20 Years on, Celtic Woman continues its legacy of uplifting performances packed with breath-taking harmonies and instrumental virtuosity.
Following the success of ‘Postcards From Ireland’, Celtic Woman is thrilled to return to US and Canadian audiences in 2024 with a brand-new live show to celebrate this milestone.
Celtic Woman’s fresh blend of traditional and contemporary Irish music echoes Ireland’s rich musical and cultural heritage, while reflecting the vibrant spirit of modern Ireland.
With Irish dancers, bagpipers and an array of traditional Irish instruments - including the bodhrán, tin whistle and uilleann pipes - this dynamic and multi-talented show has captivated audiences all around the world.
Celtic Woman’s amazing 20 year legacy includes 12 #1 albums, 13 chart topping DVDs, 10 million album sales and almost 3 billion streams.
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Tara McNeill is a violinist, singer and harpist from Antrim, Ireland.
In August 2016 Tara became a member of the Irish Music Sensation ‘Celtic Woman’. She is the second violinist to join the #1 World Music Artists and she is also the first multi-instrumentalist as she brings her harp and voice to the group.
Tara graduated with First class honours in the BA in Music Performance (violin) at the Royal Irish Academy of Music under the tuition of Michael D’Arcy. She has toured China, Argentina, Chile and Mexico with Camerata Ireland and world-renowned pianist, Barry Douglas, performed with the RTE Concert Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra, led the Ulster Youth Orchestra and both the RIAM Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. Tara performed the Irish premiere of Finzi’s Violin Concerto in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in April, 2013.
Tara has toured Canada, China, Japan and Holland as both a singer and solo violinist with the vocal group Anúna. She is also the solo violinist on their album ‘Illumination’. In Celtic Woman’s 2015 TV special ‘Destiny’, Tara appeared playing the harp.
Orchestral tours have taken Tara throughout Europe, China, Japan, Korea and America performing in venues such as Carnegie hall, New York, Oriental Arts Centre, Shanghai and the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing. She has won many awards including the Inaugural Flax Trust Classics £5000 bursary and The George & Angela Moore Flax Trust Classics Audience Award in 2012, the Leo Gibney Award for Chamber Music (RIAM), Ballymena Music Festival’s prestigious Young Instrumentalist Award in 2009 and Holywood Music Festival’s Ulster Bank Festival Gala Cup and the d’Arcy Cup and Award in 2010.