Internationally acclaimed choral ensemble Anuna - the Ireland's National Choir will visit Beijing on August 21.

Irish choral music has little history before the latter part of the twentieth century. In 1987 Dublin composer Michael McGlynn founded ANúNA. Much of the group's repertoire explores the relationship between traditional choral ideas in combination with the musical heritage of McGlynn's native land. The choir's name, originally An Uaithne, derives from the collective term for the three ancient types of Irish music, Suantraí (lullaby), Geantraí (happy song) and Goltraí (lament). They have, over the last quarter century, created a unique choral voice for Ireland, receiving wide accoladed for the originality of their performances, recordings and the natural quality of their vocal production. The choir is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Anúna have released sixteen albums since 1991. Invocation won an Irish National Entertainment Award for Classical music, while Deep Dead Blue was nominated for a Classical Brit Award. Their albums have featured in various charts all over the world. Celtic Origins, also an award-winning PBS show and DVD, became the number one selling CD on the US World Music Charts in August 2007 (according to Nielsen Soundscan) while September 2011 saw their album Christmas Memories reaching number 95 in the Billboard 200 Album Chart. They have been signed to some of the world’s major record labels including Decca, Universal Classics, Polygram, E1 and Philips.

Date: August 21, 2015

Venue: Concert Hall of the NCPA

Add: No. 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing

Source: NCPA