Eimear Noone (born in

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, County Galway) is an Irish conductor and composer, best known for her award-winning work on

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. She has conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra, the

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, the

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, the

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, and several other national orchestras. Noone was the first woman to conduct at the

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on 9 February 2020, leading the orchestra in excerpts from the five nominated film scores. Noone was also the first woman to conduct at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland. A documentary about the life of Eimear Noone is currently in production by Krenshaw Films.

Early life

Originally from

, Noone is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin who has taught conducting for

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, Columbia College Chicago, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the LA Conducting Salon at the LA Ballet School. Noone co-founded the Dublin City Concert Orchestra and is co-creator of the Dublin International Game Music Festival.

Work

Noone's composing and conducting work includes 26 film and video game titles, including notable

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titles

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(2016), Hearthstone (2014),

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(2012), Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010), and

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(2004) and its expansions., as well as

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25th Anniversary Special Orchestra CD included with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the following Symphony of the Goddesses Tour. As a part of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the

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, Eímear Noone's conducting was filmed as the first three-dimensional footage of a symphony orchestra for the Nintendo 3DS. Noone has helped bring to life BASE Hologram's new show, The Maria Callas Hologram Tour. Featuring conducting by Eimear Noone and a hologram of the iconic soprano and live, synced, classical music to match the singers performance. In 2016 she worked with

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, conducting the Video Games Live European Tour. In 2019 she took over from

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as the presenter of the Classic FM show High Score, which features orchestral arrangements of video games music. In 2020, she became the first female conductor to ever perform at the

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Awards and nominations

Eímear Noone's score for "World of WarCraft: Warlords of Draenor" received the "

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" in 2014 for "Best Video Game Score", and was nominated for five "Annual game Music Awards 2014".

References

External links

CONAN THE BARBARIAN - 2017 Concert (Live) - Eimear Noon

Malach Angel Messenger, for World of Warcraft, Warlords of Draenor By Eimear Noone Featuring Malukah and a cast of thousands.

"Skyrim" conducted by Eimear Noone, Monterrey, Mexico, 5 April 2014

Eimear Noone Conducts the Danish National Symphony - "Gaming in Symphony."
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