Carl Doy
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Carl William Doy ONZM
(born 1947 in Camberley
, Surrey, England) is a pianist, composer and arranger. One of New Zealand
's most successful musicians, Carl is probably best known for his multi-platinum selling Piano By Candlelight albums.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
sang his arrangement of E te Tarakihi from Gisborne
in the first live broadcast of the new millennium, to a worldwide television audience of over a hundred million people.
Carl has completed five series as Musical Director for TVNZ's "Dancing With The Stars", currently on hiatus.
Carl's Together Collection
was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Oprah Winfrey
said "It is so fabulous, I think it's the best.".
Carl is New Zealand's only American platinum selling solo musician.
In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours he was awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
.
Carl is a patron of the National Youth Theatre Company of New Zealand (NYTC
)
New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order established in 1996 "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions or other merits."The order includes five...
(born 1947 in Camberley
Camberley
Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...
, Surrey, England) is a pianist, composer and arranger. One of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's most successful musicians, Carl is probably best known for his multi-platinum selling Piano By Candlelight albums.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Jeanette Te Kanawa, ONZ, DBE, AC is a New Zealand / Māori soprano who has had a highly successful international opera career since 1968. Acclaimed as one of the most beloved sopranos in both the United States and Britain she possesses a warm full lyric soprano voice, singing a wide array...
sang his arrangement of E te Tarakihi from Gisborne
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
in the first live broadcast of the new millennium, to a worldwide television audience of over a hundred million people.
Carl has completed five series as Musical Director for TVNZ's "Dancing With The Stars", currently on hiatus.
Carl's Together Collection
Together Collection
The Together Collection is a 10 CD collection of the music of Carl Doy combined with the imagery of the M.I.L.K photo collection.In this collection Carl arranges and performs the music of:* Frank Sinatra* Nat King Cole* Barbra Streisand* The Beatles...
was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
said "It is so fabulous, I think it's the best.".
Carl is New Zealand's only American platinum selling solo musician.
In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours he was awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order established in 1996 "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions or other merits."The order includes five...
.
Carl is a patron of the National Youth Theatre Company of New Zealand (NYTC
NYTC
NYTC is a not-for-profit organisation that runs Theatre training workshops and musical productions in New Zealand...
)