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Cecilia is a Classical crossover singer, who originally comes from Norway. Known for her famous rendition of Amazing Grace.
She has released 7 albums, 2 by Universal Music, and performed worldwide, selling several hundred thousand albums with virtually no mainstream publicity.
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Cecilia (Norwegian singer)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cecilia is a Classical crossover singer, who originally comes from Norway. Known for her famous rendition of Amazing Grace.
She has released 7 albums, 2 by Universal Music, and performed worldwide, selling several hundred thousand albums with virtually no mainstream publicity.
Career
Cecilia has toured with Hay House published authors worldwide, as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson and Stuart Wilde, and performed in countries as Norway, Japan, England, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and United States. She has performed at large venues including the Hollywood Palladium (Los Angeles) and Miami Arena (Miami, Florida).
She was discovered in 1994 by the British writer Stuart Wilde, who was behind her first two albums Voice of the Feminine Spirit and Voice of Violet 19.
Cecilia opened the new millennium by singing at the Deepak Chopra Millennium event, where also His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a speech.
She sang at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, where she also performed a concert at the World of Ice, and sang for the Crown Prince , Crown Princess , and King of Norway.
Norwegian National TV ( NRK ) made a music video of a song Cecilia co-wrote , entitled "My Beloved". It was filmed at the top of the Olympic Mountains
Early life
Cecilia grew up in a small town North of the Arctic Circle, called Harstad, in Norway. It was the famed 'land of the midnight sun', with 24 hour sunlight at parts of the year. She wanted to become an opera singer after seeing a television broadcast of the opera Aida ,when she was 9 years old.
Her graduation marks from the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, Norway, were (extremely rare) perfect scores. She studied classically in conservatories for 6 years in Norway, Denmark and Germany.
She then, moved to New York to study with Oren Brown, a vocal coach renowned to help a singer 'discover their natural voice'.
In April 2002, upon Italian Tenor Luciano Pavarotti's suggestion and referral, she began to study with Dr. William Riley, who is also famed coach of Celine Dion, and worked with stars as Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, even Bill Clinton.
Charity Initiatives
Cecilia supports Plan International , personally sponsoring a child in Nepal.
Cecilia loves animals and supports the Norwegian Federation for Animal Protection.
She has also performed for the benefit of the Linda McCartney Cancer Foundation. Her activities with the charity stem from her own experiences, as she lost her mother to the disease.
Discography
[edit] Albums [1]
1. Voice of the Feminine Spirit (released 1994) [2]
Tracklisting:
1. Solveig's Song First Verse 2. The Sacred Hum 3. Love of a Silent Moon 4. Two Swans Matched in Flight 5. Daughter of the Midnight Sun 6. Amazing Grace
7. Silver Wings 8. The Lion and the Unicorn 9. The Eternal Heartbeat 10. Unite the Tribe 11. Solveig's Song, 2nd verse
2. Voice of Violet 19 (released 1996/1997) [3]
Tracklisting:
1. When You Wish Upon A Star 2. Violet 19 3. Star Child 4. Lightness of Being 5. The Protection Song 6. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
7. The Tracker's Song 8. My Boy Hero 9. Eg veit i himmerik ei borg 10. The Snow Leopard's Prayer 11. The Riddle
3. Inner Harmony (released 1999) [4]
also contains lyrics by DEEPAK CHOPRA and JAMES REDFIELD.
Tracklisting:
1. Fly Away 2. Losing faith 3. We Have Met Before 4. The Prayer 5. Today 6. Wisdom of Your Heart
7. Inner Harmony 8. Carpe Diem 9. Å eg veit meg eit land 10. In Dreams 11. Angel of Love
4. Let There Be Peace On Earth (released 2001)
5. Best of Cecilia (released 2003) [5]
Tracklisting:
1. The Sacred Hum 2. Love of a Silent Moon 3. Daughter of the Midnight Sun 4. Amazing Grace 5. Unite the Tribe 6. When You Wish Upon A Star 7. The Protection Song
8. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 9. The Tracker's Song 10. Fly Away 11. Today 12. Inner Harmony 13. In Dreams 14. Angel of Love
6. The Healing Voice (released 2006) [6]
Tracklisting:
1. Ave 2. Going Home 3. Domine 4. The Prayer 5. Credo 6. Ave Maria
7. Soul of the World 8. Mea Culpa 9. Pie Jesu 10. Anahata 11. The Magic 12. Amen
7. Amazing Grace (released 2007) [7]
Tracklisting:
1. Amazing Grace 2. Prayer of St Francis 3. You Raise Me Up 4. Angel 5. From a Distance
6. Ave Maria 7. Over the Rainbow 8. I Believe 9. May It Be 10. The Roe
Other Album Performances
Cecilia was the lead soprano on the album by the renowned and award winning flutist and composer Tim Wheater.
Heart Land by Tim Wheater (released 1995)
Voices - “18 of the Most Beautiful Voices in the World” Compilation (This album was released by Universal Music Korea 2004)
“The Eternal Heartbeat” by Cecilia
Includes singers as Luciano Pavarotti, Josh Groban, Jose Carreras, Sarah Brightman and Russell Watson.
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The Healing Voice
歌手：Cecilia
公司：Major Chord Records
时间：2008-09-01 语种：英语
地区：欧美
专辑简介
塞西莉亚（Cecilia）出生于挪威位于北极圈内的一个小镇，极地寒冷的气候造就了她如水晶般清澈的嗓音。她从小就表现出对唱歌的热爱和天赋，9岁时，塞西莉亚在电视节目中看到了歌剧《阿依达》后，便立志成为一个歌唱家。她在挪威、丹麦和德国的音乐学院进行了长达6年的学习，以优异的成绩毕业。坚实的声乐基础使她的音域能轻松跨越 3个8度而游刃有余。
此后，塞西莉亚赴美、澳等国家寻求音乐发展，并师从William Riley（威廉·莱历，Celine Dion和Whitney Houston都是他的门下弟子）等蜚声国际的声乐大师继续进行学习，天籁般的嗓音和靓丽的外表使塞西莉亚的音乐生涯青云之上，首张唱片“Voice of the Feminine Spirit”1994年在澳大利亚发行，还未经任何市场宣传就大卖20万张。
随着1997年第二张个人专辑“Voice of Violet 19”在全球热卖，塞西莉亚在美国、英国、芬兰、德国、日本等地开始了她的征服世界之旅。她的表演得到了高度的评价：“Cecilia不仅有天使般的美丽声线，更重要的是她在用灵魂歌唱。正因如此，她的歌声能俘虏你的心灵，牵引你的思绪……”在2002年盐湖城冬奥会上的献唱，标志着塞西莉亚成长为一位世界级的歌手。
序号 歌名 歌手 试听 搜索 收藏
1 Ave
2 Going Home
3 Domine
4 The Prayer
5 Credo
6 Ave Maria
7 Soul Of The World
8 Mea Culpa
9 Pie Jesu
10 Anahata
11 The Magic
12 Amen
Cecilia (Norwegian singer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cecilia is a Classical crossover singer, who originally comes from Norway. Known for her famous rendition of Amazing Grace.
She has released 7 albums, 2 by Universal Music, and performed worldwide, selling several hundred thousand albums with virtually no mainstream publicity.
