Voice

Recognised as one of Australia’s finest singers, Lily Dior has shared the stage with a remarkable list of outstanding musicians from Australia and around the world and has performed at many of Australia's best venues including The Opera House Concert Hall, The State Theatre and the Sydney Town Hall. She has been a featured artist with Dave Matthew's Manhattan Jazz Quartet (Victor Lewis, Charnett Moffat, Lew Soloff) as well as Oscar Castro Neves and his all star band for Sydney Festival (Airto Moriera, Alex Acuna, Abe Laboriel, Don Grusin, Gary Meeks) and was invited to sit in with her mentor, the late great Mark Murphy, while studying in New York many years ago. A finalist at The National Jazz Awards she is also an experienced radio personality and three time host of The Freedman Fellowship Jazz Awards held yearly at The Studio, Sydney Opera House. Before moving to London Lily hosted a weekly program on Sydney's Eastside Radio for 15 years and interviewed such luminaries as Ron Carter, Fred Wesley, Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Wright, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marcos Valle, Kurt Elling, Lulo Reinhart and Norma Winstone. The daughter of professional musicians who met and married in London, Lily spent her first five years touring South East Asia with her parents who later settled in Australia. Returning to her roots Lily has very quickly established herself as an in demand performer appearing regularly at iconic jazz venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, The 606 Club, The Bull’s Head, Pizza Express, Toulouse Lautrec and now closed ‘The Hideaway’. A featured artist at Spice Of Life the last two years, selling out both shows as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, she has recently toured Italy and Sicily and previously been invited to perform a couple of times at the Budapest Jazz Club with an all star Hungarian band. With a voice that dances effortlessly between jazz and soul Lily brings a fresh and exciting approach to her music, imbuing her songs with deep meaning and inviting the listener on a journey through her rich expressive voice and warm stage presence.

"Since Australian vocalist Lily Dior arrived on the London scene she's been going from strength to strength and amassing a reputation as an exciting live performer and versatile singer who works across genres including jazz, groove and soul" 606 Club

"She can belt out a song, dramatize a lyric, swing hard and earthy, flirt, sing a tender song - Lily can ‘tell a story’ “ ABC Australia

“Dior’s voice has the depth, control and clarity of Gregory Porter” Kind Of Jazz

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