Johanna Kurkela

Kurkela was born in Lumijoki. She has been in a relationship with Finnish musician and Nightwish founder and leader Tuomas Holopainen since 2009; they became engaged in 2014 and married on 28 October 2015. == Musical background ==

Kurkela has a versatile musical background. She studied the violin for seven years from the age of five, and the classical piano from a few years later. She attended secondary school in Oulu at Madetojan musiikkilukio (an upper secondary school, otherwise known as a gymnasium in other parts of Europe) specializing in music. In addition to singing Kurkela studies in a university of applied sciences. == Discography ==

Albums ;Studio albums ;Compilation albums Singles Collaborative works • 2004: Tomi Metsäketo – Tummaa samettia: Tahdon tanssia kanssasi (duet) • 2005: Tilkkutäkki 1: Hiljainen kaupunki • 2006: Tilkkutäkki 2: Kuule minun ääneni • 2007: Tilkkutäkki 3: Elämä on nyt • 2009: Sonata Arctica – The Days of Grays (vocals on "Deathaura" and "No Dream Can Heal a Broken Heart") • 2009: Vesa-Matti Loiri – Hyvää puuta • 2009: ''Club for Five – You're The Voice: Nothing Else Matters'' • 2014: Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge (vocals) • 2018: Auri – Auri (vocals) • 2018: Korsukylä – Every Green in May & Johanna Kurkela (vocals) • 2020: Nightwish – Human. :II: Nature. (spoken words on "Shoemaker") • 2020: Altamullan Road – Altamullan Road (vocals & composition) • 2021: Auri – ''II – Those We Don't Speak Of'' (vocals) • 2022: Vita Nova (vocals) • 2022: Eye of Melian - Legends of Light (vocals) • 2023: Insomnium – Anno 1696 (vocals on "Godforsaken") • 2025: Auri – III – Candles & Beginnings • 2026: Eye of Melian - Forest of Forgetting (vocals) == References ==