Post by Joe on Oct 4, 2011 2:29:14 GMT
An excellent interview from today with Michael Slenske of Interview Magazine
a portion is below:
Please read the rest of the article here... www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/music/2011-10-03/hayley-westenra-ennio-morricone-paradiso/
a portion is below:
Keeping Score with Morricone: Hayley Westenra
By Michael Slenske 10/03/2011 04:00 PM
Fifteen years ago, Hayley Westenra's first-grade teacher recognized her student could sing and gave her a role in her end of year production of The Littlest Star. "I was given the role of the star, which was quite appropriate because I was quite small," says the New Zealand-born, London-based soprano. "From that point, I realized I liked singing."
That's a bit of an understatement for a girl who went from busking on the streets of Christchurch to having Ennio Morricone write new compositions for her (while letting her pen lyrics for—and sing them over—some of his most famous arrangements), as he's done for their new collaborative album, Paradiso, which drops tomorrow.
By Michael Slenske 10/03/2011 04:00 PM
Fifteen years ago, Hayley Westenra's first-grade teacher recognized her student could sing and gave her a role in her end of year production of The Littlest Star. "I was given the role of the star, which was quite appropriate because I was quite small," says the New Zealand-born, London-based soprano. "From that point, I realized I liked singing."
That's a bit of an understatement for a girl who went from busking on the streets of Christchurch to having Ennio Morricone write new compositions for her (while letting her pen lyrics for—and sing them over—some of his most famous arrangements), as he's done for their new collaborative album, Paradiso, which drops tomorrow.
Please read the rest of the article here... www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/music/2011-10-03/hayley-westenra-ennio-morricone-paradiso/
