![]() It works out well." So began the long relationship of Enya as musical composer and Roma Ryan as lyricist.Įnya followed with a score for a BBC television series The Celts. She's able to capture that emotion with the lyrics. "I don't even have to tell her what the song is about," Enya told Jeremy Helligar of People, "She just knows what I'm trying to say. Roma, however, had a great love of poetry and had a natural ability to tune into the meaning of Enya's music. Enya's solo career started when one of those producers, David Putnam, commissioned her to write the score for his 1985 film, The Frog Prince.Īt the time that Enya began scoring The Frog Prince, she had no desire to write lyrics. Roma Ryan sent out tapes of Enya's pieces to a number of film producers. While living with them she practiced classical piano and began composing music. Enya moved to Dublin and lived with Ryan and his wife Roma for the next six years. Nicky Ryan, who had been managing Clannad, stopped working with the band at the same time. ![]() In 1982, Enya left Clannad to follow her own inspiration. Enya studied classical piano and joined Clannad in 1980 when the band decided to incorporate keyboards into their traditional music. Her father was a dance band leader, her mother was a music teacher, and three of her siblings along with two of her uncles formed the popular Irish folk group Clannad. She was the fifth of nine children in a musical family. Her first language was Gaelic, as was her birthname, Eithne Ni Bhraonain (pronounced Enya Brennan). Ethereal melodies and pulsing keyboard-driven rhythms are hallmarks of her sound, evidenced on such signature tunes as "Orinoco Flow," "Caribbean Blue," "Anywhere Is" and "Only Time." In spite of the fact she has never gone on a concert tour of her own and rarely gives interviews, Enya has sold more than 44 million albums, becoming Ireland's best-selling solo artist ever.Įnya was born in Gweedore, County Donegal (the Gaelic-speaking region of Ireland) in 1961. Addresses: Record company-Reprise, 3300 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91505-4694.Įnya has become a top-selling artist by transforming her background in classical music training and her roots in Irish folk music into a unique Celtic/New Age blend. Bhraonain, a dance band leader, and Maira, a music teacher has eight siblings. Born Eithne Ni Bhraonain (pronounced Enya Brennan) on May 17, 1961, in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland daughter of Lee O.
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