Biography
Her music is often referred to as Anti-Stresses, mystical, and Eney - Fee itself, a mysterious Celtic performer, reviving Gaelney tunes on the CDs of the twentieth century. The number of albums sold by it is calculated by millions of copies, and she did not give a single concert for life. The phenomenon of the most mysterious star of Ireland for decades is interested in music lovers from around the world.Childhood and youth
Egnia Patrick either Brennan was born on May 17, 1961, perhaps in the most musical family of Ireland. Her homeland is the village of Dor-Bartley, belonging to the region of Guidor, known as the cradle of Irish culture: folk songs, dances, customs. At the Atlantic County Coast, Donegal and to this day respected the legacy of the Celts, they speak Gaelic.
In the clan of the Brennans there were 9 offspring. The Irish singer has 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Aniya became the sixth child of Baba and her husband Leo. On Gael's name of the girl Eithne, i.e. ENIA, as the combination of letters "TH" is not pronounced by the rules. Ní Bhraonáin, i.e. Neither Brennan literally "daughter Brennanov". Subsequently, to avoid difficulties with reading from fans and producers, the performer will agree with the English-speaking interpretation of the name - ENYA, i.e. Ani, and from the surname to work at all.
Love for melodies at her family in blood. The father of adolescent was interested in church music, Celtic ballads composed in adulthood, the mother taught music in high school. Born without a small football team also brought together vocal and instrumental creativity, encouraging the beautiful. Anna chose piano, interested in classics.
Brennanov clan - Happy Irish Jackson Adaptation. In 1968, cousins and the older singer brothers founded the An Clann As Dobhair group, the name of which, due to the same difficulties of translating with Gelsky, the international later changed to Clannad.
The relatives initially performed in the tavern of Leo Brennan, and later the European popularity was newly popular as performers of Celtic Folka mixed with Rock and New Age. At the time of the base of the team of Enyi was only 7 years old, but immediately after graduation, she joined the team, where her sister, Moya had already taken the lead place, played on the harp.
From 1980 to 1982, the girl performed in the family team, played on the keyboards and sang, but later decided to start the solo career. In his youth, did not participate in noisy parties, I did not meet with the guys, did not get into the bad, but ordinary teenage situations, occasionally met with girlfriends. As the performer tells later, the fact is that the music appeared in life earlier and filled everything.
Music
While working with Clannad, Anna met Nicky Ryan, the group manager. After the European tour of the wards, he left the team, and the young performer left behind him, moved to Dublin and was preparing for the beginning of a solo career. Niki became an agent, and his wife Roma Ryan is the author of the songs.
An One has repeatedly said that a success of 2/3 is obliged to Ryanam, a meeting with which the fateful for her creative biography. In 1984, Niki's manager received an order for music to the full-length film of the popular producer David Patnam.
Working with a talented Irish came to him. He promoted the cooperation of Enya with the Air Force Channel. The girl created musical accompaniment for the documentary series dedicated to the history and culture of the Celts. Work on the project was carried out for 10 months. According to the result, the sound design of the "Celts" liked the audience so much that the Air Force was issued after the end of the broadcasting by a separate collection. The album was called briefly and just - Enya.
With the years later, the recycled disk with the new name The Celts released the Warner Brothers label, with the British division of which Eney signed the contract in 1987. The head of the Studio Rob Dickins inspired the singer's vocals operating outside the format and, as mistakenly seemed to be outside the commercial mainstream. Rob decided to make a new world-famous star from the Gaelic girl.
The album Watermark brought Enyi world popularity. Otherworld, magical, ethereal vocal, the most complex cutting of vocal parties, a combination of musical instruments and folk Celtic jackets blew up the charts of many countries of the world. Songs were so distinguished from the usual compositions of the 80s that some critics suggested that the flickering of New Aidge and folk sound waves are a consequence of drug intake.
The singer noted that during the final information of the album, she took painkillers due to the injury of the leg, but the fact of the creative process had a relationship. The following works were proved, and now the performing manner of ENII is unique and recognizable all over the world.
After 20 months, a presentation of the Shepherd Moons disk was held, which lasted in the Billboard 199 week hit parade, i.e. Almost 4 years. For the new creation, the singer recorded a dozen songs - exactly the same amount entered the new album.
In 2000, Single Only Time headed the charts in many countries of the world, and the sales of the album A Day with Rain took off after a number of TV channels used the track in the plots illuminating the tragic events of September 11.
Large breaks in discography - Corporate Sign of Aniya. From 1987 to 2015, she released only 9 albums. The pause between And Winter Came and Dark Sky Island amounted to a record 7 years. Dark Sky Island came out in two versions: the usual and extended Deluxe Edition with several clips and bonus tracks.
Enya scrupulously works on each composition, recording vocal parties and complex orchestra. For the same reason, it never gives concerts - to reproduce some of the songs you need choirs and dozens of musicians playing various tools. Substuration and severity in the work explains this way:
"I spend the clock to think about the fact that the last thing you write will be the last thing you will write in general."Creativity, Enya, received recognition in the film industry. During the career, she released soundtracks to the popular ribbons: comedy "Residence permit" with Gerard Depardieu and Andy McDaull, Melodrame "Los Angeles History" with Steve Martin, Drama "Far and far" with Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, as well as "The Epoch of Innocence", filmed by Martin Scorsese.
The MAY IT BE composition brought the greatest popularity of the singer. Written in co-authorship with a couple of Ryan and the famous Hollywood film composer Howard Shor, the song became the decoration of the first part of the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" - "Brotherhood of the Ring". For her, Anna received the Golden Globe, several World Music Awards awards and a nomination for Oscar.
Personal life
About personal life knows little. Does not like to appear in public, avoids mass events. Frequently visits his native Dor Bartley, visiting loved ones. The artist was not married, there are no children. He lives in Dublin in the old castle of the XIX century, as the fairy relies.
The history of the structure is curious. The castle was built in 1840 to the coronation of Queen Victoria. In 1928 he burned down, but was restored to the smallest details. In 1995, the complex is transformed into an entertainment tourist center. Two years later, Eniya acquired him and made Mandley by analogy with the name of the fictional house in his beloved novel Daphne Duz Make Rebecca.
Eney Now
For 2018, the year of information about the singer and its creative plans, as well as the details of a private life.Albums
- 1987 - Enya.
- 1988 - Watermark.
- 1991 - SHEPHERD MOONS
- 1992 - The Celts
- 1995 - The Memory Of Trees
- 2000 - A Day Wort Rain
- 2005 - Amarantine.
- 2008 - and Winter Came
- 2015 - Dark Sky Island