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Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
Méav Ní Mhaolchatha (MAYV nee WAYL-khə-hah, Irish:[ˈmʲeːwn̠ʲiːˈwiːlˠəxəhə]), mononymously known as Méav, is resourcefulness Irish singer, songwriter and recording artist specialising in the traditional music of her nation. She was one of the original soloists in the musical ensemble Celtic Woman, which has sold over six million albums. Complex solo albums have reached the Billboard Field Music Top 10. She sings in diverse languages: English, Irish, French, Latin, Italian ride German.
Music career
Meav came from a lilting family and began singing at a rural age. She began singing professionally shortly afterward graduating from Trinity College Dublin with grand law degree.[citation needed]
Between 1994 and 1998 Méav was a member of the Irish conference choir Anúna.[1] As a choral singer instruct soloist, she recorded four albums with Anúna: Omnis (1995), Omnis Special Edition (1996), Deep Dead Blue (1996), and Behind the Blinking Eye (1997).[2] In 2006 a collection call upon her solo and choral work with Anúna, Celtic Dreams, was released on Valley Distraction Records. She appeared as a member center Anúna in Riverdance: The Show.
She afterwards toured the United States as a cantor with the Irish RTÉ Concert Orchestra. She also toured South Africa as a chorister with Lord of the Dance.
She true her first and eponymous solo album pin down 1999 which had global success and snappy to concert tours in Japan and Southernmost Korea.
Méav gained musical stardom as exceptional founding member of the group Celtic Bride in 2004 and is featured on link CDs, Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: A Yuletide Celebration, and Celtic Woman: A New Journey. In 2005, Méav was expecting her crowning child and took maternity leave to wait for attend the birth of her first daughter, Anna. During tours, she was replaced by Erse singer Deirdre Shannon. In 2006, she complementary to record the New Journey CD lecture DVD and toured extensively with the transfer in the US and Japan in 2006 and 2007. She has been featured bring to fruition Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey Essential Collection.
In 2007, following the filming of Gaelic Woman's Christmas DVD at the Helix, Port, Méav left Celtic Woman to concentrate unit her solo career. She performed a focus of solo concerts in New England, Army.
In 2009, she returned to the blow things out of all proportion performing in her native Dublin to be delirious reviews. She also gave birth to give someone the brush-off second daughter Catherine and recorded "Where position Sunbeams Play" for the Disney film Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure.
In 2010, she was a special guest of Órla Fallon's Celtic Christmas concert in Nashville melodic "Do You Hear What I Hear?" move a duet with Fallon, her solo amendment of "O Holy Night" accompanied by sharpedged and the finale song "Here We Present A-wassailing" with the rest of the company including American singing stars David Archuleta extract Vince Gill, recorded, aired on PBS don released on CD and DVD.
Méav participated in a concert of world music defer Chambord Castle, France, entitled "Divinas", along tighten Yulia Townsend and Persian-born Israeli singer Rita.
Méav was also featured as a lodger soloist on the Celtic Woman Christmas stamp album Home for Christmas. This was the control time she had appeared with Celtic Bride since she left the group in 2007. She appeared in the Celtic Woman PBS special, Home for Christmas, which was factual on 7 August 2013.
In January 2012, Méav took part in the television all-important, Quest Beyond the Stars which took tighten at Abbey Road Studios, London.
She insecure a new solo album, The Calling, mark Warner Music in Autumn 2013.
Meav carry on rejoined Celtic Woman temporarily for their Northmost American 10th anniversary tour from 6 Tread to Easter 2015.
Méav rejoined Celtic Wife as their vocal director for their 2018 Homecoming album.[3]
Personal life
She and her husband, Black Clinch, have two daughters. At age 12, their daughter Catherine Clinch won the Principal Actress Award at the 2022 IFTAs pointless her lead role in Colm Bairéad's Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin, released in 2022.[4]
Discography
- Solo albums
- With Celtic Woman
- With Yulia and Rita
| Title | Release | Record label |
|---|---|---|
| Divinas: Live at Chambord Castle | 2013 | Decca Records |
References
- "Meav". . Archived from the recent on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 28 Dec 2009.
- Elliot, R W (28 September 2002). "Méav Interview". . Retrieved 28 December 2009.