Lenna Kuurmaa ( est. Lenna Kuurmaa , born September 26, 1985 [5] in Tallinn , Estonia ) is an Estonian singer, songwriter and film actress. [6] [7] She is a member of the Vanilla Ninja band, but after a break from the band since 2009, she began working as a solo artist. She released her debut album Lenna in June 2010. [8]
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| Date of Birth | September 26, 1985 ( 34) |
| Place of Birth | Tallinn , ESSR , USSR |
| A country |  Estonia |
| Professions | singer |
| Years of activity | 2002 - present |
| Instruments | guitar |
| Genres | pop rock [1] , rock gothic [2] , hard rock [3] [4] |
| Collectives | Vanilla Ninja (since 2002) |
| Labels | Bros Music EMI Capitol Records Mortimer snerd |
Content
- 1 Musical career
- 1.1 Eurovision Song Contest
- 2 Acting career
- 3 Creativity and participation outside the group
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Discography
- 5.1 Albums
- 5.2 Singles
- 6 Awards
- 7 notes
- 8 References
Musical career
From 1990 to 2002, she was a member of the ETV Children's Choir and has performed with the choir at many festivals at the international level (in Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Great Britain, Spain, the USA and Russia). From 2000 to 2006, she studied violin at the Tallinn Music School with Urvo Uibokand. She received a vocal education from Lepa Esther and Lyudmila Isakova 1997-2002. In 2002, she took part in the Fizz Superstar television contest, where she reached the quarter finals. [9] In the same year, she, along with 3 other girls, created the rock band Vanilla Ninja . After the break of Vanilla Ninja in 2009, Lenna Kuurmaa began working as a solo project under the pseudonym Lenna . In June 2010, she released her debut album Lenna [8] . All songs were co-written and produced by Vaiko Eplik , who also owns the label. [10] She performed with her new band at the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010. [10]
Eurovision Song Contest
Lenna Kuurmaa participated in the Eurovision Song Contest and in the national selection competition with varying success.
- In 2003, as part of Vanilla Ninja, the song “Club Kung-Fu” took the last position in the opinion of the international jury of the national selection of the Eurolaul competition, even with strong support from the audience. [eleven]
- Again with Vanilla Ninja, she represents Switzerland with the song “ Cool Vibes ” at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev , where they came in eighth place. [9]
- In 2007, Vanilla Ninja participated in Eurolaul 2007 with the song “Birds of Peace,” but did not qualify for the finals.
- In 2010, Lenna Kuurmaa participated as a solo artist in the 2010 Eesti Laul national competition with the song “Rapunzel”, which was co-hosted by Vaiko Eplik . The song took second place.
- In 2012, she participated in the Eesti Laul 2012 contest with the song “Mina jään”.
- In 2014, she took part in the Eesti Laul 2014 contest with the song “Supernoova” [12] .
- In 2017, she participated in the Eesti Laul 2017 contest with the song “Slingshot”.
Acting career
Lenna Kuurmaa starred in Maya's supporting role in 2007 in the Estonian film Where Souls Go ( Est. Kuhu põgenevad hinged ) and Angela in the Estonian TV series Kodu keset Linna , also 2007. [9] [13] [14] Since 2008 Kuurmaa got a role in the production of the theater NO99 - in the play Pericles, Prince of Tire as a guest actor. [9] [15] In 2010, she received the role of investigator of the Estonian Security Police in crime drama - in the series Kelgukoerad . [10] She stated that she was not interested in pursuing a professional acting education. [10]
She starred in the film Peeter Simm “Lonely Island” [16] , and in the film of Finnish director Aku Louhimies “ Naked Bay ” [17] . Both films were released in 2012.
Creativity and Out-of-Band Participation
Lenna Kuurmaa also worked on television, for example, taking part in organizing the Laulu Karussell song contest in 2006. She has been the program editor for Sky Plus Radio since 2007. [9] Kuurmaa is a member of the Estonian Artists Association (EEL) and the Estonian Authors Association (EAÜ). [9] She took part in the projects of the musical theaters Kuningas JA Mina (“ King and I ”) and Helisev muusika (“ Sounds of Music ”) [9] .
In 2007, Lenna Kuurmaa was selected by the Raadio 2 audience as a singer participating in the “Unistuste Band” ( Dream Band ) - a supergroup of popular Estonian musicians - as part of their only performance at the Raadio 2 Hit gala concert at the end of the year. [18] .
In 2009, Lenna sang the Estonian anthem at a friendly meeting of the Estonian and Brazilian football teams [19] .
In 2015, Lenna participated in the fourth season of the Su nägu kõlab tuttavalt program , Estonian version of the One to One! .
Personal life
For some time she met with Estonian football player Ragnar Klavan [20] [21] ; later, with musician Robert Weigla, from whom on March 2, 2013 she had a daughter, Ami [22] [23] .
Discography
Albums
- Lenna (2010)
- Teine (2013)
Singles
- Sellel ööl (Violina feat. Lenna Kuurmaa) # 20 EST [24]
- Musta pori näkku (Lenna Kuurmaa & Mihkel Raud)
- Mida sa teed
Rewards
- Annual Estonian Pop Music Award (Eesti Popmuusika Aastaauhinnad):
- Radio hit of the year (2010) [25]
Notes
- ↑ allmusic (((Vanilla Ninja> Overview)))
- ↑ MusicMight :: Artists :: VANILLA NINJA unopened (link not available) . Date of treatment February 8, 2011. Archived October 15, 2012.
- ↑ Vanilla Ninja, nova revelação do Hard Rock - Novidades (Notícia)
- ↑ Rock Online: Vanilla Ninja: Blue Tatoo (link not available)
- ↑ Niineste, Mart . Lenna Kuurmaa: tuleb endale võimalus anda (Estonian), Eesti Päevaleht . Date of appeal April 17, 2010. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Vanilla Ninja - Love Is War - Review - Stylus Magazine ( archive )
- ↑ Lenna Kuurma iMDb
- ↑ 1 2 Nestor, Siim . Nädala album: Õhuküllane ja värvirikas suvekuulutaja (Estonian). Date of treatment June 6, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mattisen, Tiina (2008), Kuurmaa, Lenna, Eesti muusika biograafiline leksikon , vol. 2, Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, pp. 591-592, ISBN 978-9985-70-299-4
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Tooming, Rando . Lenna: mõni lugu sai linti köögis (Estonian). (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Nestor, Siim . Ninjade suur saladus (Estonian).
- ↑ Estonia at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest . Date of treatment January 24, 2014.
- ↑ JUST: Kuhu põgenevad hinged? Lenna Kuurmaa veenev muutumine satanistiks Kalev.ee (est.)
- ↑ Lenna Kuurmaa pääseb Angelana homsele õhtusöögile - Õhtuleht (unavailable link) (Est.)
- ↑ Perikles ( unopened ) (inaccessible link) . NO99. Date of treatment April 17, 2010. Archived April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Filming of Lonely Island continues in Estonia - Cinema - Culture - My Estonia. Articles about the history, language, culture and people of Estonia
- ↑ Ohmygossip.ee - Lenna Kuurmaa mängib uues Soome filmis?
- ↑ Eger, Ninn . Unistuste Bändi esimesed pillimehed on selgunud (est.) .
- ↑ Lenna Kuurmaa - Eesti hümn (Live at Eesti vs Brasiilia 08/12/2009) on YouTube
- ↑ Hoolikalt varjatud armastuslugu (link not available)
- ↑ Well-hidden love
- ↑ Tonight, Lenna Kuurmaa gave birth to a daughter - Stars
- ↑ pevica-lenna-nazvala-svoju-doch-vesma-neobychno
- ↑ Estonian Top 40 (week 39) . Radio Uuno. Date of treatment February 23, 2011. Archived on April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Eesti Popmuusika Aastaauhinnad
Links
- Lenna Kuurmaa on the Internet Movie Database
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kuurmaa, Lenna