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Keedie - 'My Reason': Keedie, who is from Wolverhampton via Torquay, left school at 14 to pursue a full-time career as a singer. At 16 she signed her first recording contract, but quickly became disillusioned, and with the support of her family, decided to go it alone. A few months later Keedie was approached by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who asked her to record the theme for his new play with Blue’s Duncan James. The album was extremely popular, entering the charts at number two. In between Lloyd Webber's offer and its...
Posted 16 October 2008 11:56 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: classical, andrew lloyd webber, emi classics, pop, washington film festival, duncan james, miami, mick davis 2004 film, torquay, 16, recording contract, wolverhampton, i believe my heart, blue, bucharest, modigliani, my reason, keedie

Gardar Thor Cortes - Luna: Gardar Thór Cortes is one of Iceland’s brightest new classical stars - a unique talent from a unique land. Cortes’ mother was an established pianist and his father, who left an international career to found the Icelandic Opera and Reykajavik Symphony Orchestra. His father was a world-class tenor whose contemporaries include Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. Under no pressure to follow in his father’s footsteps, soon after he turned 18, Cortes decided to pursue a career as a singer. As a result...
Posted 08 October 2008 10:46 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: coppenhagen, iceland, phantom of the opera, rich sounding tenor, new york, syphony orchestra, raoul, katherine jenkins, vienna, gardar thor cortes, reykjavik school of singing, royal academy of music, andrew lloyd webber, luna, icelandic opera