RUA

From Israel to China it is true to say that Rua has had considerable success abroad rather than in their native Ireland. In 2003 they headlined at the prestigious World Music Festival in Tel-Aviv, Israel, performing with full orchestra at the Israeli Opera House. Later that year they performed in Spain and the RDS in Dublin while 2004 saw a US debut with several critically acclaimed performances in New York. 2006 brought a solo performance at the Festival InterCeltique de Lorient iin France and a performance with Carlos Nunez at the Parc des Expositions de Lann Sevelin before an audience of 5,000 people. Further success followed that year when Gloria's compositional skill was recognised and she became the World Fleadh Music Writing Champion of 2006 with an original instrumental piece entitled ‘Red Alert’, written for solo violin, whistle and orchestra. Their first album was released in 2001 and their second album ‘DREAM-TELLER’ followed in 2003. ‘DREAM-TELLER’ features Irish actor Gabriel Byrne who provided a moving narration of the W.B. Yeat’s poem ‘I am of Ireland’ over an original instrumental composition by Gloria. 'WHISPER', the third album, features new compositions along with Gloria's stunning versions of favourites such as ‘Vincent’, ‘Nights in White Satin’, 'Hallelujah' and ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’. The album was released in Taiwan by Aurora Music and will soon be released in Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia following a signing with Australian giant 'Rajon'. RUA signed a major deal with EMI Music Publishing Korea for territories in Asia and had great success in Asia with album releases in China, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia & Singapore. Their music featured in high profile Asian Films and TV Ads. Following a stunning performance at the famous Great TianHan Theatre in China in 2006, RUA return to China in Sept 2007 to perform in Shanghai and Beijing. Gloria's inimitable skill in combining conventional symphony orchestra with the traditional instruments of Ireland coupled with her own harmonic style and compositional skill has resulted in a sound that is inimitable and irresitably alluring, while always developing and progressing.