TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN

'Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen' (born December 25, 1976, in Kitee, Finland)^[1][2] is the keyboardist and main songwriter^[3] in the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Gråt and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side project is the gothic-doom metal band For My Pain.... He currently plays in the band of Timo Rautiainen.^[2]

Contents

Biography

Bands

Former bands

Equipment

See also

References

External links

Biography

Holopainen started studying in a music college majoring in clarinet and minoring in piano. He has played various kinds of music, including classical, jazz and metal.^[5] He played in several bands, including recording keyboards for three albums with the black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed, before coming up with the idea for a band of his own, where he would write all the music. That was the birth of Nightwish in July of 1996, around a camp fire. He then asked Emppu Vuorinen and Tarja Turunen to join what then was but an acoustic project.^[6] After hearing Turunen's strong voice, Tuomas decided to turn Nightwish into a metal act.
Nightwish's first release, ''Angels Fall First'', came in 1997,^[6][8] but it was in 1998, after the release of ''Oceanborn'', that Holopainen's compositional skills reached full acclaim worldwide. In Century Child, Once and the upcoming album Holopainen began collaborating with symphonic orchestras from Finland and the United Kingdom.^[6][10]
The next Nightwish release Dark Passion Play is set for September 2007 with a lead-in single, Eva, released on May 25 2007, an internet and radio release.^[11]
Holopainen is a Disney, J. R. R. Tolkien and Dragonlance fan,^[5][13] with some of his songs containing references to these worlds.
Holopainen have been as a producer of the Silentium's album Sufferion - Hamartia of Prudence (2003).^[14][15]

Bands

★ Nightwish

★ For My Pain...

★ Timo Rautiainen

Former bands

★ Nattvindens Gråt

★ Darkwoods My Betrothed

Equipment

★ Korg N364 - Keyboard

★ Korg Triton - Keyboard

★ Korg KARMA - Keyboard

★ Korg OASYS - Keyboard

See also

★ Darkwoods My Betrothed

★ Nightwish

★ For My Pain...

★ Kotiteollisuus

★ Trio Niskalaukaus

References

1. Tuomas Holopainen profile on Nightwish.com
2. Tuomas Holopainen on Last.fm
3. Metal-Rules.com Interview with Nightwish - Tuomas Holopainen
4. Tuomas Holopainen on Last.fm
5. For My Pain.. Tuomas Holopainen profile
6. Nightwish.com band biography
7. Nightwish.com band biography
8. Angels Fall First on Last.fm
9. Nightwish.com band biography
10. Nightwish.com band diary
Nightwish released the DVD End of an Era, cointaining their last concert with Tarja Turunen, in Hartwall arena, Helsinki 2005.End of an Era on Amazon.co.uk
11. Nightwish.com announcement on Eva
12. For My Pain.. Tuomas Holopainen profile
13. Metal-Rules.com Interview with Tuomas Holopainen
14. Tuomas Holopainen.net
15. Silentium on Last.fm

External links

★ Official Nightwish Website

★ Official Tuomas Holopainen Website