Mark Vincent

Mark Vincent
Birth name Vincent Alvaro
Born (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993
Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Operatic pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2009–present
Website markvincent.com.au

Mark Vincent (born 4 September 1993 in Caringbah, New South Wales) is an Australian tenor.[1] Vincent won Australia's Got Talent on 22 April 2009. His main inspiration is his late grandfather, Bruno, who raised him and taught him how to sing. Vincent has said that he would like to follow in the footsteps of his idol Anthony Warlow. He also stated that he admired opera singers Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti.

Vincent attended school at De La Salle College Caringbah[2] and De La Salle College in Cronulla.[3] He hopes to study at the Milan Conservatory, the leading musical institution in Italy where Giacomo Puccini studied.[4]

Two of Vincent's albums, Compass and The Great Tenor Songbook, have been certified Gold in Australia.[5]

Vincent performed at Carols in the Domain in Sydney for the seventh consecutive year on 19 December 2015.[6]

Vincent performed over 130 shows for the musical Dirty Dancing around Australia.

Discography

Year Album title ARIA peak[7] Certification
2009 My Dream – Mio Visione 2 AUS: Platinum
2010 Compass 5 AUS: Gold
The Great Tenor Songbook 18 AUS: Gold
2011 Songs from the Heart 10
2013 The Quartet Sessions 16
2014 Best So Far 15
2016 Together
(with Marina Prior)
5[8]

References

  1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (14 September 2009). "Teen opera sensation making his mark". The 7:30 Report. Retrieved 24 May 2012. Tony Legge [of Opera Australia]: ... [H]e's a tenor and tenors are rare.
  2. "Schoolboy with the big voice goes gold!". sydneycatholic.org. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. Sadlier, Kevin (4 December 2010). "The world is the next step for Mark Vincent". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. Sadlier, Kevin (23 April 2009). "He's got talent!". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  5. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 Albums". aria.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  6. "Latest News Article – Carols in the Domain". Woolworths Limited. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  7. "australian-charts.com - Discography Mark Vincent". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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