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{{short description|Irish singer and composer (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Eimear Quinn
| name = Eimear Quinn
| image = Eimear Quinn tijdens Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2019.jpg
| image = Eimear Quinn tijdens Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2019.jpg
| caption = Eimear Quinn at [[Het Grote Songfestivalfeest]], 2019
| caption = Eimear Quinn at [[Het Grote Songfestivalfeest]], 2019
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Eimear Anna Quinn
| birth_name = Eimear Anna Quinn
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|12|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mount Merrion]], Dublin, Ireland
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|12|18}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Mount Merrion]], Dublin, Ireland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| instrument = Vocals
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = [[Celtic music|Celtic]]
| genre = [[Celtic music|Celtic]]
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|Composer}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|Composer}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| label = [[Decca Classics]]
| label = [[Decca Classics]]
| current_member_of = [[Anúna]]
| website = {{URL|www.eimearquinn.com}}
| associated_acts = [[Anúna]]
| website = {{URL|www.eimearquinn.com}}
}}
}}


'''Eimear Mary Rose Quinn''' ({{lang-ga|Eimear Ní Chuinn}}, {{IPA-ga|ˈɪmʲəɾˠ ˈnʲiː ˈxiːn̪ʲ|IPA}}; born 18 December 1972) is an Irish singer and composer. She is best known for winning the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996]] with the song "[[The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)|The Voice]]".
'''Eimear Mary Rose Quinn''' ({{IPAc-en|'|i:|m|@r}} {{respell|EE|mər}}; {{langx|ga|Eimear Ní Chuinn}}, {{IPA-ga|ˈɪmʲəɾˠ n̠ʲiː ˈxiːn̠ʲ|IPA}}; born 18 December 1972)<ref>{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|year=2002|ISBN=9781857431612|page=417}}</ref> is an Irish singer and composer. She is best known for winning the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996]] with the song "[[The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)|The Voice]]". Since then she has toured and performed extensively internationally and has released four albums of her work, the most recent being ''Ériu'', recorded with the [[RTÉ Concert Orchestra]] and released in 2020.


==Musical career==
==Musical career==
Dublin born Eimear Quinn joined her first choir at four years of age and at fifteen she started formal vocal training under the tutelage of Jody Beggan. She 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.
Eimear Quinn was born in Dublin and joined her first choir at four years of age. At fifteen she started formal vocal training under the tutelage of Jody Beggan. She 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 UK. 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 (Eimear Quinn song)|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 1996]]. Quinn began touring solo, performing in Australia, America and all over Europe in venues including [[The Royal Albert Hall]], [[State Theatre (Sydney)|The Sydney State Theatre]] and the [[Forest National]] Brussels. She also made many television appearances and also presented Television and Radio programming for RTÉ and TV3.
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 UK. 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 (Eimear Quinn song)|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 1996]]. Quinn began touring solo, performing in Australia, America and all over Europe in venues including [[The Royal Albert Hall]], [[State Theatre (Sydney)|The Sydney State Theatre]] and the [[Forest National]] Brussels. She also made many television appearances and also presented Television and Radio programming for RTÉ and TV3.


In 2006 Quinn released the album ''Gatherings'', a collection of music she had recorded over the previous decade. This was her 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. Quinn performed "The Voice" 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.
Quinn 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 performed "Voice of an Angel" on [[Liam Lawton]]'s album ''Another World''.

In 2006 Quinn 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. Quinn performed "The Voice" 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, Quinn was chosen by the [[National University of Ireland]] to promote the studying of Music at NUI Maynooth in a nationwide campaign. The same year she worked with the film-maker, [[Philip King (musician)|Philip King]] to complete a documentary on the subject of her music and collaboration with Belfast-born composer, Neil Martin for RTÉ1 Television.
In 2007, Quinn was chosen by the [[National University of Ireland]] to promote the studying of Music at NUI Maynooth in a nationwide campaign. The same year she worked with the film-maker, [[Philip King (musician)|Philip King]] to complete a documentary on the subject of her music and collaboration with Belfast-born composer, Neil Martin for RTÉ1 Television.

She also appeared on the album 'Yann Derrien' by Spanish artist Carlos Nunez and she toured Europe with Nunez.

December 2007 saw the release of ''O Holy Night'' a collection of carols, ancient chants and new compositions from Quinn, who also produced and arranged the album with Martin Quinn at JAM Studios. This led to her presenting a television special ''A Christmas Celebration with Eimear Quinn'' on RTÉ1 Television in December 2008.
December 2007 saw the release of ''O Holy Night'' a collection of carols, ancient chants and new compositions from Quinn, who also produced and arranged the album with Martin Quinn at JAM Studios. This led to her presenting a television special ''A Christmas Celebration with Eimear Quinn'' on RTÉ1 Television in December 2008.


Since then Quinn has been touring and composing. In 2011 she was asked to perform for England's Queen Elizabeth to mark her [[Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland|State Visit to Ireland]]. She performed a special concert with the Symphony Orchestra in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in October 2012. She has also performed at other state occasions such as the Royal Albert Hall event in April 2014 to celebrate the state visit of Irish President Michael D Higgins to the UK, the Visit of Pop Francis to Ireland in 2019, and HRH Prince Charles for St Patricks Day celebrations in London 2019.
Since then Quinn has been touring, performing and composing. In 2011 she was asked to perform for England's Queen Elizabeth to mark her [[Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland|State Visit to Ireland]]. She performed a special concert with the Symphony Orchestra in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in October 2012.


She has also performed at other state occasions such as the Royal Albert Hall event in April 2014 to celebrate the state visit of Irish President Michael D Higgins to the UK, the Visit of Pope Francis to Ireland in 2019, and HRH Prince Charles for St Patricks Day celebrations in London 2019.
In October 2013 she featured as part of the [[RTÉ]] Big Music Week Ensemble. The group which also included Marianne Knight, Nono Madolo and Celine Byrne, along with the [[RTÉ Concert Orchestra]] and the [[University College Dublin|UCD]] Choral Scholars, released ''The Fair, Fair Land''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2013/10/07/eimear-quinn/32534/ |title=Eimear Quinn and Friends Sing a Song for Ireland|publisher=Wiwi Bloggs|accessdate=12 October 2013}}</ref> The track, which was composed by Brendan Graham, was in aid of the [[Barnardo's]] children's charity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp |title=Top 100 Singles Week Ending 10th October 2013 |publisher=IRMA |accessdate=12 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6BWxcnDz5?url=http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp |archivedate=19 October 2012 }}</ref>


Also in 2019 she performed the Eurovision song 'The Voice' to an audience of 10,000 people in the Ziggodome in Amsterdam. In 2020 she appeared on the album 'Natural High' from composer Sarah Class and earlier this year appeared in a tribute to Irish artist Harry Clarke, hosted by the Irish Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
In a radio interview on RTE's Radio 1 in November 2016, she said that, even though she still toured at least once a year, she had scaled back her recording commitments a little after having two children. She also said in the interview that she felt the time was right now to write, perform and tour more again and she confirmed that she was composing new material for an album to be released in 2017. She was promoting her December Irish tour.
In a radio interview on RTE's Radio 1 in November 2016, she said that, even though she continued to tour, she had scaled back her recording commitments a little after having two children.


Since then she has gone back into the recording studio and released her new album Ériu in 2020. The album features new material she composed either on her own or with acclaimed writers like Brendan Graham, Sarah Class and John Sheehan. Her own composition 'In Paradisum' was chosen by listeners of Classic FM in the UK to become part of the station's "Hall of Fame' for 2021 - one of the few Irish and female composers to make the list. The album was recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin.
She has since published that, due to bereavement, this new work would be delayed until 2020.

Her new works are published by Peer Music UK.

In an interview on Lyric FM last year, Quinn said her next project will be the completion of a new large scale work for soprano and orchestra titled 'Requiem For A Promised Child' that she has been composing for a number of years. Quinn said the project is the most ambitious and personal of her career and will be due for release in 2022. Quinn also said she intends to tour again by the end of 2021, if Covid restrictions are lifted.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==Discography==
==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected details
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row" | ''Through the Lens of a Tear''
|
* Released: 2001
* Label: Decca (470 049-2)
* Format: CD, CS
|-
! scope="row" | ''Gatherings''
|
* Released: 2006
* Label: Peach Records (PEACH002CD)
* Format: CD
|-
! scope="row" | ''Oh Holy Night''
|
* Released: 2007
* Label: Peach Records (PEACH003CD)
* Format: CD
|-
! scope="row" | ''Ériu''
|
* Released: 2020
* Label: Peach Records (PEACH005CD)
* Format: CD
|-
! scope="row" | ''Breath Upon the Flame'' <br> (with Dublin Brass Ensemble)
|
* Released: July 2023
* Label: William Palmer Music
* Format: digital
|-
! scope="row" | ''Songs of Winter Dreaming''
|
* Released: 15 November 2024
* Label: Peach Records
* Format: digital
|}


===Singles and EPs===
===Charted singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
* 1996: "[[The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)|The Voice]]" ([[Irish Singles Charts|IRL]] No. 3,<ref>[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irish charts – searchable database] {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hFf8iFDu?url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=3 June 2009 }}</ref> [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] No. 40<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions
! rowspan="2" | Title
! rowspan="2" | Year
! colspan="6" | Chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Irish Singles Charts|IRL]]<br><ref>[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Irish charts – searchable database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=2 June 2009 }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL <br> Fl]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL <br> Wa]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Dutch Single Top 100|NLD]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| last= Roberts
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| location= London
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 446}}</ref>)
| page= 446}}</ref>
|-
* 1996: "Winter, Fire and Snow EP"
! scope="row"| "[[The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)|The Voice]]"
* 1997: "Ave Maria"
| 1996

| 3 || 9 || 30 || 21 || 31 || 40
===Albums===
|}
* 2001: ''Through the Lens of a Tear''
* 2006: ''Gatherings''
* 2007: ''Oh Holy Night''


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.eimearquinn.com Official website]
*[http://www.eimearquinn.com Official website]
*[http://www.diggiloo.net/?1996ie The Voice lyric]
*[http://www.diggiloo.net/?1996ie The Voice lyric]
*[https://www.facebook.com/EimearQuinnVox Official FaceBook Page]
*[https://www.instagram.com/eimearvox Official Instagram]
*[https://twitter.com/EimearVox Official Twitter]
*[http://www.anuna.ie Anúna Official Website]


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Latest revision as of 23:55, 13 November 2024

Eimear Quinn
Eimear Quinn at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, 2019
Eimear Quinn at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, 2019
Background information
Birth nameEimear Anna Quinn
Born (1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 51)
Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland
GenresCeltic
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Composer
InstrumentVocals
Years active1992–present
LabelsDecca Classics
Member ofAnúna
Websitewww.eimearquinn.com

Eimear Mary Rose Quinn (/ˈiːmər/ EE-mər; Irish: Eimear Ní Chuinn, IPA: [ˈɪmʲəɾˠ n̠ʲiː ˈxiːn̠ʲ]; born 18 December 1972)[1] is an Irish singer and composer. She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "The Voice". Since then she has toured and performed extensively internationally and has released four albums of her work, the most recent being Ériu, recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and released in 2020.

Musical career

[edit]

Eimear Quinn was born in Dublin and joined her first choir at four years of age. At fifteen she started formal vocal training under the tutelage of Jody Beggan. She 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 UK. 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 1996. Quinn began touring solo, performing in Australia, America and all over Europe in venues including The Royal Albert Hall, The Sydney State Theatre and the Forest National Brussels. She also made many television appearances and also presented Television and Radio programming for RTÉ and TV3.

In 2006 Quinn released the album Gatherings, a collection of music she had recorded over the previous decade. This was her 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. Quinn performed "The Voice" 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, Quinn was chosen by the National University of Ireland to promote the studying of Music at NUI Maynooth in a nationwide campaign. The same year she worked with the film-maker, Philip King to complete a documentary on the subject of her music and collaboration with Belfast-born composer, Neil Martin for RTÉ1 Television.

She also appeared on the album 'Yann Derrien' by Spanish artist Carlos Nunez and she toured Europe with Nunez.

December 2007 saw the release of O Holy Night a collection of carols, ancient chants and new compositions from Quinn, who also produced and arranged the album with Martin Quinn at JAM Studios. This led to her presenting a television special A Christmas Celebration with Eimear Quinn on RTÉ1 Television in December 2008.

Since then Quinn has been touring, performing and composing. In 2011 she was asked to perform for England's Queen Elizabeth to mark her State Visit to Ireland. She performed a special concert with the Symphony Orchestra in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in October 2012.

She has also performed at other state occasions such as the Royal Albert Hall event in April 2014 to celebrate the state visit of Irish President Michael D Higgins to the UK, the Visit of Pope Francis to Ireland in 2019, and HRH Prince Charles for St Patricks Day celebrations in London 2019.

Also in 2019 she performed the Eurovision song 'The Voice' to an audience of 10,000 people in the Ziggodome in Amsterdam. In 2020 she appeared on the album 'Natural High' from composer Sarah Class and earlier this year appeared in a tribute to Irish artist Harry Clarke, hosted by the Irish Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.

In a radio interview on RTE's Radio 1 in November 2016, she said that, even though she continued to tour, she had scaled back her recording commitments a little after having two children.

Since then she has gone back into the recording studio and released her new album Ériu in 2020. The album features new material she composed either on her own or with acclaimed writers like Brendan Graham, Sarah Class and John Sheehan. Her own composition 'In Paradisum' was chosen by listeners of Classic FM in the UK to become part of the station's "Hall of Fame' for 2021 - one of the few Irish and female composers to make the list. The album was recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin.

Her new works are published by Peer Music UK.

In an interview on Lyric FM last year, Quinn said her next project will be the completion of a new large scale work for soprano and orchestra titled 'Requiem For A Promised Child' that she has been composing for a number of years. Quinn said the project is the most ambitious and personal of her career and will be due for release in 2022. Quinn also said she intends to tour again by the end of 2021, if Covid restrictions are lifted.

Personal life

[edit]

Quinn is married to Noel Curran, a radio and television producer, former Director-General of RTÉ and current Director-General of the EBU. They have two daughters: Joelene born in October 2009 and Marlene born in April 2012. They divide their time between Ireland and Switzerland.

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]
List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Through the Lens of a Tear
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Decca (470 049-2)
  • Format: CD, CS
Gatherings
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Peach Records (PEACH002CD)
  • Format: CD
Oh Holy Night
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Peach Records (PEACH003CD)
  • Format: CD
Ériu
  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Peach Records (PEACH005CD)
  • Format: CD
Breath Upon the Flame
(with Dublin Brass Ensemble)
  • Released: July 2023
  • Label: William Palmer Music
  • Format: digital
Songs of Winter Dreaming
  • Released: 15 November 2024
  • Label: Peach Records
  • Format: digital

Charted singles

[edit]
List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Chart positions
IRL
[2] 		BEL
Fl 		BEL
Wa 		NLD SWE
 UK
[3]
"The Voice" 1996 3 9 30 21 31 40

References

[edit]
  1. ^ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. Taylor & Francis Group. 2002. p. 417. ISBN 9781857431612.
  2. ^ Irish charts – searchable database Archived 2 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 446. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
[edit]
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1996 		Succeeded by
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