Michael Malone, 19 Apr
Music & Dance. Photo: Liam Burke / Press 22
Conamara singer Síle Denvir will be presented with her Singer 2023 award
on Sunday night at the ‘Oscars of traditional music’, Gradam Ceoil TG4
2023.
The live concert and awards show takes place in Limerick and will be
broadcast live on TG4 at 9.30pm on Sunday 23 April.
Síle Denvir is a sean-nós singer, harpist, and academic whose music is
deeply influenced by the Irish language, her upbringing in the Conamara
Gaeltacht.
In addition to performing as a solo artist, Denvir is a founding member of
the traditional band Líadan and has collaborated with many musicians
throughout her career including The Chieftains, Barry Kerr, Liam Ó
Maonlaí, Martin Hayes and Úna Monaghan.
In 2018, she took part in the world premiere of Mícheál Ó
Suilleabháin’s Fill Arís, performing with Iarla Ó Lionáird and Lillis Ó
Laoire.
She is also a Lecturer at Dublin City University and is particularly
interested in Irish language song in a modern context.
She has published two books on Conamara songwriters, Tom a’ tSeoighe:
Amhráin (2020) and Ciarán Ó Fátharta: Amhráin (2008).
Denvir is an accomplished composer and the music director of the new youth
sean-nós group Bláth na hÓige.
She regularly contributes to TV and radio programmes on TG4, and on 31
March this year she released her new album, Anamnesis – a recording of
sean-nós songs in collaboration with producer John Reynolds and cellist
Caroline Dale.
2023 Gradam recipients, who represent the crème de la crème of traditional
music and song, will be joined in live performances on stage by their own
special musical guests.
The live awards show, which will be hosted by TG4 presenter, Páidí Ó
Lionáird, will also feature live performances from the seven Gradam Ceoil
2023 recipients.
A range of VIP guest presenters will also take to the stage to present the
recipients with their awards these include, Ireland’s Chief Medical
Officer Breda Smyth, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Peter Browne, Bríd Harper, Antóin Mac
Gabhann and Anna Ní Ghallachóir.
Tickets for TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards 2023, are available from Gradam Ceoil
TG4 2023 Tickets