Lenna Kuurmaa | |
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 Kuurmaa in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Lenna |
| Born | (1985-09-26)26 September 1985 (age 40) |
| Genres | Pop,[1] rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singing-songwriting, acting |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Labels | Mortimer Snerd & Frontiers Records |
Lenna Kuurmaa (born 26 September 1985)[2][1] is an Estonian singer-songwriter and actress.[3][4] She is a member of the girl groupVanilla Ninja, but after the band's hiatus since 2009, continued to work as a solo-artist. She also formed a band with the name "Lenna" who released the debut albumLenna in June 2010.[5]
From 1990 to 2002, Lenna Kuurmaa was a member of theETV Lasteekraani Muusikastuudio and performed together with the choir in many festivals internationally (in Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Israel, the United Kingdom, Spain, USA and Russia). She studied violin in Tallinn Music School from 2000 to 2006 under teacher Urvo Uibokand. She received vocal training from Ester Lepa and Ludmilla Issakova 1997–2002. In 2002 she took part of televised singing contestFizz Superstar, where she made it to the quarter-finals.[1] In the same year Kuurmaa, together with 3 other girls, formed the rock bandVanilla Ninja. After Vanilla Ninja's hiatus in 2009, Lenna Kuurmaa started working as a solo-musician with the artist-nameLenna. In June 2010, she released her debut albumLenna under Mortimer Snerd.[5] All of the songs were written together with and produced byVaiko Eplik, who is also the owner of the record label.[6] Her band also performed at the2010 Shanghai EXPO.[6]
Lenna Kuurmaa has taken part in theEurovision Song Contest and its national preselection contests with varying success.
Kuurmaa played the second lead role of Maya in the year 2007 Estonian filmKuhu põgenevad hinged (Where Souls Go) and Angela in the Estonian soap operaKodu keset linna, also in 2007.[1][8][9] Since 2008, Kuurmaa has taken part inTheatre NO99's playPericles as a guest-actress.[1][10] In 2010, she was given a role of anEstonian Security Police investigator in the crime-drama seriesKelgukoerad.[6] She has stated that she has no interest in pursuing professional acting education.[6]
She has a role in the 2012 Finnish movieVuosaari, named after aparticular district in Helsinki and the same year appeared as Pille in thePeeter Simm-directed dramaÜksik saar. From 2012 until 2014, she appeared as Anne in theKanal 2 comedy seriesTupiktänava mehed. In 2017, Kuurmaa began appearing in the role of Ramilda Martin on the EstonianTV3 crime-comedy seriesKättemaksukontor.
Kuurmaa has also worked in television, for example being the host for the song contest Laulukarussell in 2006. She has also hosted programs in theSky Plus radio since 2007.[1] Kuurmaa is a member of Estonian Performers' Association (EEL) and Estonian Authors' Society (EAÜ).[1] She has been involved in the musical theatre projectsKuningas ja mina (The King and I) andHelisev muusika (The Sound of Music).[1] In 2007, Lenna Kuurmaa was chosen by the audience of Raadio 2 to be a singer in the Unistuste Bänd (Dream Band), a supergroup composed of popular Estonian musicians for a one-time performance at Raadio 2 Hit of the Year award gala.[11]
In 2010, she participated in theTV3 series "Laulud tähtedega" withArtur Talvik.[12] In 2015, she took part of the Estonian version of the TV show Stars in Their Eyes
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| "Rapunzel" | 2010 | 1 | Lenna | ||||||
| "Musta pori näkku" (with Mihkel Raud) | — | ||||||||
| "Kogu tõde jüriööst" | — | ||||||||
| "Mida sa teed" | — | ||||||||
| "Maailm ei keerle" | 2011 | — | |||||||
| "Hüvasti, Maa" | — | ||||||||
| "Mina jään" | 2012 | 1 | Teine | ||||||
| "Sinule" | 2013 | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "Seal, kus jäljed kaovad maast" | 14 | Teine | |||||||
| "Supernoova" | 10 | ||||||||
| "Heaven Is To Be Close to You" (with Moonland) | 2014 | — | Moonland | ||||||
| "Open Your Heart" (with Moonland) | — | ||||||||
| "Live and let go" (with Moonland) | — | ||||||||
| "Veel ei tea" | 2015 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "Suvehommik Setumaal" | — | ||||||||
| "Õnnega koos" | 2016 | — | |||||||
| "Slingshot" | 2017 | — | TBA | ||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| "Sellel ööl" (Violina featuring Lenna Kuurmaa) | 2010 | 20[13] | Non-album single | ||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
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