Aimee Banks (born 14 February 2002) is an Irish

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

from Moycullen, in County Galway. She represented

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

at the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, singing ''Réalta na Mara'', (lit. Star of the sea), a song which she co-wrote and composed with Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff and Brendan McCarthy. In 2022, she was awarded the Irené Sandford Award for Singers by the Royal Irish Academy of Music. After Junior Eurovision, Banks went on to perform at competitions and other events not only in Ireland, but other countries like the United Kingdom and the United States. Banks won the International Vocal Competition "American Protege", and perform at Weill Recital Hall. She secured eight National Titles at Ireland's Classical Festival Feis Ceoil 2015 and was also awarded Overall Vocalist Award and Bursary 2015 for Midlands Feis Ceoil. She had recorded her debut album ''My Classical Spirit'' and donated the proceeds to Laura Lynn Children's Hospice. In 2016, to high acclaim she debuted in her first opera as the young Giordano Bruno in Roger Doyle's first electronic opera ''Heresy''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Aimee Irish sopranos 2002 births Living people 21st-century Irish women opera singers Actresses from County Galway