Finbar Wright Born
in Kinsdale, County Cork, Finbar Wright, son of Julia and Robert, began
his musical education at the age of six. Studying piano and theory of
music with Ms. Maura Hourihane, a local teacher whose dedication and love
of music left a permanent mark on his life. His formal studies in the
vocal arts did not come until 1984 at the Cork School of Music where he
studied singing with Robert Beare, theory of music with George Dunne and
piano with Angel Climent.
In 1986 he won all the major singing awards at Feis Ceoil, Dublin. Subsequently
he studied with Ernst Haefligger in Munich and internationally acclaimed
soprano Ileana Cotrubas at Aldeburgh, England. However, the greatest influence
on his vocal technique and musical confidence has been that of Dr. Veronica
Dunne in Dublin with whom he continues to study whenever possible.
Finbar Wright began his professional career in 1989 and already it spans
a dazzling spectrum of achievement – everything from singing the
title role in Mozart’s "Clemenza De Tito" at the National
Concert Hall, Dublin to bringing five thousand people to their feet at
the legendary Chicago theatre in a concert of popular song.
Finbar has emerged in just a few years as one of Ireland’s great
romantic singers. He has hosted his own highly rated television series
for RTE and undertaken major concert tours of Canada, USA and Australia.
On a previous Australian trip he toured with the world famous Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra.
Monserrat Caballe personally invited Finbar to be her special guest when
she made her concert debut in Dublin in 1993. He has appeared in public
performance with such diverse personalities as Pope John Paul II, Kiri
Te Kanawa and Jerry Lee Lewis.