![]() ![]() The album featured mainly covers of classical crossover songs such as " Con te partirò", " The Prayer", " To Where You Are", " Concrete Angel" and " Amazing Grace". In November 2009, Evancho released her independent debut album, Prelude to a Dream. She was selected for the regional semifinals of his "Hitman Talent Search Contest", finishing as runner-up, and in October 2009 she sang in the "David Foster & Friends" concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Career David Foster and Prelude to a Dream Įvancho in her concert with David Foster, December 29, 2011Įvancho first caught record producer David Foster's attention in 2009. She made various singing appearances around Pennsylvania in 20, including singing The Star-Spangled Banner at the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team's 2010 home opener. Also in 2009, she sang " Ave Maria" in composer and conductor Tim Janis's PBS television special "Celebrate America" and performed in other concerts and TV shows with Janis, who sought her out after seeing her on YouTube. In other 2009 talent contests, she won the Golden Ribby Award – WonderworldTV and the Talent Quest TV Show (both in Massachusetts). At the 2009 Kean Idol contest, she was again runner-up. ![]() In 2009, Evancho competed in Las Vegas in the 15th annual USA World Showcase Talent Competition, where she finished in second place. She also started a YouTube channel, sang in the Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh (now Pittsburgh Youth Chorus) during its 2008–09 season, and performed the title role in a 2009 school musical version of Little Red Riding Hood. She began taking voice lessons and singing at events, churches and nursing homes, mostly in Pennsylvania. Her parents did not recognize that her voice was unusual until her first talent competition, which she entered just before her eighth birthday, In the competition, Kean Idol, placing second. Īfter Evancho saw the film version of the musical The Phantom of the Opera as a young girl, she began singing the songs at home. She attended Pine-Richland High School, graduating in 2018. Evancho began her education in the Pine-Richland School District, but at various times, after her career began, she received online schooling. She was raised in a suburb of Pittsburgh in a Catholic family. She has an older sister Juliet, a younger brother Zachary, and a younger sister Rachel. Her father operated a video security business until 2010. Evancho appeared in 2020 as a contestant on The Masked Singer.Įvancho was born on April 9, 2000, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Lisa and Michael Evancho. She has given concert tours in support of each of her studio albums. In 2017, Evancho performed the US national anthem at the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump and became the youngest person ever to perform a concert series at Café Carlyle. 1 on the US classical albums chart) and Carousel of Time (2022). Later album releases include Awakening (2014), Someday at Christmas (2016), Two Hearts (2017), The Debut (2019, her eighth consecutive release to reach No. She also appeared in the 2013 Robert Redford film The Company You Keep. ![]() In 2013 she headlined benefit concerts at Carnegie Hall and elsewhere. In 2012, Evancho released Songs from the Silver Screen, her third top-10 album debut. Later that year, Evancho released a full-length holiday album, Heavenly Christmas, and became the youngest person ever to give a solo concert at Lincoln Center in New York City as part of her first concert tour. Billboard ranked Evancho the top Classical Albums Artist of 2011. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, and she became the youngest top-5 debut artist in UK history. In 2011, her first full-length album, Dream with Me, debuted at No. With the 2010 holiday release of her O Holy Night EP, Evancho became the best-selling debut artist of 2010, the youngest top-10 debut artist in US history and the youngest solo artist ever to go platinum in the US. In 2010, at the age of ten, she gained wide notice with her 2nd-place finish in the fifth season of America's Got Talent. She has also presented three solo PBS concert specials.īetween 20, Evancho entered talent competitions, sang the US national anthem at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game, issued her first album, Prelude to a Dream, and attracted interest on YouTube. Since 2009, she has issued a platinum-selling EP and nine albums, including three Billboard 200 top 10 debuts. Jacqueline Marie Evancho ( / iː ˈ v æ ŋ k oʊ/ ee- VANG-koh born April 9, 2000) is an American classical crossover singer who gained wide recognition at an early age. ![]()
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