1. Arja Koriseva was born on 21 April 1965 and is a Finnish singer.
18 Facts About Arja Koriseva
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Arja Koriseva first came to fame as a tango singer; her repertoire now includes evergreen, pop, musical theatre, and sacred music.
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In 1983, Arja Koriseva was admitted to the Central Finland Conservatory to study music.
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Arja Koriseva returned after three years for a summer with the same family.
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In 1985, Arja Koriseva enrolled in the Hameenlinna teacher training college and got qualified in 1989, specialising in PE and Finnish language.
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Arja Koriseva engaged a new orchestra, Fortuna, and began to rehearse the tangos Kultaiset korvarenkaat and Vie meidat rakkauteen.
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Since then, Arja Koriseva has recorded 15 albums, and appeared in concerts and at dance halls all over Finland, as well as Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Jordan, and the UK.
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Arja Koriseva has sung sacred music in church concerts, and appeared with Belgian superstar Helmut Lotti.
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Arja Koriseva was the Finnish voice of Pocahontas in the animated film and TV series of that name.
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Arja Koriseva has appeared in the soap opera Prince of Pop and in Ready Steady Cook.
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Arja Koriseva has returned to the Tangomarkkinat several times as judge, and presented in 1991,1994, and 2004.
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Arja Koriseva has attempted four times to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest, but has never been selected.
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Arja Koriseva has appeared on stage: she was Liza in "My Fair Lady" and Maria in "Sound of Music".
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The run of the latter had to be cut short because Arja Koriseva was 8 months pregnant.
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On 2 November 2015, Arja Koriseva was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Arja Koriseva met her husband, Juha-Pekka Karmala, in 1985 when they were both college students in Hameenlinna.
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The Finns soon decided that Arja Koriseva was more suitable as a girl's name.
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Arja Koriseva was most popular as a girl's name between 1940 and 1965.