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Noirin Ni Riain
12+ albums
irelandearly musicgregorian chantbest of world
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From http://www.theosony.com : Nóirín Ní Riain (born 1951, Caherconlish, County Limerick) is an Irish singer, writer, teacher, theologian and an authority on Gregorian Chant (plainsong). She is primarily known for spiritual songs, but also sings Celtic music, Sean nós and Indian songs. Nóirín plays an Indian harmonium (Surpeti) and Shruti box. She was Artist-in-Residence for Wexford and Laois. Recently performing with her sons Eoin and Mícheál under the name A.M.E.N. Nóirín began to take singing lessons at seven year of age. She later went on to study music at University College Cork, specialising in religious music for post-graduate work. Alongside this she developed as a performer, focusing particularly on religious, Irish traditional and international religious music. She has performed extensively worldwide. Notable events include: the International Peace Gathering at Costa Rica to introduce His Holiness the XIV Dalia Lama in 1989; The United Nations summit at Rio de Janeiro 1992; the European Cultural Month at Krakow, Poland 1992; the UN Earth summit in Copenhagen 1995; the World Women summit in Beijing 1995, she has performed in the Royal Festival Hall with Sinéad O'Connor; with the American composer John Cage; with Markus Stockhausen and his brother Simon; with Paul Winter at the summer and winter solstice concerts in the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York; with the Scola Gregoriana of Notre Dame University, Indiana, where she performed the leading role in Ani