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Artist
Eimear Quinn
12+ albums
celticfemale vocalistsfolkirishireland
about
Eimear Quinn, born in 1973, grew up in Dublin to musical parents. Her first musical influence was classical music. She started singing at the age of 4 in the church choir and took piano lessons from the age of 10 and singing lessons starting at 15. Eimear performed with the group Anúna in 1995 and 1996. In 1996, She won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland. With 162 points, Quinn finished first with the song ‘The Voice’ by Brendan Graham. ‘The Voice’ was a song focused on Eimear’s soprano with some percussion, flutes and violins. Also in 1996, Eimear Quinn released her first solo album, ‘Winter, Fire and Snow’. 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. 2006 was the 10th anniversary of Eimear's Eurovision win. To celebrate this 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 Sno
