Nina Tapio
Encyclopedia
Nina Tapio is a Finnish
singer, songwriter, musical
actor, and session musician
. Her singing career started already at the age of five, when she sang on a children's record in 1977.
Tapio studied in Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory where she got her degree as a teacher of singing. In 1994 she established the band Taikapeili together with Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, publishing three albums until 1999. In 1998 and 2003 she also recorded two albums with Adiemus
.
In 2005 Tapio sung background vocals for Geir Rönning
in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest
. She was also on the jury of the Finnish television show Idols
the same year, and continued in the 2006–2007 season. She was invited to the Finnish prescreening for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest
together with Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, but they didn't make it to the contest. Instead, Tapio read the scores given by Finland in the same contest.
Nina Tapio has been a background singer on the records of many Finnish artists, such as Kirka, Tauski, Eini, Kake Randelin, Matti ja Teppo, and Meiju Suvas.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
singer, songwriter, musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
actor, and session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
. Her singing career started already at the age of five, when she sang on a children's record in 1977.
Tapio studied in Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory where she got her degree as a teacher of singing. In 1994 she established the band Taikapeili together with Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, publishing three albums until 1999. In 1998 and 2003 she also recorded two albums with Adiemus
Adiemus
-Concept:Each Adiemus album is a collection of song-length pieces featuring harmonised vocal melody against an orchestral background. There are no lyrics as such: instead the vocalists sing syllables and 'words' invented by Jenkins...
.
In 2005 Tapio sung background vocals for Geir Rönning
Geir Rönning
Geir Rönning is a professional singer-songwriter from Ålesund, Norway. He later moved to the capital Oslo in the 1980s, and later on to Stockholm, Sweden, where he found opportunity to start a musical career. He later moved to Finland, which he represented in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005...
in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
. She was also on the jury of the Finnish television show Idols
Idols (Finland)
Idols is a Finnish reality-television singing competition that airs on MTV3 . It debuted in the summer of 2003, and went on to become one of the most popular shows on Finnish television...
the same year, and continued in the 2006–2007 season. She was invited to the Finnish prescreening for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...
together with Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, but they didn't make it to the contest. Instead, Tapio read the scores given by Finland in the same contest.
Nina Tapio has been a background singer on the records of many Finnish artists, such as Kirka, Tauski, Eini, Kake Randelin, Matti ja Teppo, and Meiju Suvas.
With Taikapeili
- Suuri salaisuus (1994)
- Nähdään taas – moi! (1995)
- Nukahda, jos uskallat (1999)
With Adiemus
- Adiemus III: Dances of TimeAdiemus III: Dances of TimeReleased in 1998, Adiemus III: Dances of Time is the third album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as part of the Adiemus project. This album is a tribute to the interrelationship between music and dance throughout history...
(1998) - Adiemus V: VocaliseAdiemus V: VocaliseReleased in 2003, Adiemus V: Vocalise is the last album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as part of the five-album Adiemus project. In contrast to Jenkins's past Adiemus compositions, several of the tracks in this album are arrangements or variations on existing classical works...
(2003)
Others
- Ethän käänny pois (Nina Tapio & Tomi Metsäketo, 2003)
- My One and Only Love (Nina Tapio & Geir RönningGeir RönningGeir Rönning is a professional singer-songwriter from Ålesund, Norway. He later moved to the capital Oslo in the 1980s, and later on to Stockholm, Sweden, where he found opportunity to start a musical career. He later moved to Finland, which he represented in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005...
, 2005) - Jotain jää (Nina Tapio & Mikko LeppilampiMikko LeppilampiMikko Johannes Leppilampi is a Finnish actor and musician who is the son of Jukka Leppilampi , a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promising stars of Finland's movie industry in the new millennium...
, 2005) - Elämän syliin (Nina Tapio, 2005)
Finnish film dubs
- The Little MermaidThe Little Mermaid (1989 film)The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was originally released to theaters on November 14, 1989 and is the twenty-eighth film in...
(Ariel) (Newer Finnish dub, 1998) - Quest For CamelotQuest for CamelotQuest for Camelot is a 1998 animated feature film from Warner Bros. Animation, based on the novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman, starring the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Bronson Pinchot, Jaleel White, Gabriel Byrne,...
(Singing Voice Of Kayley) (1998) - Prince of Egypt (Singing Voice Of Miriam) (1998)
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the SeaThe Little Mermaid II: Return to the SeaThe film's official soundtrack was released on September 19, 2000. The soundtrack was released internationally on October 31, 2000 in a special edition double pack with the original film's soundtrack...
(2000) - Garfield: The MovieGarfield (film)Garfield: The Movie, also known as Garfield, is a 2004 American live-action film based on the Jim Davis comic strip with the same name. In the film, Garfield the cat was created with computer-generated imagery, though all other animals were real...
(2004) - Chicken LittleChicken Little (2005 film)Chicken Little is a 2005 computer-animated science fiction family comedy film loosely based on the fable The Sky Is Falling. It was the 46th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation...
(2005) - Herbie: Fully LoadedHerbie: Fully LoadedHerbie: Fully Loaded is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Angela Robinson and produced by Robert Simonds for Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Lindsay Lohan as the youngest member of an automobile-racing family, Michael Keaton as her father, Matt Dillon as a competing racer, Breckin Meyer as...
(2005) - The Little Mermaid: Ariel's BeginningThe Little Mermaid: Ariel's BeginningThe Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning is a 2008 Disney animated feature film, and the direct-to-video prequel to the 1989 film The Little Mermaid...
(2008)