ansk aya , ▁Jo ji ▁H att ori , ▁Alexander ▁Ar enk ov , ▁Ark ady ▁F uter , ▁L ara ▁Lev ▁and ▁Vladimir ▁Sp iv akov . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁six teen , ▁she ▁became ▁the ▁young est ▁ever ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁R T É ▁Music ian ▁of ▁the ▁Future ▁competition , ▁and ▁was ▁chosen ▁by ▁The ▁Irish ▁Times ''' ▁TV ▁ad ▁campaign ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁new ▁face ▁of ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁Music ▁career ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁la ure ate ▁of ▁the ▁Sar as ate ▁Vi olin ▁International ▁Compet ition ▁in ▁Pam pl ona , ▁Spain , ▁to ▁which ▁she ▁would ▁return ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁international ▁j ury . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁L un ny ▁was ▁a ▁guest ▁music ian ▁on ▁Sin é ad ▁O ' Con nor ' s ▁album ▁of ▁traditional ▁Irish ▁songs , ▁Se an - N ós ▁N ua , ▁her ▁first ▁exc urs ion ▁into ▁the ▁non - class ical ▁world . ▁This ▁inspired ▁her ▁to ▁improv ise ▁more ▁and ▁experiment ▁with ▁other ▁gen res ▁of ▁music . ▁A ▁few ▁months ▁in ▁Vienna ▁among ▁the ▁classical ▁establishment ▁became ▁an ▁un intent ional ▁s abb at ical , ▁and ▁confirmed ▁that ▁despite ▁her ▁love ▁for ▁classical ▁music , ▁she ▁needed ▁to ▁bro aden ▁her ▁musical ▁hor iz ons . ▁A ▁jam ▁with ▁N ig el ▁Kennedy ▁in ▁D ing le ▁in ▁ 2 0 0