movies are the Village, The Shawshank Redemption, Dances with Wolves, Dead Poets' Society and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Holopainen joined his first bands in 1993. His favorite Nightwish song is The Poet and the Pendulum. Is the second cousin of Elina Siirala, who is the second lead vocalist of metal band called Leaves' Eyes. I too think it's really great to see their gigs, but Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Has been in a relationship with a popular Finnish pop singer Johanna Kurkela since 2009. Most of his songs are about his feelings about situations in which he has been. He referred to this film as "'Escapism' at its best". Making demos for Nightwish's upcoming new album. Says that Donald Duck is his favorite Disney character. Tuomas Holopainen was born in Kitee, Finland and is the youngest in his family.
Claims he gets his musical inspirations from film music and fantasy novels. This was the birth of Nightwish, around a camp fire. Holopainen is best known for being the keyboardist, band leader and main songwriter of metal band Holopainen has written several songs that have been included in movie soundtracks, including recent collaboration with Tuomas Holopainen was born Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen in Kitee, Finland on December 25, 1976. One of his favorite albums is The Black Album by Metallica. While remembering Tuomas Holopainen's love for nature, he decided to name it "Sciophila Holopaineni". His mother signed him up for piano class in school when he was seven years old, and he later studied clarinet, tenor sax, piano and music theory for eleven years at a music college. He played in several bands, including recording keyboards for three albums with black metal band In July, 1996, Holopainen began thinking of starting a band of his own, for which he would write the music and play keyboards.
Known best for heavy metal music, he has also studied jazz and classical styles.
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Claimed that Disney inspired him when he was just 2 years old. His musicality and skill in text expression showed early in school, especially when he took piano lessons at age seven and studied jazz and classical music styles for over 10 years at a music college. He played in several bands, including recording keyboards for three albums with black …
Simone Simons, lead singer of Epica, stated that she began singing due to Nightwish. Holopainen and Donockley are also members of Finnish band Nightwish. He also play in bands For My Pain and Timo Rautiainen. His favorite author are J.R.R.Tolkien and Stephen King. During the winter of 2005/2006 he says he watched the film The Village 10 times a week, often 2 or 3 times a day. Conservation biologist Jukka Salmela of Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife in Finland recently discovered a new insect species in his home country. His mother signed him up for piano class in school when he was seven years old, and he later studied clarinet, tenor sax, piano and music theory for eleven years at a music college. Because Tuomas was completely broke, he asked his father if he could borrow 8,000 Finnish marks to buy his very first keyboard, which was the Korg N364. Holopainen often describes himself being an escapist, and has written a song about it with the same name. Is engaged to Finnish pop singer Johanna Kurkela, after being in a relationship for 5 years [2014]. He asked Emppu Vuorinen (guitar) and classmate Tarja Turunen (vocals) to join what was then an acoustic project.
Once studied biology at a university, but then decided against it and came back to live with his parents after just 5 months in order to concentrate on his own band, which happens to be Nightwish. Married Finnish pop singer Johanna Kurkela on October 28th, 2015. In 2007, the new vocalist, Anette Olzon was announced. He still uses it in the studio, as well as live. After hearing Turunen's strong voice, and because of the metal influences of Vuorinen and drummer Jukka Nevalainen, Tuomas decided to turn Nightwish into a metal act. Holopainen joined his first bands in 1993. Auri is a Finnish band composed of vocalist and violinist Johanna Kurkela, keyboardist and backing vocalist Tuomas Holopainen, and guitarist, keyboardist and pipe player Troy Donockley. Their self-titled first album, Auri, was released on March 23, 2018. and was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.. Holopainen described Auri's … His musicality and way of expressing himself through written text showed early in school. In July 1996, Holopainen began thinking of starting a band of his own, for which he would write the music and play keyboards.
Holopainen has been noted as a source of inspiration for other bands, especially within symphonic, gothic and power metal.
This was the birth of Nightwish, around a camp fire. These events also inspired him in the writing of Dark Passion Play, Nightwish's latest album, which may be considered their darkest album yet. Tuomas Holopainen was born in Kitee, Finland and is the youngest in his family. Studied clarinet, tenor saxophone, piano and music theory for eleven years at a music college. His musicality and way of expressing himself through written text showed early in school. Holopainen joined his …
During the Century Child era, Holopainen decided to make music changes and added orchestral music to his work, from Century Child, Once and Dark Passion Play. "Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge - Written And Produced By Tuomas Holopainen" is scheduled for a release in April 2014 via … Holopainen is a Disney, J. R. R. Tolkien and Dragonlance fan[20][21]. Known for being influenced by fantasy and science-fiction films and novels Worked on the side as a substitute teacher during the early days of Nightwish. Has said that his biggest inspirations are Greek composer Vangelis and German composer Hans Zimmer. Metal Blast is an ads-free international heavy metal magazine devoted to interviews, op-eds, and reviews. Holopainen has also been noted as a source of inspiration for other bands, especially within symphonic, gothic and power metal. He and Nightwish didn't break through until they released their second album, Oceanborn.