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Ever since he released his first album âBecauseâ in 1990, Finbar Wright has been a household name in Ireland. Twenty years on, his achievements have been impressive, surpassing even the high expectations of music gurus such as producers Mike Batt and Phil Coulter who both worked on some of his earliest albums and correctly predicted that he would be a world star. He has performed in all the major concert halls around the globe from the Albert Hall in London to Sydney Opera House; from the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles to Carnegie Hall, New York. Working alongside some of the greatest orchestras in the world, he has sung with famous performers as diverse as Jerry Lee Lewis and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, and from Bryn Terfel of Wales to Montserrat Caballé of Spain. His most recent album is entitled âWhen I Need Loveâ on the Dara Records label and he is currently working on his autobiography which he hopes to have ready for release at the end of 2010.

Extended biography
Finbar Wright, tenor, songwriter, and poet, was born in Kinsale, Co.Cork, Ireland.
Growing up on a farm, his musical education began at the age of six when he received instruction on the piano from the dedicated and well-loved teacher, Maura Hourihane. The passion for music that she instilled in him has remained with him throughout his life and was further developed and nurtured throughout his years of education, especially in Spain, where he studied for two years. There he was captured by the beauty and colour of Spanish music and performed his first solo song with the University Choir of Palencia, a haunting basque folksong âAgur Jaunakâ.
In later years, at his audition for The Cork School of Music, one of the oldest schools of music in the world, Dr.Declan Townshend, then Head of Vocal Studies, famously declared that Finbar had âgold in his throatâ. Finbar worked hard at proving him correct while studying singing there with Robert Beare, piano with distinguished Spanish pianist Angel Climent, who was to be his accompanist for many years, and theory of music with the renowned scholar George Dunne.
On his path to becoming a professional singer, Finbar studied with such renowned performers as Ernst Haefligger, the beautiful & accomplished Romanian soprano, Ileana Cotrubas, and, finally, with Irelandâs legendary Veronica Dunne.

Having won all of the major singing awards at Feis Maitiu, Cork and at the Feis Ceoil, Dublin, and having represented Ireland at the BBCâs Cardiff âSinger of the Worldâ competition, he began his solo career in 1990 with the release of his first best-selling album âBecauseâ ,(produced by Phil Coulter), on the Sony label.
Since then he has recorded seven solo albums, one of which, âWhatever You Believeâ, (produced & conducted by the renowned 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 eight albums with the world famous âIrish Tenorsâ who have enjoyed phenomenal success all around the world, dominating the American Charts for the past ten years.

He presented a hugely successful television series with actress Angeline Ball on RTE in the 1990âs: âMusic of the Nightâ. He has also recorded numerous television specials, including one for UTV âLive from the Belfast Opera Houseâ, which has been regularly broadcast in the USA & Canada. In 2006, as part of The Irish Tenors he recorded a ten-part series for RTE television, which has been broadcast with great acclaim and includes, among its guests, the renowned composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

He has performed at many historical world events in recent times, including the reading of the Gospel at Pope John Paul IIâs legendary first Papal Mass at the Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 1979; the impressive State Dinner given in honour of U.S. President Bill Clinton at Dublin Castle in 1995; and he performed live for âGood Morning Americaâ during its coverage of President Reaganâs funeral on Capitol Hill, Washington in 2004.
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 several of the major awards of the Irish Music Industry, including âBest Artist of the Yearâ in two consecutive years in the mid 90âs.

Website: www.finbarwright.com
Fan site: www.finbarwright-ufo.com