title: Essi Wuorela
text: # Essi Wuorela
  
  Essi Wuorela is a Finnish soprano. She is an original member of the ensemble Rajaton, founded in 1997, but also began a solo career in 1994. She studied music at Sibelius High School and later Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory, from which she graduated as a music teacher in 1999. Before her singing career Wuorela was known as the presenter of the Finnish children's television programme Harlekiini-klubi as Super-Essi.
  
  ## Discography
  
  * Mitä tarkoittaa rakas (1994)
  * Pala taivasta (1995)
  * Hellyys (1997)
  * Helsinki Haiku Song Pictures (2000)
  * Valo (2006)
  
  ### Collaborations
  
  * 1992: Samuli Edelmann album Yön Valot
  * 1995: CMX song Veden Ääri
  * 1996: Don Huonot song Kaunis Painajainen.
  * 1997: Luunelonen song Tässä Olen Nyt
  * 2008: Open Eye Band songs My Island, So Long Ago, My Island part II and End of the Party
  