Ailish Tynan
Soprano Ailish Tynan has a wide repertory stretching from Baroque to contemporary music, from song recitals to opera. She has an ongoing artistic relationship with composer Judith Weir.
Tynan was born on May 30, 1975, in Mullingar in the Irish Midlands. She attended Trinity College, Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Tynan's early career was boosted by showings at several major prize competitions, including a win at the RTÉ Millennium Singer of the Year event in 2000. In 2003, she won the Rosenblatt Recital Prize at the widely broadcast BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Tynan became part of the Vilar Young Artists Scheme, which brought with it performances at London's Covent Garden Opera House, and in 2003, she was named a BBC New Generation Artist by the Radio 3 network. In 2006, Tynan made her recording debut on the Signum label, appearing on the album On Buying a Horse: The Songs of Judith Weir.
Tynan has performed widely both in opera and as a recitalist. Her opera credits include appearances at several major English houses, La Scala in Italy, the Houston Grand Opera, and the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse in France. She has performed in concert with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, as well as top British groups, including the BBC Symphony. Tynan's vocal recitals have covered composers ranging from Schubert to Fauré to Weir, whose 2015 song cycle Nuits d'Afrique was written for her, and she has attracted top accompanists such as Graham Johnson, Iain Burnside, and Simon Lepper, often performing at London's Wigmore Hall. Tynan has recorded for NMC, Delphian, and Somm, as well as Signum Classics, where she released the album Schumann in English, Vol. 1, in 2024.
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Discography
9 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Shepherd on the Rock: Chamber Works and Lieder by Brahms, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and Strauss
Julian Bliss, Ailish Tynan, Christopher Glynn
Chamber Music - Released by Signum Records on 9 Oct 2015
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Airs from Another Planet: Chamber Music and Songs by Judith Weir
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on 25 Oct 2019
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Songs of Muriel Herbert
James Gilchrist, Ailish Tynan, David Owen Norris
Classical - Released by Linn Records on 1 May 2009
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Nacht Und Träume: Franz Schubert Lieder
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on 4 Dec 2015
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An Irish Album
Classical - Released by Signum Records on 28 Feb 2011
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On Buying A Horse: The Songs of Judith Weir
Susan Bickley, Andrew Kennedy, Ailish Tynan, Iain Burnside
Classical - Released by Signum Records on 7 Nov 2006
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A Purse Of Gold - Irish Songs By Herbert Hughes
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Records on 1 Oct 2007
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Song cycle, to poems by Eichendorff, Op 39: No. 3, A forest dialogue
Ailish Tynan, Christopher Glynn
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Records on 21 Feb 2024
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection"
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ailish Tynan, Gerard Schwarz, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Classical - Released by Artek on 10 Mar 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo