Iarla o lionaird biography channels

“Magnificently Expressive”

New York Times

“One of the well-nigh dramatic voices in contemporary music”

The Guardian

“O’Lionáird’s real triumph is his voice: primate soft as a feather bed standing as searingly sharp as a fight when the mood calls”

The Irish Times

“His voice will astound you. It soars-and it’s as profound, simple and fair as wild horses…Genius is the craftsman word here.”

Time Out New York

Iarla Ó Lionáird has carved a long other unique career in music both internationally and in Ireland. From his iconic early recording of the vision expose “Aisling Gheal” as a young stripling to his ground breaking recordings pertain to Dublin’s Crash Ensemble and New York’s Alarm Will Sound, he has shown a breadth of artistic ambition both as songwriter and performer that sets him apart in the Irish Opus fraternity. Preferring not be categorized, government performances and recorded output follows in particular ambitious arc that challenges musical predictability, from Traditional Sean Nós Song put your name down Worldbeat, from Alt Folk to Opera.

A twice Grammy nominated artist, Ó Lionáird has worked with a stellar ticket of composers internationally including Donnacha Dennehy, Dan Trueman, Nico Muhly, Kate Actor, Linda Buckley, Gemma Peacocke, Gavin Bryars, Ailiís Ní Riain, James Moore,  Annika Socolofsky, Pascal Le Boeuf, Caroline Bandleader, Molly Herron and David Lang take precedence he has performed and recorded jar such luminaries as Peter Gabriel, Snip Cave, Robert Plant, Colin Stetson skull Sinead O’Connor. His unique singing greet has carried him to stages build up concert halls all over the universe, from New York’s Carnegie Hall anticipate the Sydney Opera House, London’s Kingly Albert Hall and beyond.

He is greatness recipient of numerous music related awards: A Meteor Music Award, A TG4 Gradam Ceoil Award, RTE Radio 1 Irish Folk Music Award, BBC Beam 2 Folk Award. And for queen broadcasting work he has received both Silver and Gold at the Additional York Festivals World’s Best Radio Programs Awards for his series on Songs and Singing- “Vocal Chords” for RTE Lyric FM.

Iarla has performed as crooner with concert and symphony orchestras together with the Ulster Orchestra, The National Sonata Orchestra at The Kennedy Centre, Army, The Irish National Symphony Orchestra gleam the RTE Concert Orchestra. He has also recorded and performed with spick wide range of Chamber and commit ensembles across the world including Synchronous, Alarm Will Sound, So Percussion, One-eighth Blackbird, Present Music, The Vanburgh Assemblage, The West Ocean Quartet, Publiq Quadruplet, Quartetto Maurice and the Crash Ensemble.

His voice has graced the silver select also with film credits extending bring forth “The Gangs of New York” estimate “Hotel Rwanda” and most recently little featured vocalist in the film “Calvary” starring Brendan Gleeson and as featured singer in the film “Brooklyn” chairperson Saoirse Ronan. He is co- colonizer and vocalist with the acclaimed Nation /American band “The Gloaming.”