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Anúna (Ireland)
Anuna was founded by Dublin born composer Michael McGlynn in 1987. Anúna explore the unique, beautiful and sometimes forgotten music and texts from ancient Ireland through Michael's original works and his powerful arrangements of medieval and traditional music. Anúna is directed by Michael and his twin brother John McGlynn. The name Anúna derives from the ancient Irish name An Uaithne, which collectively describes the three ancient types of Celtic music, Suantraí (lullaby), Geantraí (happy song) and Goltraí (lament). Anúna have performed all over the world, including the World Sacred Music Festival in Morocco, opening the prestigious Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival in 2000 and in 2004 they travelled with Irish President Mary McAleese on her state visits to Argentina and Chile. In 2005 the group toured Germany, the USA, the UK [20 dates], Portugal and Japan to coincide with the Japanese release of their album Winter Songs. Performance highlights have included the Meltdown Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London with Elvis Costello and being the first Irish group to be invited to give the first ever "Irish Prom" at the Royal Albert Hall by the BBC Proms, a singlular honour. In 2005 Anúna released Essential Anúna on Koch International record in the USA and Canada. In the UK this album, released on Universal Records went top 20 in the UK Classical Charts and top 5 in the Irish Classical Charts. The album Deep Dead Blue was nominated for a Classical Brit Award in 2000. In 2006 the group will release their first new album in six years. [ top ] © Festival 500 Designed by AppleCore Interactive |
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