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Biografie van de kunstenaar Anúna

In 1987 Dublin Composer Michael McGlynn Founded ANÚNA. The Ensemble's Name Originally An Uaithne Derives From The Collective Term For The Three Ancient Types Of Irish Music Suantraí Lullaby Geantraí Happy Song And Goltraí Lament . The Majority Of Singers Come From The Republic Of Ireland And Northern Ireland With Many Of Its Members Also Drawn From All Over The World. Their Repertoire Is Written Or Arranged For The Group By McGlynn And Includes Reconstructions Of Early And Medieval Music From Ireland And Beyond Presented In A Candle-Lit Costumed Ambiance That Allows The Group To Connect With A Very Wide Variety Of Audience Despite The Eclectic Nature Of The Music They Sing. Anúna Perform Between Twelve And Fourteen Singers Unconducted In Any Performance. They Are Equally At Home In An Amplified Theatrical Setting Or An Unamplified Concert Hall. Anúna Created The Vocal Ambiance Of Riverdance 1994-1996 Achieved A Top 10 Placing On The U.K. Singles Charts While Remaining At Number 1 On The Irish Singles Charts For Eighteen Weeks. In 2012 They Appeared As The "Voices Of Hell" On The Video Game Diablo 3 Blizzard Gaining A Game Audio Network Guild Nomination For The Best Original Choral Performance In February 2013. In February 2018 The Group Won The Outstanding Ensemble Category Of The Annual Game Music Awards For Their Contributions To The Soundtrack Of The Hugely Successful Video Game Xenoblade Chronicles II. In February 2017 The Group Participated In An Extraordinary Collaboration With Noh Theatre Entitled "Takahime" A Japanese Adaptation Of W.B. Yeats' Play "At The Hawk's Well". The Performance Was Directed By Gensho Umewaka Japanese National Treasure And Michael McGlynn Who Also Composed An Original Score. While Curating The Meltdown Festival At London's South Bank Elvis Costello Invited Anúna To Perform As Featured Guests And In 2011 They Featured On DVD And CD With The Pioneering Australian Children's Entertainers The Wiggles. A Number Of Anúna Singers Have Gone On To Carve Very Successful Careers As Solo Artists Including Singer-Songwriter Hozier 2007 - 2012 And Six Of The Lead Soloists In The Phenomenally Successful Celtic Woman Including Lynn Hilary And Éabha McMahon. In Complete Contrast As A Classical Choral Ensemble Anúna Have Appeared At The World Sacred Music Festival In Morocco And At The BBC Proms In The Royal Albert Hall London. They Have Sung At Many Major Classical Venues Including The Concertgebouw Amsterdam The Netherlands The National Centre For The Performing Arts In Beijing Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre Muziekgebouw Eindhoven De Doelen Rotterdam Hyogo Performing Arts Center And Orchard Hall In Tokyo New York Town Hall And Minneapolis Symphony Hall. They Have Collaborated With The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland On Two Major Concerts Of McGlynn's Compositions At Dublin's National Concert Hall 2009 & 2010 . Anúna Have An Active And Highly Successful Education & Outreach Programme That Has Been Responsible For Workshops Across China Japan Spain Belgium Israel Sweden Canada Poland The UK And The Netherlands. In 2012 They Presented At The Shanghai Conservatory. In 2015 The Group Presented An Interest Session As Part Of The American Choral Directors Association National Conference At Salt Lake Utah USA. In 2019 Their Sixth Highly Successful Annual ANÚNA International Summer School In Dublin Which Attracts Professional And Amateur Choral Musicians From All Over The World Will Take Place In Dublin Preceded By The First ANÚNA Winter School In February In Rotterdam The Netherlands. Anúna Have Released Eighteen Albums Since 1991 And Have Been Featured Artists On Three Grammy Award-Winning Albums. Invocation 1994 Won A National Entertainment Award For Classical Music While Deep Dead Blue 1996 Was Nominated For A Classical Brit Award. Celtic Origins 2007 Also An Award-Winning PBS Show And DVD Became The Number One Selling CD On The US World Music Charts That August While September 2011 Saw Their Album Christmas Memories Reaching The Hot 100 Of The Billboard Album Chart. In 2008 The Choir Released Invocations Of Ireland McGlynn's Self-Made Film An Evocative Depiction Of The Irish Landscape And Its Relationship To His Music. This Has Been Broadcast Extensively In Australia/New Zealand With The DVD Being Released On Australia's DV1 And Columbia Music Entertainment In Japan. They Have Been Signed To Some Of The World's Major Record Labels Including Decca Universal Classics Polygram E1 And Philips. Michael McGlynn's Sheet Music Is Available From Www.Michaelmcglynn.Com.

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