Post by jimg on Sept 19, 2011 11:49:13 GMT
There is an large article in Die Presse about Hayley:
In Fact you could almost call it a biography
The translation is by Google
Link t.co/AX1Ak6W9
Hayley Westenra: A classical muse
Singer Hayley Westenra has with her voice, Queen Elizabeth. Now she interpreted the works of film composer Ennio Morricone new.
She has golden blond hair, an elfin voice and a face as pale as the pin-ups from the forties. Hayley Westenra, 23 years old, from Christchurch, New Zealand, like whether their interpretation of songs ranging from pop and classical music as the "biggest selling classical artist of the 21st century" means. No wonder: Even Westenra's first album "Pure" in 2003, became an international bestseller. Since then, Westenra has sold over four million albums. Lack of experience of the singer, who lives mainly in London certainly does not. With six years she was the first time on stage, at 14 she had her first recording contract. The success of life seems to like Westenra: She likes to be chauffeured to the rich and powerful to sing them. Ex-president George W. Bush, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Queen Elizabeth or the Dalai Lama enjoyed already Westenra singing. On the occasion of the presentation of her new album "Paradise" invited the record company in the private members club above the London's legendary gourmet temple, "The Ivy". Sophisticated canapés and drinks provided for the proper mental mood for the ceremony. Westenra was live a few excerpts from her new song cycle "Paradiso", a project that she realized together with Ennio Morricone, the doyen of European film composers, "I'm incredibly proud that I could contribute to this project. This album has occupied me for a full year, "she told the" shop window ". Then her voice softens, "Mr. Morricone has taken me seriously. He has artistically very concerned about me, guided me. And if I feel fine, I get the best performance. " New possibilities of expression. Together, this unlikely duo has now fourteen of Morricone's pieces from films like "Cinema Paradiso" and "Once Upon A Time In The West developed." Westenra wrote two of the texts that come from other lyricists such as Tim Rice, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Joan Baez and Mary Morricone. "My interpretation opportunities have increased with each passing year. I dig deeper and deeper into me and I always find new ways of expression, "says Westenra on her artistic development. No question: You have to look like a bit of pathos, wants to penetrate into the world of Westenra. Even if the 23-year-old looks relaxed in conversation, as if the fact be taken as a teenager under contract, contributed to a more positive personality development. Because private Westenra seems remarkably normal: school, she never neglected her friend and also is a prominent French engineer. Maybe she has learned the relaxation but also by the Verkehrstod two friends. At that time she fell into a deep crisis, hardly ate anything and did not recur. To return from the deep, they had to re-evaluate their own lives. Westenra began to appreciate their privileged position as the singer suddenly again and eat again. With all the consequences: Recently, she had even developed a soft spot for moderate McDonalds food, she says. The new force they can at least need: Westenra was recently appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is the youngest, ever. At home in Chiswick, west London, it is therefore rare. "I'm just not used to have a permanent home. Therefore, it looks to me from it a bit wild. "What also has to do with the other charitable organizations in which active Westenra. Caused as a major earthquake this year in her home town of Christchurch in New Zealand severe damage Westenra flew down immediately to put up money through benefit concerts for the victims. In her art, she may rely on a kind of "aesthetic ideal world" in real life, she looks away and does not act. "Paradiso" Westenra considers her most mature work to date. "It is darker and more complex than anything I've ever taken. Thanks Ennio Morricone I've invested so many emotions as never before in an album. His beautiful melodies are simply not of this world. "
Members of the legendary London club above gourmet temple, "The Ivy". Sophisticated canapés and drinks provided for the proper mental mood for the ceremony. Westenra was live a few excerpts from her new song cycle "Paradiso", a project that she realized together with Ennio Morricone, the doyen of European film composers, "I'm incredibly proud that I could contribute to this project. This album has occupied me for a full year, "she told the" shop window ". Then her voice softens, "Mr. Morricone has taken me seriously. He has artistically very concerned about me, guided me. And if I feel fine, I get the best performance. "
In Fact you could almost call it a biography
The translation is by Google
Link t.co/AX1Ak6W9
Hayley Westenra: A classical muse
Singer Hayley Westenra has with her voice, Queen Elizabeth. Now she interpreted the works of film composer Ennio Morricone new.
She has golden blond hair, an elfin voice and a face as pale as the pin-ups from the forties. Hayley Westenra, 23 years old, from Christchurch, New Zealand, like whether their interpretation of songs ranging from pop and classical music as the "biggest selling classical artist of the 21st century" means. No wonder: Even Westenra's first album "Pure" in 2003, became an international bestseller. Since then, Westenra has sold over four million albums. Lack of experience of the singer, who lives mainly in London certainly does not. With six years she was the first time on stage, at 14 she had her first recording contract. The success of life seems to like Westenra: She likes to be chauffeured to the rich and powerful to sing them. Ex-president George W. Bush, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Queen Elizabeth or the Dalai Lama enjoyed already Westenra singing. On the occasion of the presentation of her new album "Paradise" invited the record company in the private members club above the London's legendary gourmet temple, "The Ivy". Sophisticated canapés and drinks provided for the proper mental mood for the ceremony. Westenra was live a few excerpts from her new song cycle "Paradiso", a project that she realized together with Ennio Morricone, the doyen of European film composers, "I'm incredibly proud that I could contribute to this project. This album has occupied me for a full year, "she told the" shop window ". Then her voice softens, "Mr. Morricone has taken me seriously. He has artistically very concerned about me, guided me. And if I feel fine, I get the best performance. " New possibilities of expression. Together, this unlikely duo has now fourteen of Morricone's pieces from films like "Cinema Paradiso" and "Once Upon A Time In The West developed." Westenra wrote two of the texts that come from other lyricists such as Tim Rice, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Joan Baez and Mary Morricone. "My interpretation opportunities have increased with each passing year. I dig deeper and deeper into me and I always find new ways of expression, "says Westenra on her artistic development. No question: You have to look like a bit of pathos, wants to penetrate into the world of Westenra. Even if the 23-year-old looks relaxed in conversation, as if the fact be taken as a teenager under contract, contributed to a more positive personality development. Because private Westenra seems remarkably normal: school, she never neglected her friend and also is a prominent French engineer. Maybe she has learned the relaxation but also by the Verkehrstod two friends. At that time she fell into a deep crisis, hardly ate anything and did not recur. To return from the deep, they had to re-evaluate their own lives. Westenra began to appreciate their privileged position as the singer suddenly again and eat again. With all the consequences: Recently, she had even developed a soft spot for moderate McDonalds food, she says. The new force they can at least need: Westenra was recently appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is the youngest, ever. At home in Chiswick, west London, it is therefore rare. "I'm just not used to have a permanent home. Therefore, it looks to me from it a bit wild. "What also has to do with the other charitable organizations in which active Westenra. Caused as a major earthquake this year in her home town of Christchurch in New Zealand severe damage Westenra flew down immediately to put up money through benefit concerts for the victims. In her art, she may rely on a kind of "aesthetic ideal world" in real life, she looks away and does not act. "Paradiso" Westenra considers her most mature work to date. "It is darker and more complex than anything I've ever taken. Thanks Ennio Morricone I've invested so many emotions as never before in an album. His beautiful melodies are simply not of this world. "
Members of the legendary London club above gourmet temple, "The Ivy". Sophisticated canapés and drinks provided for the proper mental mood for the ceremony. Westenra was live a few excerpts from her new song cycle "Paradiso", a project that she realized together with Ennio Morricone, the doyen of European film composers, "I'm incredibly proud that I could contribute to this project. This album has occupied me for a full year, "she told the" shop window ". Then her voice softens, "Mr. Morricone has taken me seriously. He has artistically very concerned about me, guided me. And if I feel fine, I get the best performance. "