Capri Virkkunen

Capri first began singing in front of audiences at the young age of three. As a teenager, she began to play the piano, and as well focused on vocal lessons on both classical and rock singing, but preferably, she took rock singing as her main focus. By the time she reached the age of 19, she took singing lessons, she studied to become a vocal coach. In her early years, Capri studied at the Central Ostrobothnia Conservatory of Music in 1991, and taught at the Oriveden Institute. Among other things, she was a singing coach for Tampere Workers' Theatre in the musical Chicago. ==Career==

Solo career At the start of Capri's career, she participated in many song competition such as the Finnish MTV3 singing talent competition Syksyn Sävel twice. in 2014 with a new style, which Tuomas Seppälä nicknamed "symphonic metal". The next Amberian Dawn album "Innuendo", where she is lead vocalist, was released in October 2015. On 24 March 2026, Virkkunen had left the band due to scheduling reasons. Other works Capri works as a vocal coach in Tampere Workers' Theatre and Musiikkiteatteri Palatsi. She was a studio artist singing backing vocals for works written and produced by Finnish artist Kari Salli for recordings for Merja Raski, Eini T. T. Purontaka. She has been involved in many records of well-known artists, such as Negative, Widespread Panic, Uniklubi, Yö, and the Muska. In 2013, she portrayed the role of Frida Lyngstad of the band ABBA in a stage musical about the group. ==Discography==

Solo albums • Salaa Sinun (1997) • Kuun Morsian (2001) Amberian Dawn • Re-Evolution (2013) • Magic Forest (2014) • Innuendo (2015) • Darkness Of Eternity (2017) • Looking For You (2020) ==References==