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Fionnuala Sherry (2008)

Fionnuala Sherry [ fɪˈnuːɘlɘ ˈʃɛɹi ] (born September 20, 1962 ) is an Irish violinist and singer. She is the female half of the new instrumental duo Secret Garden , which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 with the predominantly instrumental piece " Nocturne ".

Live and act

Sherry started playing the violin at the age of eight. She graduated from the College of Music at Trinity College , Dublin , after moving to Dublin at the age of fifteen to pursue her musical education. Her professional career began with ten years as a member of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra .

Sherry has worked with a variety of musicians including The Chieftains , Sinéad O'Connor , Van Morrison , Chris de Burgh , Bono, and Wet Wet Wet . She has also recorded several Hollywood film scores with the Irish Film Orchestra , including Room with a View and The Mask .

Her instrument of choice , both live and in the studio, is an English John Edward Betts violin from 1790 with a bow made by WE Hill & Sons.

Sherry developed and presented a children's musical television show on Irish national television. In 2010 she married businessman Bernard Doyle. In the same year she released the solo album Songs from Before in Ireland . The album was released by Hearts of Space Records in the USA and Canada in the spring of 2011 .

In February 2015, she broke both arms while walking in Dublin, but was able to perform again six months later.

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credentials

  1. ↑ Dave Thompson: Biography: Secret Garden . AMG . Retrieved May 9, 2010.}
  2. ↑ Bio. Retrieved March 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ "Songs from Before" New in Ireland . In: fionnualasherry.com . Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  4. ↑ New music by Fionnuala Sherry from the Secret Garden . In: Valley-Entertainment . Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  5. ↑ Barry Egan: 'I know I'll play again' - Eurovision winner and fiddle player who broke both her arms . Irish Independent . March 8, 2015. Accessed May 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Sylvia Thompson: My Health Experience: The broken bones that put a musical career on hold. Accessed March 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Sherry, Fionnuala
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish violinist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1962