Lior
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Lior is a male, independent Australian singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 based in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

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Career

In early 2005, Lior independently self-released his debut album Autumn Flow
Autumn Flow
Autumn Flow is the debut album of Australian singer-songwriter Lior. The album went gold in Australia, making it one of the most successful releases on an independent label in the country...

, certified gold by ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

. It also garnered three ARIA Award nominations in the 2005 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2005
The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening...

: Best Breakthrough Artist, Best Male Artist, and Best Independent Release. The album was also nominated for the J Award, presented by Australian radio station Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

, for the Australian Album of the Year. Autumn Flow has since gone on to become one of the most successful independent debut releases in Australian music history.

Lior has earned a reputation as one of Australia's finest live artists for his highly celebrated pure vocals and diverse musical arrangements. He toured with the WOMAD festival in 2005 to the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Singapore
Singapore
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 and Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

. Lior also performed at the Spiegeltent throughout the world, and the Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History is the name of a campaign that exists in a number of countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark , Finland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and Ireland...

 concerts in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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In February 2006, Lior released a live album, Doorways Of My Mind – Live at the NSC. This recording consisted mostly of versions of tracks from Autumn Flow
Autumn Flow
Autumn Flow is the debut album of Australian singer-songwriter Lior. The album went gold in Australia, making it one of the most successful releases on an independent label in the country...

 as well as some new material such as 'Diego And The Village Girl', a traditional prayer (Avinu Malkeinu) and 'Burying Chances'. The album ends with a singalong version of crowd favourite 'This Old Love'. Autumn Flow
Autumn Flow
Autumn Flow is the debut album of Australian singer-songwriter Lior. The album went gold in Australia, making it one of the most successful releases on an independent label in the country...

 was also nominated for two other ARIA awards at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2006
The 20th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 29 October 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex...

: Best Independent release and Best Blues and Roots Album.

In February 2008, Lior released his second album, Corner of an Endless Road
Corner of an Endless Road
Corner of an Endless Road is the second studio album by independent Australian singer-songwriter Lior, released in February 2008. The album was nominated for an ARIA Award for the Best Independent Release at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards.-Track listing:...

, which was also released independently. The album debuted at number 2 on the ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 Australian albums chart and was nominated for the Best Independent Release in the 2008 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2008
The 22nd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards took place on 19 October 2008...

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In 2008, Lior toured extensively, both in his home country of Australia and abroad including feature performances at the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...

. In early 2009, he performed with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra for a series of outdoor concerts.

In 2009, Lior launched the Shadows and Light tour, a collaboration with renowned shadow artists Stephen Mushin and Anna Parry. The Shadows and Light concerts are an interactive performance combining Lior's music with live shadow art performance and featured a season at the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...

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In 2010, Lior released his third studio album - 'Tumbling into the Dawn'. The release of the album was followed by a European compilation release titled '3-2-1' released in 2011.

Lior also composed and recorded a song titled "Hoot's Lullaby" for the ABC children's television show Giggle and Hoot
Giggle and Hoot (TV Show)
Giggle And Hoot is a 2010 TV Wrapper program for the Australian children's channels ABC1 and ABC2. The show is hosted by Jimmy Giggle , and co-hosted by Hoot, a puppet owl...

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Discography

Studio albums
  • Autumn Flow
    Autumn Flow
    Autumn Flow is the debut album of Australian singer-songwriter Lior. The album went gold in Australia, making it one of the most successful releases on an independent label in the country...

    (2005)
  • Corner of an Endless Road
    Corner of an Endless Road
    Corner of an Endless Road is the second studio album by independent Australian singer-songwriter Lior, released in February 2008. The album was nominated for an ARIA Award for the Best Independent Release at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards.-Track listing:...

    (2008)
  • Tumbling into the Dawn (2010)

Compilation Albums
  • 3-2-1 (2011) (European release)

Live albums
  • Doorways of My Mind (2006)

External links

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