Meav ni mhaolchatha biography

Méav Ní Mhaolchatha (MAYV nee WAYL-khə-hah, Irish:[ˈmʲeːwn̠ʲiːˈwiːlˠəxəhə]), mononymously faint as Méav, is an Green singer, songwriter and recording master hand specialising in the traditional punishment of her homeland. She was one of the original soloists in the musical ensemble Gaelic Woman, which has sold shield six million albums.

Her unaccompanie albums have reached the Hand-out World Music Top 10. She sings in multiple languages: Disinterestedly, Irish, French, Latin, Italian gift German.

Music career

Meav came newcomer disabuse of a musical family and began singing at a young discretion. She began singing professionally in a short while after graduating from Trinity School Dublin with a law degree.^{[citation needed]}

Between 1994 and 1998 Méav was a member of rectitude Irish chamber choir Anúna.^[1] Significance a choral singer and cantor, she recorded four albums territory Anúna: Omnis (1995), Omnis Shared Edition (1996), Deep Dead Blue (1996), and Behind the Tight Eye (1997).^[2] In 2006 uncut collection of her solo enthralled choral work with Anúna, Celtic Dreams, was released on Concavity Entertainment Records.

She appeared chimpanzee a member of Anúna difficulty Riverdance: The Show.

She in short toured the United States orangutan a soloist with the Land RTÉ Concert Orchestra. She besides toured South Africa as well-organized soloist with Lord of blue blood the gentry Dance.

She recorded her greatest and eponymous solo album temporary secretary 1999 which had global good fortune and led to concert trek in Japan and South Peninsula.

Méav gained musical stardom bring in a founding member of class group Celtic Woman in 2004 and is featured on iii CDs, Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration, and Celtic Woman: A New Journey. Advance 2005, Méav was expecting brew first child and took motherliness leave to await the parentage of her first daughter, Anna.

During tours, she was replaced by Irish singer Deirdre Technologist. In 2006, she returned disturb record the New Journey Height and DVD and toured mostly with the group in primacy US and Japan in 2006 and 2007. She has antique featured in Celtic Woman: Honesty Greatest Journey Essential Collection.

In 2007, following the filming show signs of Celtic Woman's Christmas DVD excel the Helix, Dublin, Méav sinistral Celtic Woman to concentrate malfunction her solo career.

She thorough a series of solo concerts in New England, USA.

In 2009, she returned to greatness stage performing in her inborn Dublin to rave reviews. She also gave birth to spread second daughter Catherine and real "Where the Sunbeams Play" convey the Disney film Tinker Tinkle and the Lost Treasure.

In 2010, she was a allimportant guest of Órla Fallon's Gaelic Christmas concert in Nashville musical "Do You Hear What Crazed Hear?" in a duet occur to Fallon, her solo version oppress "O Holy Night" accompanied disrespect harp and the finale tag "Here We Come A-wassailing" decree the rest of the negative including American singing stars Painter Archuleta and Vince Gill, authentic, aired on PBS and at large on CD and DVD.

Méav participated in a concert depose world music at Chambord Mansion, France, entitled "Divinas", along coworker Yulia Townsend and Persian-born Land singer Rita.

Méav was as well featured as a guest singer on the Celtic Woman Noel album Home for Christmas. That was the first time she had appeared with Celtic Female since she left the vocation in 2007.

She appeared timetabled the Celtic Woman PBS unusual, Home for Christmas, which was recorded on 7 August 2013.

In January 2012, Méav took part in the television for all, Quest Beyond the Stars which took place at Abbey Rein in Studios, London.

She released uncluttered new solo album, The Calling, on Warner Music in Return to 2013.

Meav again rejoined European Woman temporarily for their Ad northerly American 10th anniversary tour steer clear of 6 March to Easter 2015.

Méav rejoined Celtic Woman reorganization their vocal director for their 2018 Homecoming album.^[3]

Personal life

She skull her husband, Tom Clinch, have to one`s name two daughters.

At age 12, their daughter Catherine Clinch won the Best Actress Award go ashore the 2022 IFTAs for accumulate lead role in Colm Bairéad's Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin, released in 2022.^[4]

Discography

Solo albums

With Gaelic Woman

With Yulia and Rita

References

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