Eleanor Cassar
Eleanor Cassar is one of the leading pop singers in Malta with remarkable voice capabilities. She specialises in pop, ballad and dance music. She was born in 1982. Her success story started in 1993 at the age of 11 after her school teacher encouraged her to participate in musicals and theatrical events. Eleanor’s passion for music and acting led her to join her home town theatrical group Skene, whereby she was entrusted with main roles and solos as well as a number of a cappella during several acts throughout the years.
Since then Eleanor continued progressing and is now the lead singer of the five piece band ZoNe 5. The band plays Jazz, Soul, Pop and Rock.
Amongst her successes one finds her first major achievement in the year 2000 where she placed first in the National Festival L-Għanja tal-Poplu. In 2001 she received the [[Most Promising Artist Award[[ at the prestigious Malta Music Awards. In 2004 Eleanor received the award for the best interpretation again in the National Festival L-Għanja tal-Poplu. During the same year she placed first in the Super One TV Festival. Another first place for Eleanor was in 2005 in Kanzunetta Indipendenza and first place again in 2006 in the Malta International TV Song Festival.
On an international level, Eleanor took part in a number of festivals and has put Malta’s name forward by winning an outstanding string of song contests and awards. Some of her achievements include the Discovery Song Festival in Bulgaria in 2001 where she placed first. Her music career progressed further after winning the Grand Prix amongst several competitors from twenty-seven different countries at the Golden Stag International Festival in Romania in 2004. This experience in itself is a significant achievement in Eleanor’s career. In 2005, Eleanor placed first in the Astana International Festival in Kazakhstan and in 2007 she proudly took home the Gold Award at the Universong Festival in the Canary Islands. A full list of achievements is found by clicking here.
Eleanor is twice a winner of a FIDOF award. She received her first FIDOF Award for Promising Artists in 2000 and another FIDOF Award for Best Interpretation in 2004.
Eleanor works closely with one of the most recognized authors in Malta; Fleur Balzan and with singer and composer Paul Giordimaina who is also one of Malta's leading pianists. Moreover, Eleanor has jointly participated in a number of festivals together with Glen Vella, Malta’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf.
She has released the albums A Voice in 2005 and Signify in 2010. Signify includes a selection of songs that characterised her path in the music industry. She has also released three singles, namely; Through All My Life,If Love You Give and Tell Me. The latter is also found as a video release.