Nina Tapio (born February 24, 1972) is a

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singer, songwriter,

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actor, and

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. Her singing career started at the age of five, when she sang on a children's record. Tapio studied at

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where she got a degree as a teacher of singing. In 1994 she started the band Taikapeili together with Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, publishing three albums until 1999. In 1998 and 2003 she also recorded two albums with Adiemus. In 2005 Tapio sung background vocals for

Geir Rönning Geir Rönning (born 5 November 1962) is a Norwegian-Finnish professional singer-songwriter from Ålesund. He later moved to the capital Oslo in the 1980s, and later on to Stockholm, Sweden, where he found opportunity to start a musical career. H ...

in the

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. She was also on the jury of the Finnish television show Idols the same year, and continued in the 2006–2007 season. She was invited to the Finnish prescreening for the

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together with Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, but they did not attend. Instead, Tapio read the scores given by Finland in the same contest. Nina Tapio has been a background singer on the records of Finnish artists including

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, Tauski, Eini, Kake Randelin,

Matti ja Teppo Matti ja Teppo is a famous Finnish folk duo made up of brothers Matti Tapio Ruohonen 73 (born in Turku, Finland on 8 August 1949) and Teppo Ilmari Ruohonen 74 (born also in Turku on 1 March 1948) who have performed together since childhood. The ...

, and

Meiju Suvas Meiju Annele Suvas-Berger (born 22 January 1959), professionally known as Meiju Suvas, is a Finnish singer. Career beginnings Music has been a part of Meiju Suvas' life from a very young age. She started to take piano lessons at the age of four, ...

Discography

With Taikapeili

* ''Suuri salaisuus'' (1994) * ''Nähdään taas – moi!'' (1995) * ''Nukahda, jos uskallat'' (1999)

With Adiemus

* '' Adiemus III: Dances of Time'' (1998) * '' Adiemus V: Vocalise'' (2003)

Others

* ''Ethän käänny pois'' (Nina Tapio & Tomi Metsäketo, 2003) * ''My One and Only Love'' (Nina Tapio &

, 2005) * ''Jotain jää'' (Nina Tapio &

Mikko Leppilampi Mikko Johannes Leppilampi (born 22 September 1978 in Pälkäne, Finland) is a Finnish actor, musician, and TV host. He is the son of Jukka Leppilampi (born 1954), a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promisin ...

, 2005) * ''Elämän syliin'' (Nina Tapio, 2005)

Finnish film dubs

* ''

The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a h ...

'' (Ariel) (Newer Finnish dub, 1998) * ''

Quest For Camelot ''Quest for Camelot'' (released internationally as ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'') is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Frederik Du Chau and very loosely based on the ...

'' (Singing Voice Of Kayley) (1998) * ''

Prince of Egypt ''The Prince of Egypt'' is a 1998 American animated musical drama film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The first feature film from DreamWorks to be traditionally animated, it is an adaptation of the Book ...

'' (Singing Voice Of Miriam) (1998) * ''

Toy Story 2 ''Toy Story 2'' is a 1999 American computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The second installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and the sequel to ''Toy Story'' (1995), it wa ...

'' (Singing Voice of Jessie) (1999) * '' The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' (2000) * '' Garfield: The Movie ( Dr. Liz Wilson) (2004) * ''

Chicken Little "Henny Penny", more commonly known in the United States as "Chicken Little" and sometimes as "Chicken Licken", is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes that the world is coming to an end ...

(Foxy Loxy) (2005) * '' Herbie: Fully Loaded'' (Charisma) (2005) * '' The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning'' (2008) * ''

Frozen Fever ''Frozen Fever'' is a 2015 American computer-animated musical fantasy short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. A follow-up to the 2013 feature film '' Frozen'', the short follows Elsa as she at ...

'' (choir part) (2015)

References

External links

Official homepage
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