Editing Hayley Westenra (section)

==Career==
===2000–2002: Debut===
At the age of 12, Westenra entered a professional recording studio to record ''Walking in the Air'', a demo album originally created for friends and family, with 70 copies made; they soon made 1000 more copies, and attracted attention from a journalist with [[Canterbury Television]], who asked Westenra to appear on air.<ref name="sexton_article">{{cite news|title=Hayley Westenra: Kiwi Star Impresses the World|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=27 March 2004|work=Billboard 15 (3)|author2=Christie Eliezer|author3=Anastasia Tsioulcas}}</ref> [[Gray Bartlett]], the director of a concert promotion company, saw the show<ref name="sexton_article" /> and shortly after, she was offered a recording deal with [[Universal Records]] New Zealand.<ref name="boston_globe_article_1">{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/07/04/at_17_new_zealand_soprano_has_a_voice_to_be_reckoned_with/ |title=At 17, New Zealand soprano has a voice to be reckoned with |work=The Boston Globe|first=Joan |last=Anderman |date=4 July 2004 |access-date=2 March 2007}}</ref> On that label, Westenra, who in the meantime was attending [[Burnside High School]],<ref>{{cite web | last =Hughes | first =Dafydd | title =Nothing Else Matters | work=Grace & Truth Youth | publisher=RBC | date =July–August 2001 | url =http://www.rbc.org.nz/magazine/issue004/youth2.pdf | access-date =25 February 2011 }}</ref> released a self-titled album of show tunes and light classical songs, as well as ''[[My Gift to You (Hayley Westenra album)|My Gift to You]]'', a CD of Christmas music. Following the success of her albums, she was offered and later received lessons from [[Malvina Major]].<ref name="DVDLIVE1" />

===2003–2004: ''Pure''===
Westenra attracted worldwide attention when she signed with [[Decca Records]] and recorded ''[[Pure (Hayley Westenra album)|Pure]]'', a CD of classical, light pop, and traditional [[Māori culture|Māori]] songs.<ref name="McNickel_article">{{cite news|title=Teen-age Classics|last=McNickel|first=David|date=16 February 2002|work=Billboard 41 (1)}}</ref> ''Pure'' became the fastest-selling international debut album in the history of the UK classical chart, with 19,068 copies purchased in its first week alone, quickly reached No.&nbsp;1 on the British charts, and entered the [[UK Albums Chart|UK Album Chart]] at number 8.<ref name="sexton_article" /><ref name=BBCinfo>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/11/28/hayley_westenra_abbey_preview_feature.shtml |title=Hayley Westenra returns to Abbey... |publisher=BBC Entertainment |access-date=11 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111115607/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/11/28/hayley_westenra_abbey_preview_feature.shtml |archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> Over two million copies of ''Pure'' have been sold to date. In New Zealand, ''Pure'' has been certified 12 times platinum, making her the best-selling artist, regardless of genre, in the country's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/art-&-culture/art-culture_hayleywestenra_feature.cfm |title=Hayley Westenra – 100% Pure New Zealand |publisher=NewZealand.com |access-date=8 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314053931/http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/art-%26-culture/art-culture_hayleywestenra_feature.cfm |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004 Westenra recorded the end-title song for the Disney movie ''[[Mulan II]]''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} They also featured her in the national [[Radio Disney]] music education tour for middle-school students. Later that year, she was featured in the song "Bridal Ballad" recorded for the movie ''[[The Merchant of Venice (2004 film)|The Merchant of Venice]]''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Westenra was the 2004 Vodafone [[New Zealand Music Awards]] winner of "Highest Selling New Zealand Album" and "International Achievement Award".<ref name="vodafone1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2006/history2004.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927105033/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2006/history2004.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |title=Winners 2004 |publisher=NZMusicAwards.co.nz |access-date=15 April 2007}}</ref> On 20 February 2004, Prime Minister [[Helen Clark]] awarded her for being the first New Zealand artist to receive the tenfold platinum status in the New Zealand market, where she held the number one artist position for 18 weeks.<ref name="sexton_article" /> She has won two Japanese Grammies for her work (Song of the Year, "[[Amazing Grace]]" and Album of the Year, ''Pure''). Her version of ''[[Amazing Grace]]'' was used as the theme song for the popular Japanese drama, ''[[Shiroi Kyotō]]'' (The White Tower). Westenra met the cast of the series during a promotional tour of Japan in October 2003.

Also in 2004, she began her world tour of New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the UK and the US, performing in a concert in November for Queen [[Elizabeth II]], Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], [[Colin Powell]], [[Condoleezza Rice]] and President [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="the_Hayley_show_article">{{cite news |title=Can't Stop the Music |work=Women's Wear Daily |first=Nandini |last=D'Souza |author2=Venessa Lau |date=29 April 2004 }}</ref> In her autobiography, she remembered feeling more nervous in an audition where she sight read to [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] an unreleased piece that he had written.<ref name="autobio">{{cite book|title=Hayley Westenra: In Her Own Voice|last=Westenra|first=Hayley|publisher=Virgin Books Ltd|year=2007|isbn=978-1-905264-20-9|location=London}}</ref><ref name="archivedhayleybio">{{cite web |url=https://www.hayleywestenra.me/news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305054202/http://www.hayleywestenra.com/biog.htm |access-date=5 July 2005 |archive-date=5 March 2005 |title=Biography |publisher=HayleyWestenra.com}}</ref>

After her world tour, Westenra recorded a live DVD, ''[[Live from New Zealand|Hayley Westenra: Live from New Zealand]]'', featuring duets with baritone [[Teddy Tahu Rhodes]] and soprano Sophie Westenra in [[St. James Theatre, Wellington|St. James Theatre]]. David Horn, the producer of her live TV special, which aired on the [[PBS]] program ''[[Great Performances]]'', said, "Her singing is so gorgeous, it's reminiscent of the great boy-soprano sound of [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church choirs."<ref name="DVDLIVE1" /><ref name="hailing_distance_of_us">{{cite news |url=http://www.hayley-westenra-international.com/dhtml-pages/html-2004/news/20040327_Hayley%20Westenra%20-%20In%20Hailing%20Distance%20Of%20US%20Debut.htm |title=In Hailing Distance of U.S. Debut |format=Reprint |work=Billboard 15 (2) |first=Anastasia |last=Tsioulcas |date=27 March 2004 |access-date=13 December 2006}}</ref><ref name="pbs1">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/westenra/ |title=Hayley Westenra: Live from New Zealand |work=PBS |access-date=13 December 2006}}</ref> She joined the Boston Pops Orchestra as guest soloist for their Christmas tour at the end of 2004.
[[File:HayleyWestenraWikipedia2.jpg|alt=|thumb|Westenra in 2006]]

===2005–2007: ''Odyssey''; touring with Il Divo; ''Treasure''; and Celtic Woman===
On 5 September 2006, Westenra was named as one of the ten outstanding young people in the world by the [[Junior Chamber International]], becoming the first New Zealander so honoured.<ref name="nzherjuniorchamberarticle">"Hayley Westenra 'outstanding young person of the world'", The New Zealand Herald, 5 September 2006. Lexis Nexis. Susquehanna University. 4 January 2008.</ref> On 13 November 2006, she participated in the dedication of the [[New Zealand War Memorial, London|New Zealand War Memorial in London]], performing "[[God Save the Queen]]" and "[[God Defend New Zealand]]", the [[national anthem]]s of the UK and New Zealand.<ref name="NZedge">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10410356 |title=Queen, Blair, Clark at opening of NZ memorial |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |first=Andy |last=Macdonald |date=12 November 2006 |access-date=6 September 2009}}</ref> Three of Westenra's great-uncles served in World War II; one was killed.<ref name="wing_named" />

In August 2006, Westenra joined [[Celtic Woman]]<ref name="CW211">{{cite web |url=http://www.celticwoman.com/trellis/Hayley |title=Hayley |publisher=CelticWoman.com |access-date=29 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314042455/http://www.celticwoman.com/trellis/hayley |archive-date=2010-03-14}}</ref> and is featured on their second major DVD/CD album, ''[[Celtic Woman: A New Journey]]'', which was released 30 January 2007 and immediately hit the ''Billboard'' Top 200 music chart at number four.<ref name="celtic_new_journey_billboard">{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=hayley westenra|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=The Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=15 February 2007}}</ref> She toured with the group in the United States in 2007, with scheduled appearances in 88 venues across the country; the tour ended in June.<ref name="celticwoman187">{{cite web |url=http://www.celticwoman.com/trellis/US-New-map/ |title=US Tour Dates |publisher=CelticWoman.com |access-date=29 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081107143439/http://www.celticwoman.com/trellis/US-New-map/ |archive-date=2008-11-07}}</ref><ref name="celticwomantourend">{{cite web |url=http://www.celticwoman.com/trellis/Tour_Info/ |title=Tour Info |publisher=CelticWoman.com |access-date=29 September 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080801231401/http://www.celticwoman.com/trellis/Tour_Info/ |archive-date = 1 August 2008}}</ref> During this time, Westenra alternated with [[Méav Ní Mhaolchatha]], who had recently returned from maternity leave, to maintain a five-member line-up.  She considered that the toughest tour she had been on to date, and wrote in her second biography that she preferred having control of her own schedule as a solo performer.   
 
Westenra's third international album, ''[[Treasure (Hayley Westenra album)|Treasure]]'', was released on 26 February 2007 in the UK. All the songs on this CD were chosen by Westenra, who gave her record company "no say in the matter." She said, "I basically didn't let them in on what I was recording until the last minute so they had no choice. I didn't give them much room to disagree."<ref name="info_on_treasure_Herald">"Hayley Westenra in charge of her career", The New Zealand Herald, 28 April 2007. Lexis Nexis. Susquehanna University. 25 May 2007.</ref>

Tracks on this album include "E Pari Ra", "One Fine Day", "Let Me Lie", "[[Danny Boy]]", and "[[Abide with Me]]". Westenra co-wrote four of the fifteen tracks, and the album also features singer Humphrey Berney. The US/Australia/NZ edition followed in March under the name ''Celtic Treasure''. Westenra dedicated the album to her grandmother, Shirley Ireland. Inside the sleeve of the British edition, she wrote: <blockquote>"I come from a musical family, and one with a real sense of history. My forefathers were on the maiden voyage from Ireland to Christchurch, New Zealand in 1850 – there's even a commemoration plaque in [[Cathedral Square, Christchurch]], which bears the name Westenra. My grandmother used to sit me on her knee and sing songs like ''Danny Boy'' from as early as I can remember. A singer herself in her earlier years, she has always been a never-ending source of songs. It's this legacy of music that she's been passing down to me since my childhood, and it's many of these beautiful old songs that I've explored here on my album."</blockquote>

On the day before [[St. Patrick's Day]] 2007, she performed as part of Celtic Woman for President [[George W. Bush]] at the [[White House]].<ref name="ucj_article">"UCJ to target Aussies and Kiwis for latest Hayley Westenra album." Music Week (17 March 2007): 20. InfoTrac OneFile. Thomson Gale. Susquehanna University. 23 May 2007.</ref> She had plans to present the president with a petition to place a mandatory carbon cap on the United States.<ref name="petition">{{cite web |url=https://www.hayleywestenra.me/news/ |title=News |publisher=HayleyWestenra.com |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529051732/http://www.hayleywestenra.com/news.html |archive-date=29 May 2007}}</ref> The goal of the petition was compliance with the commitment made by President [[Bill Clinton]] in previous years to follow the [[Kyoto Protocol]].<ref name="ky_connection">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june01/bush_6-14.html |title=GLOBAL WARMING DISPUTE |work=NewsHour |access-date=23 May 2007}}</ref>

Also in 2007, Westenra's vocals were featured in the soundtracks of the movie ''Flood'' and the television series, ''[[Jekyll (TV series)|Jekyll]]'', composed by [[Debbie Wiseman]], in the UK. In November 2007, Westenra successfully staged a Japan "Treasure" concert tour in [[Fukuoka]], [[Sapporo]], Tokyo, [[Sendai]], [[Nagoya]], [[Osaka]], [[Yokohama]], [[Hiroshima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/classics/hayley_westenra/information_old.html |title=世界でひとつのピュア・ヴォイス〜ヘイリー／インフォメーション |publisher=Universal-music.co.jp |access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref>

===2008–2010: ''Hayley Sings Japanese Songs''; and ''Paradiso''===
[[File:HayleyWestenra20090801.jpg|thumb|Westenra in 2009|alt=]]In early 2008, Westenra provided guest vocals for the [[Mike Oldfield]] album ''[[Music of the Spheres (Mike Oldfield album)|Music of the Spheres]]'', performing the vocal on the track "On My Heart" and its reprise. Westenra and Oldfield performed "On My Heart" live on the British [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] daytime TV program ''[[The Alan Titchmarsh Show]]'' on 18 March 2008.

On 1 October 2008, Westenra recorded solo vocals on the CD ''Different Voice'', composed and conducted by [[Debbie Wiseman]] and the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], with narration by [[Stephen Fry]] and lyrics written by [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2008_40_mon.shtml |title=On making classical music appeal to younger audiences |publisher=BBC |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> On 30 November 2008, Westenra was presented by [[Elaine Paige]] with the Variety Club Showbiz Awards 2008 Classical Performer of the Year for raising money to help sick, disabled and disadvantaged children and young people.<ref name="decca.com archives">{{cite web |title=Artists profile of Hayley Westenra |url=http://www.decca.com/artists/hayley-westenra-212 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314105837/http://www.decca.com/artists/hayley-westenra-212 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |access-date=3 August 2011 |publisher=DECCA Records}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/5152166/ |title=Westenra Wins UK Award |work=Yahoo! News |access-date=15 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002112659/http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/5152166/ |archive-date=2 October 2011}}</ref>

In the spring and summer of 2010, Westenra began working with film composer [[Ennio Morricone]] for a collaboration on her album ''[[Paradiso (Hayley Westenra album)|Paradiso]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/10/14/785032.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909051132/http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/10/14/785032.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2012 |title=Hayley Westenra Is Living In 'Paradiso' |publisher=pollstar.com |date=14 October 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012 }}</ref> The album featured new songs written by Morricone, as well as some of his best known film compositions of the last 50 years. Westenra recorded the album with Morricone's orchestra in Rome during the summer 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marbecks.co.nz/detail/index.lsd?catalogID=621881 |title=Hayley Westenra album Paradiso|publisher=marbecks.co.nz |date=18 April 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

On 30 October 2010, Westenra staged a recital at the [[Shanghai Grand Theatre]] with international backing musicians in an East Asian concert tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010expo/2010-10/22/content_11447038.htm |title=Stage Hayley Dee Westenra |work=China Daily |date=22 October 2010 |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

===2011–present: Various concerts and the Taiwan Tour===
On Memorial Day, 29 May 2011, Westenra was invited to perform for the annual PBS special, the ''[[National Memorial Day Concert]]'' live in Washington, D.C. She performed the song "[[Pie Jesu]]" following the emotional story of a woman who had never met her father, who died in the [[Vietnam War]], but got to know him many years later through a soldier who had fought alongside him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtvp.org/headlines/11.04.19.memorial_day.asp |title=Headlines |publisher=WTVP |date=19 April 2011 |access-date=15 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927000602/http://www.wtvp.org/headlines/11.04.19.memorial_day.asp |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glittarazzi.com/component/k2/item/3554-q--a-hayley-westenra-unicef-ambassador.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709154129/http://www.glittarazzi.com/component/k2/item/3554-q--a-hayley-westenra-unicef-ambassador.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2018 |title=Hayley Westenra, UNICEF Ambassador and one of the world's most exciting singing sensations. |publisher=glittarazzi.com |date=30 May 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012 }}</ref> On 22 July, Westenra was among artists performing with the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]] in an American West-themed show on the [[BBC]] radio concert programme ''[[Friday Night Is Music Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012hm6d/Friday_Night_is_Music_Night_22_07_2011/ |title=Radio 2 Programmes – Friday Night is Music Night, 22/07/2011 |publisher=BBC  |date=22 July 2011 |access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hayley-westenra-international.com/content/hayley-friday-night-music-night-bbc-radio-2 |title=(HWI) – Hayley on Friday Night Is Music Night – BBC Radio 2 |publisher=Hayley Westenra International |access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref>

On 23 October 2011, Westenra performed the New Zealand national anthem "[[God Defend New Zealand]]" at [[Eden Park]] in Auckland before the final of the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]], and also performed the traditional New Zealand song "[[Now Is the Hour (song)|Now Is the Hour]]" to bring the event to a close.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid=2057416.html | publisher=rugbyworldcup News | title=Stars set for glittering finale at IRB Awards | date=5 October 2011 | access-date=7 January 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106233154/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid%3D2057416.html | archive-date=6 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/rugbyworldcup/2011/matches/final-france-v-new-zealand/ |title=All Blacks edge to Rugby World Cup triumph against France |publisher=itv.com |date=October 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227102507/http://www.itv.com/rugbyworldcup/2011/matches/final-france-v-new-zealand/ |archive-date=27 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/westenra-supporting-our-boys-4479191 | publisher=tvnz.co.nz | title=Westenra 'supporting our boys' | date=21 October 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

In October 2011, ''[[Songs of Praise]]'' broadcast "Whispers in a Dream" and "[[Amazing Grace]]" performed by Westenra in [[Salisbury Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013028v#synopsis |title=Summer in Salisbury |publisher=BBC |date=July 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0161pxj |title=Salisbury Cathedral Close |publisher=BBC |date=October 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref> On 31 October 2011, Westenra was featured on [[André Rieu]]'s classical music album ''[[And the Waltz Goes On]]'' with the vocal track "Dreaming of New Zealand".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/31088578  |title=Video 'Dreaming of New Zealand' (feat. Hayley Westenra) |publisher=Decca Records UK |date=October 2011 |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

To promote ''[[Paradiso (Hayley Westenra album)|Paradiso]]'', Westenra embarked on the [[Paradiso Homecoming Tour]] from 17 September 2011 to 8 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/9498725.Hayley_Westenra_bringing_angelic_sound_to_Bournemouth_Pavilion/r/?ref=rss |title=Hayley Westenra bringing angelic sound to Bournemouth Pavilion |publisher=DAILY ECHO |date=28 January 2012 |access-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605205354/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/9498725.Hayley_Westenra_bringing_angelic_sound_to_Bournemouth_Pavilion/r/?ref=rss |archive-date=5 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/entertainment-in-newcastle/music/2012/03/02/a-powerful-young-thing-72703-30441857/ |title=Review: Hayley Westenra, The Sage Gateshead |publisher=chroniclelive.co.uk |date=2 March 2012 |access-date=4 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicinterview/hayley+westenra-228771.html |title=Hayley Westenra Discusses Upcoming Tour |publisher=femalefirst.co.uk |date=22 February 2012 |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/hayley-westenra-gets-set-to-bring-her-paradiso-tour-to-the-uk804/ |title=Hayley Westenra gets set to bring her Paradiso tour to the UK |publisher=officialcharts.com |date=20 February 2012 |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> On 12 March 2012, Westenra attended a reception for celebrating the achievements of inspirational women today the event held by the [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|Duchess of Cornwall]] to mark [[Commonwealth Day]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/the_duchess_of_cornwall_celebrates_the_achievements_of_inspi_579140289.html |title=The Duchess of Cornwall celebrates the achievements of inspirational women from the Commonwealth |publisher=princeofwales.gov.uk |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/entertainment/christchurch-music/6571019/Hayley-Westenra-meets-Camilla |title=Hayley Westenra meets Camilla |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=14 March 2012 |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> On 22 April 2012, Westenra staged a debut concert at the [[Koncerthuset]] in Copenhagen and on 14 June, Westenra staged a concert with [[RTÉ Concert Orchestra]] and [[David Brophy (conductor)|David Brophy]] at [[National Concert Hall]] in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billetlugen.dk%2Fmusik%2F21921%2Fhayley-westenra%2F&act=url |title=Hayley Westenra in concert in Denmark |date=22 April 2012 |access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skanskan.se/article/20120423/NOJE/704239987/1007/-/klassisk-crossover-i-lattviktsklassen |title=Klassisk crossover i lättviktsklassen |publisher=skanskan.se |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=19 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/performinggroups/2012/0614/corchayley.html |title=Hayley Westenra: RTÉ CO Signature Series 2012 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |access-date=31 March 2012 |date=14 March 2012}}</ref>

In April 2013, Westenra staged a Far East tour in [[Taipei]], [[Tainan]], [[Kaohsiung]] and performed with Chinese tenor DinYi in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mna.com.tw/2012/events.asp?eventID=52 |title=美聲天后海莉演唱會 |publisher=mna.com.tw |access-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225034857/http://www.mna.com.tw/2012/events.asp?eventID=52 |archive-date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/micro-reading/dzh/2013-03-18/content_8528422.html |title=男高音丁毅携手新西兰女高音海莉唱响人民大会堂 |work=China Daily | date=18 March 2013 |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://travel.taiwan.cn/list/201304/t20130430_4148560.htm |title=丁毅、海莉和谐之音开启全球巡演 |publisher=travel.taiwan.cn |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=2 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217072151/http://travel.taiwan.cn/list/201304/t20130430_4148560.htm |archive-date=17 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 30 November and 1 December 2013, Westenra staged a concert with [[City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong]], Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir and the Hong Kong Treble Choir in [[Hong Kong]].<ref name="Voice of angels">{{cite news| url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sunday/2013-11/24/content_17127172.htm |work=China Daily| title=Voice of angels | date=2013-11-24 |access-date=2013-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.arts-news.net/articles/2013/12/05/用熟悉聲韻打動人心-—-hayley-westenra | publisher=arts-news.net | title=用熟悉聲韻打動人心 – Hayley Westenra | date=2013-12-05 | access-date=2013-12-17 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701164234/http://arts-news.net/articles/2013/12/05/%E7%94%A8%E7%86%9F%E6%82%89%E8%81%B2%E9%9F%BB%E6%89%93%E5%8B%95%E4%BA%BA%E5%BF%83-%E2%80%94-hayley-westenra | archive-date=1 July 2014}}</ref>

On 29 April 2014, Westenra was one of the performers at [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] Live in [[Royal Albert Hall]] [[London]].<ref name="Classic FM Live 2014">{{cite news| url=http://www.classicfm.com/concerts-events/classic-fm-live/pictures/concert-2014/ailyn-perez/ |publisher=classicfm.com | title=Classic FM Live 2014 | date=2014-04-29 |access-date=2014-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hwi.proboards.com/thread/6860/classic-live-tuesday-april-2014 |title=CLASSIC FM LIVE – Tuesday 29 April 2014 |publisher=hwi.proboards.com | date=2014-02-04|access-date=2014-12-24}}</ref>