Date: Sunday, 8. p.m. March, 24. 2024.
Venue: The MVM Dome multifunctional hall – District IX., 131 Üllői út – Budapest.
Loreena McKennitt is a singer-songwriter, who was born to Irish and Scottish parents in Morden, Manitoba – Canada. Loreena McKennitt brings an eclectic mix of Celtic music, pop and folk, but this many of my readers know very well … right?
McKennitt one-of-a-kind … magical, enchantingly captivating individual. Her beautiful haunting notes float around you … such a refuge in this chaotic world.
Wish to spend a magnificent evenning personally at her concert, thereby discover a voice of angel and her awesome band, catch her live … mark the date … venue then off you go to grab your ticket.
As part of of their European tour will visit Budapest in the Spring. What else can be beside her awesome concert than the Spring’s warmth breeze connected to her awesome tunes.
McKennitt and her brilliant musicians will be touring on the “Visit Revisited Tour – 2024” visiting 10 countries and Great Britain within 24 peformances “Visit Revisited Tour” beginning on March, 6. Eindhoven – The Netherlands and conclude at London Palladium on April, 8. Inbetween they perform in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Poland and Hungary.
Loreena McKennitt will be accompanied by: Caroline Lavelle (cello), Brian Hughes (guitar), Hugh Marsh (violin) and Dudley Phillips (bass).
A quicky reminder of McKennitt music path goes here … Starting her music career in 1985, her eclectic blend of pop, Celtic folk and world music has led her to achieve multi-Platinum status across the Globe, as well as earning two Juno Awards, two Grammy nominations and a Billboard Music Award for International Achievement. The tour celebrates her Juno Award-winning album The Visit, which was released in Canada in 1991 and achieved international success in 1992. Have had sold more than 14 million albums worldwide during her career. Her recordings have achieved gold, platinum and multi-platinum status in 15 countries and four continents. She has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award and won two Juno Awards, as well achieved Billboard International Award. In July 2004, Governor Adrienne Clarkson of Canada awarded her the Order of Canada, the country’s most prestigious civilian award.
“Nights from the Alhambra” was released in August 2007. In 2008, she composed a new song, the theme song for the Disney film Tinker Bell: “To The Fairies They Draw Near”. The filmmakers were so impressed with the singer that they asked her to act as the film’s narrator. In the spring of 2008, McKennitt returned to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios to record A Midwinter Night’s Dream, an expanded version of 1995’s A Winter Garden. The album was scheduled for release in November 2008.
She and her band played full house at some of the world’s most respected and historic concert halls … Carnegie Hall, September, 2006 and at the famous Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, the show first aired on PBS and a 3-disc DVD/CD edition titled “Nights from the Alhambra” was released in August 2007.
In 2008, she composed a new song, the theme song for the Disney film Tinker Bell: “To The Fairies They Draw Near”. The filmmakers were so impressed with the singer that they asked her to act as the film’s narrator. In the spring of 2008, McKennitt returned to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios to record A Midwinter Night’s Dream, an expanded version of 1995’s A Winter Garden. The album was scheduled for release in November 2008.
Loreena McKennitt has also performed for “Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Majesty King Charles III” and other heads of state personals.
Recommandation by Aggie Reiter
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