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Eimear Quinn
Musical careerDublin born Eimear joined her first choir at four years of age and at fifteen she started formal vocal training at the College of Music under the tutelage of Jody Beggan.
Eimear later graduated with a degree in Music from National University of Ireland Maynooth.
While studying for her degree she developed an interest in early music and was a founder member of the ensemble Zefiro.In 1995 she joined the choir Anúna.
She recorded two albums Omnis(1996) and Deep Dead Blue (1996), featuring as a soloist on a number of tracks.
She also toured internationally with the choir participating in performances in Spain, France and the U.K..
It was while singing with Anúna in St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin at Christmas 1995 that songwriter Brendan Graham heard her and invited her to sing his composition "The Voice" as Ireland's entry for the Irish Eurosong competition.
Her performance won, and she then travelled to Oslo and was victorious in the Eurovision Song Contest of that year.Eimear then began touring, performing in Australia, America and all over Europe in venues including The Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney State Theatre and the Vorst National Brussels.
She also made many television appearances and also presented Television and Radio programming for RTÉ and TV3.Eimear has collaborated with a number of international composers on a range of musical and television projects.
These have included performing and co-writing the score to Belgian drama series "Stille Waters" with Steve Willaert.
She has also worked with CARLOS NUNEZ, the Galician piper and performed with Sir George Martin in Dublin.
Eimear's compositions are published by Sir George Martin Music.Eimear continued to tour in Ireland both as a solo performer but also with other artists such as Liam Lawton.
Eimear performed 'Voice Of An Angel' on Liam's platinum selling album 'Another World'.2006 was the 10th anniversary of Eimear's Eurovision win.
She released the album 'Gatherings', a collection of music she had recorded over the previous decade.
This was Eimear’s third solo disc and followed ‘Winter Fire and Snow’ and ‘Through The Lens of a Tear’, an album she co-wrote with Pol Brennan of Clannad, who also produced the album for Decca;Eimear performed 'The Voice' again later that year while appearing at ‘Ireland’s Finest in Concert’, a gala celebration of the 25th anniversary of the National Concert Hall.
This performance was broadcast on RTÉ television and the concert has been released as a DVD.In 2007, Eimear was chosen as by National University of Ireland to promote the studying of Music at NUI Maynooth in a nation-wide campaign.Also in 2007 she worked with the award winning film-maker, Philip King to complete a documentary on the subject of her music and collaboration with Belfast-born composer, Neil Martin for RTÉ ONE Television.December 2007 saw the release of ‘O Holy Night’ a collection of carols, ancient chants and new compositions from Eimear, who has also produced and arranged the album.This led to Eimear presenting a Television special ‘A Christmas Celebration with Eimear Quinn’ on RTÉ ONE Television in December 2008.Since then Eimear has been touring and composing.
In 2011 she was asked to perform for England's Queen Elizabeth to mark her State Visit to Ireland.
Eimear also recently completed another documentary project for RTÉ and has performed as a guest artist with, among others, Philip King and writer Joe O Connor and the band Scullion.
In August 2012 she performed at The Gathering concert in the O2 in Dublin.
She will perform a special concert with the Symphony Orchestra in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in October 2012.In October 2013 she featured as part of the RTE Big Music Week Ensemble.
The group which also included Marianne Knight, Nono Madolo and Celine Byrne, along with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the UCD Choral Scholars, released The Fair, Fair Land.
The track, which was composed by Brendan Graham, was in aid of the Barnardo's children's charity and reached number 34 in the Irish charts.Personal lifeEimear lives in County Monaghan with her husband Noel Curran, a radio and television producer, and current Director-General of RTÉ.
They have two daughters: Joelene born in October 2009 and Marlene born in April 2012.