Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard (came to life 21 April 1970) is an Irish songwriter , performer, singer and guitarist for Irish team The Frames , and one-half of folk-rock duet The Swell Season He’s also famous for his performing, having appeared in the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts -winning movie The Commitments , in addition to starring in the movie Once His tune Dropping Slowly, from Once , co-composed together with his costar Markta Irglov , won the Academy-Award for Best Original Track in 2007, and gained him ten other leading awards or nominations between 2007–08.

Hansard stop school at age 1-3 to start busking on nearby Dublin roads. The Frames were formed by him in 1990, and they’ve been basics of the Irish songs scene since. Their very first record, Still another Love Song , was introduced on Island Records in 1991, as well as their most current, The Price , premiered in 2006.

Hansard found international interest as guitarist Outspan Foster in the 1991 Alan Parker movie The Commitments , after attending the New York Movie Academy College of Performing He has frequently said that he regretted using the part, because he believed it diverted him from his audio career. In 2003, he introduced the tv programme Other Voices: Tracks from a Space , which showcased Irish songs gift on RT.

On 22 April 2006, he launched his first record without The Frames, The Swell Time , on Overcoat Recordings in collaboration with Czech vocalist and multiinstrumentalist Markta Irglov , Marja Tuhkanen from Finland on violin and viola , and Bertrand Galen from France on cello Hansard additionally spent portion of 2006 in the front of the cams to get a songs-infused Irish picture Once , in which Hansard performs a Dublin busker, and Irglov an immigrant road seller. The movie had its American premier in the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 and obtained the Festival’s Planet Cinema Audience Award. Throughout the promotional tour, Irglov and he started dating. Stated Hansard about his connection with Irglova: I have been falling in-love with her for quite a long time, but I kept telling myself she is a child. 1 of the tunes they composed (; Dropping Slowly) won an Oscar for Greatest Tune in February 2008. Hansard became the initial Irish-born man to win because class. He was associated with his mom, Catherine Hansard.