Carmel Conway

卡蜜兒(Carmel Conway)出生于愛爾蘭的音樂世家，三歲就開始學習音樂，漂亮的臉蛋下有一個天生的好歌聲，得天獨厚的外在與內在徹底發(fā)揮在音樂上的出色表現(xiàn)，融合流行古典民謠爵士等多種跨界音樂風格，仿佛人間天籟甜美溫暖如嫩芽般清新的潔凈美聲；2007年被經紀公司發(fā)掘、卡蜜兒即受邀至愛爾蘭總統(tǒng)音樂會中獻唱，并擔任愛爾蘭國寶民謠團體“首領樂團”(Chieftains)於美國巡迴的特別嘉賓，緊接著2008年開始籌備錄制個人專輯，開始一連串美國、加拿大與歐洲的巡迴之旅大受好評，除了美國【福斯電視】(Fox)專訪卡蜜兒現(xiàn)場演唱，【洛杉磯時報】(Los Angeles Times)更贊嘆卡蜜兒“充滿甜美情感歌唱技巧的純凈歌聲唱出有如清晨云霧里清新露珠的感覺”。?
"Since I was a child I have loved all the different styles of singer and singing. My first recollection of singing was at my grandmother’s house where my Aunt would play her selection of records. Her house was a place I could sing along to artists as diverse as Neil Sedaka, Blondie and The Carpenters. We would also have great fun dancing to the disco classics of ABBA and The Bee Gees.
But although I loved pop and contemporary, I also learned to love classical music. Some of my favourite classical singers are the amazing Pavarotti, Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp and Tebaldi to mention a few.
Basically, I love all kinds of music and singing and would never box myself in – music is infinite! I see wonderful singers emerging all the time and it really doesn’t matter to me what they sing as long as it’s performed well, with honesty and feeling."
Carmel Conway is one of the most exciting talents to emerge from Ireland in a number of years. Her debut album, This Beautiful Day was released online and in Ireland at the end of 2008 and continues to be released territory by territory throughout the world with further releases lined up for 2010. Having completed a series of highly successful shows in Los Angeles, Monterey, New York, Boston and Connecticut in addition to her guest appearances with artists such as The Chieftains, Nanci Griffith and Paul Brady in both the US and Ireland, Carmel is well on the way to developing her name and profile internationally.
Having wowed audiences in Ireland and the US with her incredible vocal technique, she is setting her sights on impressing audiences further afield with the songs from her new album. Featuring a great mix of new, contemporary material and a few of her own versions of better-known songs, the album has already received glowing reviews internationally.
From a very young age, Carmel was singing songs by people like Barbara Streisand, The Carpenters and Sarah Brightman and more recently has been influenced by artists such as Josh Groban, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Randy Newman. She received private tuition from an early age and managed to develop an outstanding level of technique which never fails to impress her audiences.
In these earlier years she won many of the major vocal competitions that exist in Ireland and received consistently glowing audience reactions for her solo performances. She is as comfortable in an intimate setting as she is singing to audiences of 2,000 or more at some of the best known concert venues in the US and Ireland including ?Walt Disney Hall Los Angeles, The Kimmel Center Philadelphia, The National Concert Hall in Dublin, The Waterfront Hall in Belfast and University Concert Hall Limerick.
In late 2006, a change of musical emphasis saw Carmel begin preparations for her debut album, which was recorded through December 2007 and February 2008 with The Irish Film Orchestra. The album was produced by the renowned arranger / producer Fiachra Trench (Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, The Corrs and many more) and includes a selection of great songs ranging from pop ballads to contemporary roots material.