Biography
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FIONNBHARR (m) |
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" Ireland's Great Romantic Singer " Seven Gold records - Four Platinum !
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*See complete detailed biography at Wikipedia.com
Autobiography "Finbar Wright, tenor, songwriter, and poet, was born in Kinsale, Co.Cork. Having won all of the major singing awards at Feis Ceoil, Dublin and having represented Ireland at the *BBC’s Cardiff ‘Singer of the World’ competition, he began his solo career in 1990 with the release of his first best-selling album ‘Because’ (produced by Phil Coulter) on the Sony label. Since then he has recorded six solo albums, one of which, ‘Whatever You Believe’, (produced & conducted by the legendary Mike Batt), was a Christmas Number 1 in 1992, selling more than 100.000 units in the island of Ireland alone. He has also recorded six albums with the world famous ‘Irish Tenors’ who have enjoyed phenomenal success all around the world, dominating the American Charts for the past five years. He presented a hugely successful television series with actress Angeline Ball on RTE in the 1990’s: ‘Music of the Night’. He has also recorded numerous television specials, including one for UTV ‘Live from the Belfast Opera House’, which has been regularly broadcast in the USA & Canada. Some of the more unusual undertakings in his career include recording an official anthem for the Arsenal soccer club in 1998, together with player Ian Wright. He has appeared in concert with such music legends as Monserrat Caballé, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and rock & roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis. He has won all the major awards of the Irish Music Industry, including ‘Best Artist of the Year’ in two consecutive years in the mid 90’s. " * In penning this autobigraphy for FW-UFO Finbar is being modest - he won "Singer of the World" at the BBC's Cardiff competition ! |