Piret Järvis is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n singer, guitarist and songwriter of the popular girl group

Girl group

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 Vanilla Ninja

Vanilla Ninja

Vanilla Ninja is a three-piece Estonian girl band which has enjoyed chart success in a number of countries across Europe, especially in Estonia, Germany and Austria....

 and an indiegroup Disko4000.

Born to Maire and Enno Järvis. She has a 3 years older sister Mari and a 3 years younger brother Peeter. She was going to the same secondary school as her band-member from Vanilla Ninja Katrin Siska

Katrin Siska

Katrin Siska is an Estonian musician and member of the Estonian pop-rock band Vanilla Ninja.Alongside her musical commitments, Siska has also been studying finance and accounting at a vocational school and international relations and diplomacy in Tallinn...

. After graduating high-school she won a scholarship to continue her studies at the International University of Concordia where she was majoring in Media and Public Relations. She has TV experience - she was appearing in leading and co-managing of a few TV shows in Estonian TV3

TV3 (Estonia)

TV3 is a commercial television channel targeted at an Estonian language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded in 1996 after two recent television stations, EVTV and RTV joined....

 as well as a VJ for MTV Estonia. When she can she likes listening to Incubus

Incubus (band)

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, Kings Of Leon

Kings of Leon

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, Vanilla Ninja

Vanilla Ninja

Vanilla Ninja is a three-piece Estonian girl band which has enjoyed chart success in a number of countries across Europe, especially in Estonia, Germany and Austria....

, Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

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 or Tool

Tool (band)

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. She can play the piano and a guitar.

She joined Vanilla Ninja in 2002 and is one of three members to have stayed a member since its formation. Piret has written lyrics for the song "Club Kung Fu", that made Vanilla Ninja well known in Estonia. She has continued as a lyricist for many of the band's songs like "Birds Of Peace", "I Don't Care At All", "Black Symphony" etc. Although she initially played a more 'background' role in the group, she featured heavily on their 2005 album Blue Tattoo

Blue Tattoo (album)

Blue Tattoo is the third album by the Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja, and the last original Vanilla Ninja album released by Bros Records. Following up the successful 2004 album Traces of Sadness, Blue Tattoo looks to be the group's most successful album yet with the singles "Blue Tattoo" , "I...

due to Maarja Kivi (the former lead singer) leaving in 2004. Järvis often acts as the spokesperson for the group in interviews, and on numerous occasions has been dubbed as the best looking and most stylish member. In 2005 she was voted Estonia's sexiest woman of the year by the readers of Estonia's best-selling gossip magazine "Kroonika".
In 2008, Piret Järvis, along with Karu and two another Estonian musicians Sander Loite and Paul Oja created a new group called DISKO4000. Band's first song is participating in Estonian Song Contest and it is called "Ei usu".
Piret Järvis is currently working in Estonian Ministry of Economics and Communication as an adviser of public relations.

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