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maire breatnach's
biography
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Máire is a musician of exceptional calibre in a number of music related
disciplines. Traditional music and musicology have featured largely in her life and have been a source of great inspiration in her work. Having obtained B.A., B.Mus. and M.A. degrees at U.C.D., she lectured there and in the College of Music, D.I.T. before embarking on a freelance career. Máire has composed and recorded four solo albums: Angels' Candles, The Voyage of Bran, Celtic Lovers and Dreams and Visions in Irish Song - Aislingí Ceoil. |
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| On fiddle,
viola, whistles, piano and keyboards, guitar and vocals, Máire has performed
and recorded with Riverdance, Christy Moore, Alan Stivell,
Ronan Keating, Máire Brennan, Phil Chevron, Sinead O' Connor, Altan, Sharon
Shannon, Mary Black, Mike Oldfield, Donovan,
Dave Gilmour, Sarah Brightman, Gavin Friday, Nigel
Kennedy, Donal Lunny, Dolores Keane, Ronnie Drew,
Liam Ó Maonlaí, Ronan Hardiman and Bill Whelan. As a record producer, she has worked with Sonny Condell, Johnny McEvoy, Jim McCann, The Black Family, Keith Donald, Pádraigín Ní Úallacháin, Méav and Lasairfhióna Ní Chonaola. tv and film credits include Glenroe, Tinteán, and Voyage (RTE), A Freezing Summer (Japan), Angela Mooney Dies Again, In The Name of the Father, The Secret of Roan Inish, Rob Roy and Moondance. Recently, Máire has featured on the two chart-topping albums, Tears of Stone (The Chieftains), which subesquently won a Grammy award, and Éist, for which she wrote the title song, a duet with Brian Kennedy. Máire Breatnach is currently working on her fifth solo album. |