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LAUFEY
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June 29, 2024 to June 29, 2024
As part of Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
Tickets or passes can only be reserved through the performance hall's box office. For more details, please contact the venue where the activity is being held.
Maison symphonique de Montréal BookTickets or passes can only be reserved through the performance hall's box office. For more details, please contact the venue where the activity is being held.
Laufey (pronounced lay-vay) is a 24-year-old, Los Angeles-based singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose jazz songs are about young love and self-discovery. Raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual visits to Beijing, the Icelandic-Chinese artist grew up playing cello as well as piano and became hooked on the jazz standards of Ella Fitzgerald after digging through her father’s record collection.
In 2020, while still a student at Berklee College of Music, Laufey released her debut single Street by Street, which went on to top the Icelandic radio charts. Following the release of her 2021 Typical of Me EP, Laufey was named Best New Artist in Jazz and Blues at the Icelandic Music Awards and hosted her own show on BBC Radio 3/BBC Sounds. Her debut full-length Everything I Know About Love, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album chart, and the lead single Valentine peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. In 2022 Laufey was the most streamed jazz artist on Spotify, with 425 million streams across all platforms.