Composer
Hayley Westenra
New Zealand singer
b. 1987
34 works in the index
- Born
- 1987
- Birthplace
- Christchurch Women's Hospital
- Citizenship / historical state
- New Zealand
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987) is a New Zealand classical crossover singer. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide, making it one of the fastest selling albums in her country's history.
She is one of the youngest UNICEF Ambassadors to date.
Westenra has sung in English, Māori, Irish, Welsh, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Latin, Japanese, Standard Mandarin Chinese, Catalan, and Taiwanese Hokkien.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- street artist; opera singer; composer; singer; musician
- Career institutions / employers
- UNICEF
- Languages used
- German; Portuguese; Italian
- VIAF ID
- 85535961
- ISNI
- 0000000078266221
- GND ID
- 130543462
- Library of Congress ID
- no2002011067
- MusicBrainz ID
- 4a30a21f-268b-4c2f-a4d8-a2f453032457
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Guitar, Vocal
- Genres represented
- pop, Pop, Children, Classical, Disney
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 34
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wuthering Heights | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 6 |
| Dark Waltz | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 8 |
| Pokarekare Ana | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 5 |
| Ave Maria | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 5 |
| Hine, E Hine | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| River Of Dreams | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| Beat Of Your Heart | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 4 |
| Heaven | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 4 |
| What You Never Know (Won't Hurt You) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 4 |
| Who Painted The Moon Black? | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 2 |
| Bridal Ballad (The Merchant Of Venice) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Laudate Dominum | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 4 |
| May It Be (Lord Of The Rings) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Never Saw Blue | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 3 |
| O Mio Babbino Caro | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Prayer | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Wiegenlied | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 3 |
| World In Union | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 3 |
| Both Sides Now | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 3 |
| Dell'Amore Non Si Sa | — | — | — | Piano | pop | 2 |
| Quanta Qualia | — | — | — | Piano | pop | 2 |
| Aria (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 2 |
| Never Say Goodbye | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Classical, Pop | 2 |
| Amazing Grace | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | pop | 2 |
| Dido's Lament | — | — | — | Piano | pop | 2 |
| Here Beside Me | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Pop, Children, Film and TV, Disney | 1 |
| She Moves Through The Fair | — | — | — | Piano | pop | 1 |
| Opening to Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Carol Of The Bells | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 1 |
| Ave Maria [Bach, Johann Sebastian] [Gounod, Charles] | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | — |
| Ave Maria Op.52 No.6 [Schubert, Franz] | — | Op.52 No.6 | — | Piano, Voice | — | — |
| Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 (Aria Cantilena) | — | — | — | Piano | pop | — |
| The Mists Of Islay | — | — | — | Piano | pop | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 85535961. Portrait: BirdW, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.